5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NASUS

NASUS is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈneɪ.zəs//ˈneɪ.səs/

Noun

A horn-like elongated rostrum on the head of soldier termites of the subfamily Nasutiterminae, capable of producing and spraying noxious secretions for defense.

Noun

A prolongation on the front of the head of a cranefly.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How NASUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NASUS as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.6% of games, misses completely in 23.4%, and leaves about 241 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,020 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

N___S N in the 1st position and S in the 5th position N__U_ N in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALERT PORTE GOIER CLOTE TRICE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.09 Entropy (bits)
241 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NASUS performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,020 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NASUS ranks #11,020 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
752
4 guesses
1,264
5 guesses
271
6 guesses
24
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
21%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

551
313
189
186
172
169
114
92
60
52
48
44
30
23
23
22
21
19
16
16
15
14
12
11
11
11
9
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NASUS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
8% chance
Suggested:
PORTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

23.4% →
TOILE 5.94 bits
13.3% →
ALERT 5.53 bits
8.0% →
PORTE 5.42 bits
7.9% →
GOIER 5.36 bits
7.3% →
CLOTE 5.01 bits
7.2% →
TRICE 4.66 bits
4.8% →
THALE 4.75 bits
3.9% →
GRICE 4.68 bits
2.5% →
CRUET 4.08 bits
2.2% →
CONEY 3.94 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for NASUS; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

N1A1S1U1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.