5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NATAK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A play or dramatic production.

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 NATAK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NATAK 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 72.2% of games, misses completely in 27.8%, and leaves about 278 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,723 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__A_ N in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__K A in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER SHIER RIONE SCARE SILER LEAST
Words starting with N Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.08 Entropy (bits)
278 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NATAK 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,723 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NATAK ranks #10,723 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
739
4 guesses
1,285
5 guesses
261
6 guesses
22
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:
ANT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
28%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

656
277
230
211
137
87
68
58
57
52
41
41
40
37
28
28
23
20
19
17
15
14
14
14
14
12
9
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NATAK:

28% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
12% chance
Suggested:
SHIER
10% chance
Suggested:
RIONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.8% →
SOLER 5.93 bits
11.7% →
SHIER 5.67 bits
9.8% →
RIONE 5.36 bits
8.9% →
SCARE 5.25 bits
5.8% →
SILER 4.94 bits
3.7% →
LEAST 4.85 bits
2.9% →
CLEAR 4.54 bits
2.5% →
ROUET 4.64 bits
2.4% →
ARIEL 4.71 bits
2.2% →
COURE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1T1A1K5
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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