5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

NATES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈneɪtiːz/

Noun

The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.

Noun

The buttocks.

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 NATES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NATES 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 89.6% of games, misses completely in 10.4%, and leaves about 86 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,930 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__E_ N in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position NA_ES N in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COULD DROLE CLARY PEARL IRONY SOULY
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.43 Entropy (bits)
86 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NATES 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,930 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NATES ranks #1,930 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
952
4 guesses
1,147
5 guesses
163
6 guesses
18
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AENST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
30%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

246
164
129
116
112
105
91
89
75
69
67
62
61
52
51
44
40
36
35
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NATES:

10% chance
Suggested:
COULD
7% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
5% chance
Suggested:
CLARY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.4% →
COULD 5.68 bits
7.0% →
DROLE 5.16 bits
5.5% →
CLARY 5.02 bits
4.9% →
DROLE 4.15 bits
4.7% →
PEARL 4.70 bits
4.5% →
IRONY 4.85 bits
3.9% →
SOULY 4.60 bits
3.8% →
TROUT 4.99 bits
3.2% →
CLARY 3.85 bits
2.9% →
SHORT 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1T1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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