5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NEAFE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 NEAFE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NEAFE 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,169 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___E N in the 1st position and E in the 5th position N__F_ N in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

MOULT CAROL SOLER SOILY TORSE SLART
Words starting with N Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NEAFE 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,169 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEAFE ranks #10,169 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
750
4 guesses
1,267
5 guesses
263
6 guesses
20
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
37%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

473
257
165
164
142
121
90
83
64
62
61
55
46
45
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEAFE:

20% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
11% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
7% chance
Suggested:
SOLER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
MOULT 5.61 bits
10.9% →
CAROL 5.15 bits
7.0% →
SOLER 4.81 bits
7.0% →
SOILY 4.89 bits
6.0% →
TORSE 4.50 bits
5.1% →
SLART 4.64 bits
3.8% →
TALER 4.48 bits
3.5% →
TALON 4.27 bits
2.7% →
SLART 3.71 bits
2.6% →
SAULT 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1A1F4E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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