5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NEAPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of neap

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of neap

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 NEAPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NEAPS 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 87.6% of games, misses completely in 12.4%, and leaves about 119 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,162 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__P_ N in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COURT TOILE CAROL IRONY SOUTH TARGE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.08 Entropy (bits)
119 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NEAPS 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
99.8% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,162 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEAPS ranks #2,162 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
927
4 guesses
1,177
5 guesses
160
6 guesses
13
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:
AENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
26%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

293
246
192
127
126
113
89
80
80
72
64
49
47
42
41
38
35
33
33
32
28
27
26
25
24
23
22
22
19
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEAPS:

12% chance
Suggested:
COURT
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.4% →
COURT 5.74 bits
10.4% →
TOILE 5.39 bits
8.1% →
CAROL 5.29 bits
5.4% →
IRONY 4.85 bits
5.3% →
SOUTH 5.12 bits
4.8% →
TARGE 4.58 bits
3.8% →
DETER 4.54 bits
3.4% →
STORE 4.54 bits
3.4% →
TOILE 4.32 bits
3.1% →
TANGY 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1A1P3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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