5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NEATH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /niːθ/

Preposition

Beneath.

Alternative forms: 'neath

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 NEATH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NEATH 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 88.1% of games, misses completely in 11.9%, and leaves about 110 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,090 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___H N in the 1st position and H in the 5th position N__T_ N in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__H E in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

LORIS PROLE CAROL SOILY MARLE MOIST
Words starting with N Words ending with H

First-turn measures

5.27 Entropy (bits)
110 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NEATH 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
#2,090 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEATH ranks #2,090 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
946
4 guesses
1,152
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
14
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:
AENT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
30%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

280
260
168
114
110
101
83
74
73
68
61
60
43
42
36
34
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEATH:

12% chance
Suggested:
LORIS
11% chance
Suggested:
PROLE
7% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.9% →
LORIS 5.56 bits
11.0% →
PROLE 5.26 bits
7.1% →
CAROL 5.15 bits
4.8% →
SOILY 4.96 bits
4.7% →
MARLE 4.52 bits
4.3% →
MOIST 5.20 bits
3.5% →
SIDER 4.64 bits
3.1% →
SIREE 4.65 bits
3.1% →
SLEER 4.36 bits
2.9% →
CLARY 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1A1T1H4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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