5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

NEATS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of neat

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 NEATS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NEATS 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 90 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #771 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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__T_ N in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position NE_TS N in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, T in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COULD DROLE CAROL IRONY LARGE SOULY
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.45 Entropy (bits)
90 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NEATS 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#771 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEATS ranks #771 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
988
4 guesses
1,136
5 guesses
142
6 guesses
15
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
29%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

246
212
149
105
92
91
81
80
72
68
66
57
57
56
55
38
35
35
33
32
31
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25
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25
22
21

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEATS:

10% chance
Suggested:
COULD
9% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
6% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.4% →
COULD 5.68 bits
9.0% →
DROLE 5.31 bits
6.3% →
CAROL 5.23 bits
4.5% →
IRONY 4.85 bits
3.9% →
LARGE 4.61 bits
3.9% →
SOULY 4.60 bits
3.4% →
SPORE 4.68 bits
3.4% →
COURT 4.90 bits
3.1% →
DINER 4.37 bits
2.9% →
DOREE 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1A1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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