5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NEEBS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of neeb

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 NEEBS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NEEBS 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 76.3% of games, misses completely in 23.7%, and leaves about 243 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,206 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___S N in the 1st position and S in the 5th position N__B_ N in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL ROATE SLART TONIC ANILE CLARY
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
243 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NEEBS 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
0.70 Volatility
#10,206 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEEBS ranks #10,206 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
758
4 guesses
1,265
5 guesses
269
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
21%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

560
305
251
218
120
98
94
77
65
52
46
30
30
29
28
25
24
23
21
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18
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14
12
9
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEEBS:

24% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
13% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.7% →
CAROL 5.94 bits
12.9% →
ROATE 5.17 bits
10.6% →
SLART 5.27 bits
9.2% →
TONIC 5.04 bits
5.1% →
SLART 4.64 bits
4.2% →
ANILE 4.52 bits
4.0% →
CLARY 5.05 bits
3.3% →
BLOAT 5.11 bits
2.8% →
SAUNT 4.17 bits
2.2% →
RAILE 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1E1B3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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