5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NEEFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% 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 NEEFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NEEFS 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 256 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,870 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__F_ N in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL ROATE SLART ROANY STAIR CLARY
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.09 Entropy (bits)
256 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NEEFS 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,870 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEEFS ranks #10,870 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
734
4 guesses
1,286
5 guesses
272
6 guesses
17

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
22%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

574
325
252
226
123
101
97
64
62
44
35
32
28
27
26
26
26
21
21
18
17
15
14
14
13
13
11
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEEFS:

24% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
14% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
CAROL 5.94 bits
13.8% →
ROATE 5.16 bits
10.7% →
SLART 5.30 bits
9.6% →
ROANY 4.92 bits
5.2% →
STAIR 4.57 bits
4.3% →
CLARY 5.12 bits
4.1% →
ARIEL 4.46 bits
2.7% →
SAINT 4.25 bits
2.6% →
FLORA 4.98 bits
1.9% →
TREAD 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1E1F4S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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