5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NEEMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of neem

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 NEEMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NEEMS 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 77.6% of games, misses completely in 22.4%, and leaves about 229 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,967 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__M_ N in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL ORATE SAULT ROANY SLART CLARY
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
229 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NEEMS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,967 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEEMS ranks #9,967 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
761
4 guesses
1,288
5 guesses
241
6 guesses
20

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
23%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

528
316
234
227
114
97
91
85
66
46
40
35
33
29
27
25
25
23
22
21
21
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEEMS:

22% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
13% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
10% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.4% →
CAROL 5.96 bits
13.4% →
ORATE 5.11 bits
9.9% →
SAULT 5.29 bits
9.6% →
ROANY 4.91 bits
4.8% →
SLART 4.66 bits
4.1% →
CLARY 5.01 bits
3.9% →
ARIEL 4.47 bits
3.6% →
MOLAR 4.91 bits
2.8% →
SAUNT 4.22 bits
1.9% →
TREAD 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1E1M3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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