5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NEEPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of neep

Noun

mashed swede (called "turnip" in Scotland), especially when served with tatties (potatoes) and haggis.

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 NEEPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NEEPS 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 76.7% of games, misses completely in 23.3%, and leaves about 232 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,402 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__P_ N in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL RAILE ROANY SLART CLARY ANILE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
232 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NEEPS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,402 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEEPS ranks #9,402 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
784
4 guesses
1,243
5 guesses
261
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)
77%
Green tile
22%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

549
311
225
214
99
96
94
80
59
52
42
42
33
27
27
26
25
24
23
21
21
19
14
14
14
13
13
12
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEEPS:

23% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
13% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROANY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.3% →
CAROL 6.00 bits
13.2% →
RAILE 5.31 bits
9.5% →
ROANY 4.91 bits
9.1% →
SLART 5.26 bits
4.2% →
CLARY 4.99 bits
4.1% →
SLART 4.69 bits
4.0% →
ANILE 4.44 bits
3.4% →
PILOT 4.79 bits
2.5% →
SAINT 4.32 bits
2.2% →
SLART 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1E1P3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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