5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NEESE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Alternative form of neeze.

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 NEESE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NEESE 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 72.3% of games, misses completely in 27.7%, and leaves about 272 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,621 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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___E N in the 1st position and E in the 5th position N__S_ N in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL ROANY SLART GRATE SOLAR CLARY
Words starting with N Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.06 Entropy (bits)
272 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.89 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NEESE 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,621 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEESE ranks #13,621 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
636
4 guesses
1,289
5 guesses
348
6 guesses
37
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

3/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
ENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
38%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

653
248
206
190
173
115
93
66
64
59
50
44
35
28
26
23
22
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13
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEESE:

28% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
11% chance
Suggested:
ROANY
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.7% →
CAROL 5.92 bits
10.5% →
ROANY 4.89 bits
8.7% →
SLART 5.07 bits
8.1% →
GRATE 4.52 bits
7.3% →
SOLAR 4.17 bits
4.9% →
CLARY 5.05 bits
3.9% →
SHART 4.47 bits
2.8% →
SAUNT 4.22 bits
2.7% →
PLATE 4.11 bits
2.5% →
LAIRY 3.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1E1S1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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