5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NEOZA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A pine nut.

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 NEOZA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NEOZA 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 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 159 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,341 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___A N in the 1st position and A in the 5th position N__Z_ N in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SPILT SLART SLIER TARSE MOULT STOOL
Words starting with N Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
159 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NEOZA 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,341 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEOZA ranks #12,341 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
680
4 guesses
1,297
5 guesses
294
6 guesses
30
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

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
25%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

283
276
274
221
133
111
109
98
95
86
81
72
61
52
49
35
33
28
27
24
20
17
13
11
10
10
8
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEOZA:

12% chance
Suggested:
SPILT
12% chance
Suggested:
SLART
12% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.0% →
SPILT 5.67 bits
11.7% →
SLART 5.34 bits
11.6% →
SLIER 5.37 bits
9.4% →
TARSE 4.79 bits
5.6% →
MOULT 4.68 bits
4.7% →
STOOL 4.52 bits
4.6% →
DETER 4.48 bits
4.2% →
STAIR 4.34 bits
4.0% →
CLUNG 4.59 bits
3.6% →
SOREL 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1O1Z10A1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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