5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NEPER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A non-SI unit of the attenuation (or sometimes gain) of field and power quantities such as electronic signals; the natural logarithm of a ratio, with 1 Np (a ratio of 2.718:1) being equivalent to 8.686 dB.

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 NEPER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NEPER 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 78.9% of games, misses completely in 21.1%, and leaves about 194 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,940 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___R N in the 1st position and R in the 5th position N__E_ N in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__R E in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT COAST SAINT SLATY ROAST SHALT
Words starting with N Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
194 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NEPER 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,940 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEPER ranks #6,940 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
838
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
231
6 guesses
18
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:
ENR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
28%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

497
249
218
216
105
89
88
64
64
63
44
44
44
40
40
36
25
24
24
24
20
19
16
15
15
15
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEPER:

21% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
11% chance
Suggested:
COAST
9% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.1% →
SAULT 5.92 bits
10.6% →
COAST 5.50 bits
9.2% →
SAULT 5.69 bits
9.2% →
SAINT 5.22 bits
4.5% →
COAST 4.74 bits
3.8% →
SLATY 5.05 bits
3.7% →
ROAST 3.44 bits
2.7% →
SHALT 4.66 bits
2.7% →
ANISE 4.60 bits
2.7% →
GROIN 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1P3E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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