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Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NETES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 NETES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NETES 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 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 163 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,953 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__E_ N in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL ROANY GLARE SHALY TAROT LAIRY
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
163 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NETES 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,953 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NETES ranks #7,953 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
800
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
16
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:
ENST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
28%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

450
187
186
164
154
113
102
90
73
66
57
56
49
49
43
41
30
26
24
24
24
22
21
17
16
15
15
14
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NETES:

19% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
8% chance
Suggested:
ROANY
8% chance
Suggested:
GLARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
CAROL 6.02 bits
7.9% →
ROANY 5.00 bits
7.9% →
GLARE 5.12 bits
7.0% →
SHALY 5.04 bits
6.5% →
TAROT 5.19 bits
4.8% →
LAIRY 4.20 bits
4.3% →
SORAL 4.53 bits
3.8% →
SORAL 4.56 bits
3.1% →
CLARY 5.13 bits
2.8% →
CRATE 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1T1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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