5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NEWED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past and past participle of new

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 NEWED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NEWED 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 68.5% of games, misses completely in 31.5%, and leaves about 325 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,111 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___D N in the 1st position and D in the 5th position N__E_ N in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__D E in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLART SAINT SOLAR DAILY ARISE SHALT
Words starting with N Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.01 Entropy (bits)
325 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NEWED 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,111 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEWED ranks #10,111 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
760
4 guesses
1,241
5 guesses
279
6 guesses
18

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
28%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

742
319
247
120
94
84
71
59
50
45
41
35
29
27
26
26
25
24
20
19
19
19
16
12
10
10
9
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEWED:

31% chance
Suggested:
SLART
14% chance
Suggested:
SLART
10% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.5% →
SLART 5.96 bits
13.5% →
SLART 5.74 bits
10.5% →
SAINT 5.30 bits
5.1% →
SOLAR 4.37 bits
4.0% →
SLART 5.03 bits
3.6% →
DAILY 4.86 bits
3.0% →
ARISE 4.61 bits
2.5% →
SHALT 5.10 bits
2.1% →
ALURE 4.41 bits
1.9% →
ARISE 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1W4E1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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