5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

NEWER

NEWER is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnjuː.ə//ˈn(j)u.ɚ/

Adjective

comparative form of new: more new, more recent.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 NEWER performs as a guess

NEWER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.1% of games, misses completely in 23.9%, and leaves about 232 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,483 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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 SOILY SLATY ANISE
Words starting with N Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
232 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NEWER 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,483 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEWER ranks #10,483 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
765
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
292
6 guesses
20
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)
76%
Green tile
27%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
P E N C E
N E V E R
N E W E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches NEWER in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

563
264
244
221
122
91
73
67
57
48
48
45
42
32
28
22
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
14
13
12
11
11
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEWER:

24% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
11% chance
Suggested:
COAST
10% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.9% →
SAULT 5.94 bits
11.2% →
COAST 5.49 bits
10.3% →
SAULT 5.70 bits
9.4% →
SAINT 5.27 bits
5.2% →
COAST 4.74 bits
3.9% →
SOILY 3.57 bits
3.1% →
SLATY 4.74 bits
2.8% →
ANISE 4.63 bits
2.4% →
GROAN 4.33 bits
2.0% →
MAILE 3.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1W4E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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