5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NGOMA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A large social dancing event in parts of Africa.

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 NGOMA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NGOMA 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 78.4% of games, misses completely in 21.6%, and leaves about 237 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,085 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___A N in the 1st position and A in the 5th position N__M_ N in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _G__A G in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLATE TORSE SIENT STURE LEAST
Words starting with N Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
237 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NGOMA 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,085 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NGOMA ranks #8,085 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
811
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
233
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
18%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

510
439
159
147
132
106
70
61
57
57
56
52
44
39
37
31
30
26
23
22
19
16
14
14
12
12
12
11
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NGOMA:

22% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
19% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.6% →
SLIER 6.13 bits
18.6% →
SLATE 5.74 bits
6.7% →
TORSE 5.14 bits
6.2% →
SIENT 5.21 bits
5.6% →
STURE 4.64 bits
4.5% →
LEAST 4.55 bits
3.0% →
SIDLE 5.04 bits
2.6% →
CAROL 4.49 bits
2.4% →
SLATE 4.62 bits
2.4% →
CRUET 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1G2O1M3A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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