5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NMOLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of nmol

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 NMOLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NMOLS 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 79.7% of games, misses completely in 20.3%, and leaves about 184 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,491 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__L_ N in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _M__S M in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRACE STARE REACT TIARE CARET MAIRE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
184 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NMOLS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#2,491 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NMOLS ranks #2,491 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
964
4 guesses
1,177
5 guesses
153
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LNOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
21%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

479
239
201
190
149
86
80
75
72
70
56
51
46
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36
33
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NMOLS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
10% chance
Suggested:
STARE
9% chance
Suggested:
REACT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.3% →
TRACE 6.42 bits
10.1% →
STARE 5.74 bits
8.5% →
REACT 5.41 bits
8.1% →
TIARE 5.54 bits
6.3% →
CARET 5.31 bits
3.6% →
MAIRE 5.03 bits
3.4% →
TIARE 4.68 bits
3.2% →
GOIER 4.49 bits
3.1% →
PRATE 4.68 bits
3.0% →
SAINE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1M3O1L1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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