5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NOCKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

binoculars

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of nock

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 NOCKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOCKS 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 72.4% of games, misses completely in 27.6%, and leaves about 269 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,647 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__K_ N in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE SLATE TIARE TALER TRINE SPORT
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
269 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOCKS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#6,647 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOCKS ranks #6,647 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
854
4 guesses
1,252
5 guesses
192
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
19%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

652
284
191
166
148
130
73
62
46
44
42
38
38
34
31
26
25
23
22
21
19
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12
12
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOCKS:

28% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.6% →
RAILE 6.30 bits
12.0% →
SLATE 5.73 bits
8.1% →
TIARE 5.50 bits
7.0% →
TALER 5.21 bits
6.3% →
TIARE 5.62 bits
5.5% →
TALER 4.57 bits
3.1% →
TRINE 4.51 bits
2.6% →
TIARE 4.61 bits
1.9% →
SPORT 4.32 bits
1.9% →
CADIE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1C3K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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