Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

NODED

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

Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Having or divided into nodes.

“Polygonization is the process of forming polygons from linework which encloses areas. Linework to be formed into polygons must be fully noded – that is, linestrings must not cross and must touch only at endpoints.”

Adjective

Pertaining to a group of individuals, possibly geographically separated from each other, that form temporary or recurring project teams.

“The noded philosophy is also about flexibility and efficiency in collaboration, especially among people who are geographically far apart.”

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Use NODED in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How NODED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NODED 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 opener benchmark, it ranks #9,629 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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.

First-turn measures

All four describe NODED used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.23 Entropy (bits)
237 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How NODED 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#9,629 Rank among openers
Opening with NODED left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.75 average. It ranks #9,629 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
757
4 guesses
1,274
5 guesses
252
6 guesses
16

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
30%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

NODED can come back 80 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

514 answers
408 answers
180 answers
172 answers
161 answers
124 answers
88 answers
70 answers
65 answers
59 answers
50 answers
37 answers
37 answers
32 answers
28 answers
28 answers
26 answers
20 answers
15 answers
15 answers
14 answers
13 answers
13 answers
12 answers
12 answers
12 answers
12 answers
9 answers
9 answers
8 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1D2E1D2
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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

Strategy after playing NODED

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to NODED.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NODED:

22% chance
Suggested:
SLART
17% chance
Suggested:
SLART
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.6% →
SLART 6.05 bits
17.1% →
SLART 5.95 bits
7.6% →
SAINT 5.26 bits
7.2% →
SLART 5.21 bits
6.8% →
STAIR 4.58 bits
5.2% →
SALTY 4.52 bits
3.7% →
SEINE 4.60 bits
2.9% →
ARSON 4.47 bits
2.7% →
SLART 4.26 bits
2.5% →
LEARE 4.66 bits

Research on NODED

Game-tree analysis and word research for NODED, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with NODED, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.76 guesses and ranks #8,934 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with NODED can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.75, at or below the proven-optimal 3.76, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Familiarity and learning

Dominant sense
Lancaster raters associated it most strongly with sight (2.7 of 5).

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms (CC BY 4.0).