5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NODUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A difficulty.

Noun

In the Odonata, a prominent crossvein near the centre of the leading edge of a wing.

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 NODUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NODUS 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 76.4% of games, misses completely in 23.6%, and leaves about 214 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,850 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__U_ N in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARTE PLATE RAILE TALER CARLE TIARE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
214 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NODUS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,850 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NODUS ranks #4,850 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
911
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
183
6 guesses
18
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:
NOSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
20%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

557
263
177
138
130
119
119
74
66
60
55
51
36
32
31
30
28
23
20
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12
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NODUS:

24% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
11% chance
Suggested:
PLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.6% →
CARTE 6.30 bits
11.2% →
PLATE 5.81 bits
7.5% →
RAILE 5.42 bits
5.9% →
TALER 5.21 bits
5.5% →
CARLE 5.12 bits
5.0% →
TIARE 5.49 bits
5.0% →
MARLE 4.62 bits
3.1% →
ARIEL 4.59 bits
2.8% →
SLART 4.35 bits
2.5% →
SPATE 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1D2U1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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