5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NOGAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 NOGAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOGAL 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 159 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,133 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___L N in the 1st position and L in the 5th position N__A_ N in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__L O in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

STIRE TARSE SLICE TRICE SUITE STALE
Words starting with N Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
159 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOGAL 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,133 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOGAL ranks #3,133 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
913
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
176
6 guesses
13
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:
ALNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
25%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

402
303
154
146
135
119
115
85
57
56
49
42
41
40
33
33
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOGAL:

17% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
13% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
STIRE 6.11 bits
12.8% →
TARSE 5.69 bits
6.5% →
SLICE 5.11 bits
6.2% →
TRICE 5.26 bits
5.7% →
SUITE 5.23 bits
5.0% →
STALE 4.93 bits
4.9% →
RUOTE 4.48 bits
3.6% →
SAINE 4.39 bits
2.4% →
SWIRE 4.51 bits
2.4% →
CEDAR 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1G2A1L1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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