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

NOIAS

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

No dictionary definition for NOIAS is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

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

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Use NOIAS in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% 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 NOIAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOIAS 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 89.8% of games, misses completely in 10.2%, and leaves about 114 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #4,614 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe NOIAS 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.

5.11 Entropy (bits)
114 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How NOIAS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.87% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#4,614 Rank among openers
Opening with NOIAS left 3 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.66 average. It ranks #4,614 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
906
4 guesses
1,153
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
23

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AINOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
31%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

NOIAS can come back 104 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

288 answers
242 answers
135 answers
133 answers
130 answers
117 answers
112 answers
96 answers
80 answers
66 answers
65 answers
58 answers
55 answers
54 answers
50 answers
47 answers
43 answers
36 answers
34 answers
32 answers
31 answers
27 answers
27 answers
25 answers
25 answers
21 answers
17 answers
17 answers
16 answers
16 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1I1A1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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

Strategy after playing NOIAS

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

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOIAS:

12% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
10% chance
Suggested:
LEPER
6% chance
Suggested:
TILDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.1% →
CARLE 5.43 bits
10.2% →
LEPER 5.47 bits
5.7% →
TILDE 5.11 bits
5.6% →
RUOTE 4.34 bits
5.5% →
THALE 4.98 bits
4.9% →
SPURT 5.14 bits
4.7% →
CRUET 4.93 bits
4.0% →
CRUET 5.01 bits
3.4% →
TARGE 4.53 bits
2.8% →
CRUET 4.73 bits

Research on NOIAS

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

Optimal play

Opening with NOIAS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.69 guesses and ranks #4,412 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.82 guesses at best and is rank #1,929 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.66, at or below the proven-optimal 3.69, 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.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).