5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NOILS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of noil

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 NOILS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOILS 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 83.9% of games, misses completely in 16.1%, and leaves about 129 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #485 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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__L_ N in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRACE PRATE REACT CADET CRATE CARTE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
129 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOILS 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#485 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOILS ranks #485 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
1,060
4 guesses
1,053
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ILNOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
30%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

379
198
160
122
121
115
114
74
60
57
53
52
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45
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOILS:

16% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
8% chance
Suggested:
PRATE
7% chance
Suggested:
REACT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.1% →
TRACE 6.29 bits
8.4% →
PRATE 5.81 bits
6.8% →
REACT 5.33 bits
5.2% →
CADET 5.33 bits
5.1% →
CRATE 5.22 bits
4.9% →
CADET 5.12 bits
4.8% →
CARTE 4.65 bits
3.1% →
CRATE 5.04 bits
2.5% →
CADET 4.49 bits
2.4% →
TARGE 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1I1L1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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