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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess A tier opener

NOISE

Yes, NOISE was the Wordle answer on November 1, 2023 (Wordle #865).

As an opener, it rules out about 96.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnoɪ̯z//ˈnɔɪ̯z/

Noun

Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.

“He knew that it was trash day, when the garbage collectors made all the noise.”

Noun

Any sound.

“The sudden noise made everyone jump.”

Verb

To make a noise; to sound.

Verb

To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 1, 2023 (#865).

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

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How NOISE performs as a guess

NOISE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 91.2% of games, misses completely in 8.8%, and leaves about 92 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,762 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___E N in the 1st position and E in the 5th position N__S_ N in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

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ALTER CLARY TRAIL ACTOR STARY CLANG
Words starting with N Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.44 Entropy (bits)
92 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOISE 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#2,762 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOISE ranks #2,762 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
938
4 guesses
1,121
5 guesses
198
6 guesses
17
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
3 vowels
Common:
EINOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
41%
All gray
9%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U M P
G O O S E
N O I S E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches NOISE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

257
207
128
118
116
111
98
78
61
59
58
49
48
42
40
40
39
38
36
34
29
28
28
27
27
27
23
23
22
21

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOISE:

11% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
9% chance
Suggested:
CLARY
5% chance
Suggested:
CLARY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.9% →
ALTER 5.40 bits
8.8% →
CLARY 5.62 bits
5.4% →
CLARY 4.47 bits
5.0% →
TRAIL 4.99 bits
4.9% →
ACTOR 4.94 bits
4.7% →
CLARY 4.60 bits
4.2% →
STARY 4.91 bits
3.3% →
CLANG 4.53 bits
2.6% →
PATER 4.50 bits
2.5% →
CLARY 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1I1S1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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