5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NOLES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of nole

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 NOLES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOLES 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 89.9% of games, misses completely in 10.1%, and leaves about 100 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,125 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__E_ N in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position NO_ES N in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

DIARY TRADE SHART PLAIT GIANT EATER
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.25 Entropy (bits)
100 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOLES 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,125 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOLES ranks #2,125 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
934
4 guesses
1,158
5 guesses
168
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELNOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
30%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

238
233
143
118
115
104
104
103
98
79
64
50
43
41
40
38
38
36
35
34
34
33
28
28
27
25
23
23
22
21

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOLES:

10% chance
Suggested:
DIARY
10% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
6% chance
Suggested:
SHART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.1% →
DIARY 5.49 bits
9.9% →
TRADE 5.66 bits
6.1% →
SHART 5.40 bits
5.0% →
PLAIT 4.90 bits
4.9% →
GIANT 5.12 bits
4.4% →
EATER 4.23 bits
4.4% →
ACTOR 4.93 bits
4.4% →
REATE 4.86 bits
4.2% →
SHART 4.88 bits
3.3% →
TORCH 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1L1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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