5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NOMAS

NOMAS 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

Pronunciation: /ˈnoʊ.mæs/

Proper noun

Acronym of National Organization for Men Against Sexism.

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 NOMAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOMAS 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 83.2% of games, misses completely in 16.8%, and leaves about 159 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,131 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.

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__A_ N in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED CARLE STIRE TRICE THALE CLOTE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
159 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOMAS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#4,131 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOMAS ranks #4,131 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
913
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
15
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:
ANOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
23%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

397
292
171
141
127
122
115
93
71
57
53
51
50
49
48
37
33
27
24
23
22
20
20
19
17
17
16
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOMAS:

17% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
12% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
TRIED 6.05 bits
12.4% →
CARLE 5.47 bits
7.3% →
STIRE 5.42 bits
6.0% →
TRICE 5.18 bits
5.4% →
THALE 5.00 bits
5.2% →
TRICE 5.04 bits
4.9% →
CLOTE 4.33 bits
3.9% →
TRINE 4.63 bits
3.0% →
REACT 4.40 bits
2.4% →
SPORT 4.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1M3A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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