5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NOMEN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊmən//ˈnoʊmən/

Noun

A taxonomic name.

Noun

The family name of an Ancient Roman, designating their gens.

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 NOMEN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOMEN 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 79.2% of games, misses completely in 20.8%, and leaves about 238 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,149 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___N N in the 1st position and N in the 5th position N__E_ N in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLART STAIR GIANT SALTY ANISE RAILE
Words starting with N Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.19 Entropy (bits)
238 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOMEN 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,149 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOMEN ranks #11,149 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
731
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
277
6 guesses
25

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
30%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

490
434
180
175
158
122
87
73
69
54
33
33
32
32
28
24
24
22
22
22
21
20
18
11
11
9
9
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOMEN:

21% chance
Suggested:
SLART
18% chance
Suggested:
SLART
8% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.8% →
SLART 6.04 bits
18.4% →
SLART 5.86 bits
7.6% →
STAIR 4.57 bits
7.4% →
SLART 5.30 bits
6.7% →
GIANT 5.05 bits
5.2% →
SALTY 4.51 bits
3.7% →
SLART 5.04 bits
3.1% →
ANISE 4.51 bits
2.9% →
SLART 4.18 bits
2.3% →
RAILE 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1M3E1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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