5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NOMIC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Relating to a law.

Adjective

Customary; ordinary; applied to the usual spelling of a language, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods.

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 NOMIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOMIC 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 75.0% of games, misses completely in 25.0%, and leaves about 226 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,403 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__I_ N in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__C O in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE STILE SLATE CRATE LEAST TALER
Words starting with N Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
226 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOMIC 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
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#4,403 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOMIC ranks #4,403 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
889
4 guesses
1,228
5 guesses
165
6 guesses
16
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:
INO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
22%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

590
223
169
160
153
136
98
85
67
63
49
46
37
33
30
28
27
24
24
21
20
17
16
16
14
12
11
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOMIC:

25% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
STILE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.0% →
TARSE 6.37 bits
9.5% →
STILE 5.45 bits
7.2% →
SLATE 5.18 bits
6.8% →
CRATE 5.77 bits
6.5% →
LEAST 5.40 bits
5.8% →
TALER 4.60 bits
4.2% →
TARGE 4.61 bits
3.6% →
SLATE 5.34 bits
2.8% →
WRATE 4.58 bits
2.7% →
TRADE 5.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1M3I1C3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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