5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NONAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 NONAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NONAS 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 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 204 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,175 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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 THALE TRICE CLOTE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
204 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NONAS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,175 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NONAS ranks #10,175 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
761
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
253
6 guesses
21
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
25%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

468
349
193
144
143
142
98
79
79
63
60
47
46
43
38
30
28
24
22
19
18
18
15
15
15
14
12
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NONAS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
15% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
TRIED 6.00 bits
14.8% →
CARLE 5.46 bits
8.2% →
STIRE 5.40 bits
6.1% →
THALE 4.93 bits
6.1% →
TRICE 5.08 bits
6.0% →
CLOTE 4.31 bits
4.2% →
TRIDE 5.12 bits
3.4% →
REACT 4.38 bits
3.4% →
TRIDE 4.52 bits
2.7% →
TRUCE 3.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1N1A1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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