NONCE
NONCE is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.
Meaning and pronunciation
Pronunciation: /nɒns//nɑns//nɔns/
- Noun
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A nonce word.
“I had thought that the term was a nonce, but it seems as if it's been picked up by other authors.”
- Noun
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A value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attacks.
- Adjective
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One-off; produced or created for a single occasion or use. Denoting something occurring once.
Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.
Etymology
1975. Unknown, derived from British criminal slang. Several origins have been proposed; possibly derived from dialectal nonce, nonse (“stupid, worthless individual”) (but this cannot be shown to predate nonce "child-molester" and is likely a toned-down usage of the same insult), or Nance, nance (“effeminate man, homosexual”), from nancy or nancyboy. The rhyme with ponce has also been noted.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA)
Use NONCE in a puzzle
As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.
Wordle status
A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.
Playable guess
YesIncluded in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.
Possible answer
NoThe solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.
Past Wordle answer
No completed appearanceNo appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.
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Useful pattern pages
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First-turn measures
All four describe NONCE used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.
As an opening guess: previous benchmark
How NONCE 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.
Composition
Feedback chances
Feedback distribution
NONCE can come back 80 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:
Letter-value totals
Base letter-value totals for NONCE; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.
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Words With Friends
Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.
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Strategy after playing NONCE
What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to NONCE.
Quick reference
Largest feedback groups after playing NONCE: