5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NONIC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnɒ.nɪk/

Adjective

Describing a polynomial that has 9 as the highest exponent of its terms.

Adjective

Describing a curve the equation of which is nonic.

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 NONIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NONIC 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 70.5% of games, misses completely in 29.5%, and leaves about 293 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,830 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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 SATER CRATE TALER SALET
Words starting with N Words ending with C

First-turn measures

3.99 Entropy (bits)
293 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NONIC 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#9,830 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NONIC ranks #9,830 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
778
4 guesses
1,273
5 guesses
244
6 guesses
18
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:
INO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
24%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

695
256
193
185
166
127
78
73
65
53
51
38
33
29
24
21
20
19
18
16
15
12
11
11
11
9
9
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NONIC:

29% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
STILE
8% chance
Suggested:
SATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.5% →
TARSE 6.32 bits
10.9% →
STILE 5.47 bits
8.2% →
SATER 5.16 bits
7.8% →
CRATE 5.74 bits
7.0% →
TALER 4.64 bits
5.4% →
SALET 5.20 bits
3.3% →
TARGE 4.57 bits
3.1% →
TALER 5.07 bits
2.8% →
WRATE 4.42 bits
2.2% →
TRICE 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1N1I1C3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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