5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NONIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of noni

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 NONIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NONIS 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 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 244 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,484 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__I_ N in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE STALE TRICE CRATE TALER TRADE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
244 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NONIS 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
0.71 Volatility
#10,484 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NONIS ranks #10,484 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
778
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
259
6 guesses
30
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:
INOS

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

592
269
225
173
164
103
82
79
65
65
57
45
43
37
27
24
22
21
20
19
19
15
14
13
12
10
10
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NONIS:

25% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
CARLE 6.20 bits
11.4% →
STALE 5.69 bits
9.5% →
TRICE 5.34 bits
7.3% →
CRATE 5.23 bits
7.0% →
TALER 4.60 bits
4.4% →
TRADE 5.05 bits
3.5% →
STILE 4.56 bits
3.4% →
LATER 4.94 bits
2.8% →
PEART 4.20 bits
2.8% →
TARGE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1N1I1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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