5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NOOIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% 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 NOOIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOOIS 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 239 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,694 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___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 TALER TARGE STILE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.26 Entropy (bits)
239 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOOIS 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
0.72 Volatility
#9,694 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOOIS ranks #9,694 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
793
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
250
6 guesses
31
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
3 vowels
Common:
INOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
30%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

592
269
225
156
137
91
82
79
77
74
50
45
36
33
33
29
28
23
21
20
18
18
15
14
14
12
11
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOOIS:

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
6.6% →
TALER 5.19 bits
5.8% →
CARLE 4.76 bits
3.9% →
TARGE 4.59 bits
3.5% →
STILE 4.56 bits
3.4% →
LATER 4.94 bits
3.3% →
TALER 5.02 bits
3.1% →
PRATE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1O1I1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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