5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NOOKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /nʊks/

Noun

plural of nook

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of nook

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 NOOKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOOKS 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 65.0% of games, misses completely in 35.0%, and leaves about 380 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,580 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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__K_ N in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STARE TIARE CARLE LATER PLATE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.72 Entropy (bits)
380 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOOKS 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,580 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOOKS ranks #12,580 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
716
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
325
6 guesses
23

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
NOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
26%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

825
322
239
141
104
70
66
48
47
41
39
35
35
32
31
25
24
23
18
17
12
12
12
11
10
9
8
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOOKS:

35% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
14% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.0% →
RAILE 6.25 bits
13.6% →
STARE 5.72 bits
10.1% →
TIARE 5.48 bits
6.0% →
CARLE 4.82 bits
4.4% →
LATER 5.16 bits
3.0% →
PLATE 4.70 bits
2.8% →
TIARE 4.61 bits
2.0% →
CARLE 4.75 bits
2.0% →
TENOR 4.20 bits
1.7% →
TRIDE 3.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1O1K5S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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