5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NOOPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.1% 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 NOOPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOOPS 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 68.2% of games, misses completely in 31.8%, and leaves about 327 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,883 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__P_ N in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE SLATE CARLE TALER STARE CRATE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.92 Entropy (bits)
327 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOOPS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,883 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOOPS ranks #9,883 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
781
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
257
6 guesses
21
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:
NOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
26%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

750
285
247
133
117
93
74
70
70
44
41
39
34
29
28
28
23
23
16
14
12
11
10
10
9
9
9
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOOPS:

32% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.8% →
RAILE 6.24 bits
12.1% →
SLATE 5.68 bits
10.5% →
RAILE 5.42 bits
5.6% →
CARLE 4.83 bits
5.0% →
RAILE 5.44 bits
3.9% →
TALER 5.06 bits
3.1% →
STARE 5.12 bits
3.0% →
CRATE 4.67 bits
3.0% →
TIARE 4.56 bits
1.9% →
TENOR 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1O1P3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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