5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

NOOSE

NOOSE is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /nuːs//ˈnʉs/

Noun

An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.

“Put someone's head in a noose”

Verb

To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare.

Alternative forms: nooze

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 NOOSE performs as a guess

NOOSE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.7% of games, misses completely in 16.3%, and leaves about 163 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,780 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___E N in the 1st position and E in the 5th position N__S_ N in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL ALTER LAIRY GIANT SLART CLARY
Words starting with N Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.70 Entropy (bits)
163 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOOSE 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
0.73 Volatility
#9,780 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOOSE ranks #9,780 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
792
4 guesses
1,208
5 guesses
266
6 guesses
32
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:
ENOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
40%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U M P
G O O S E
N O O S E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches NOOSE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

384
327
185
152
147
96
88
73
72
67
57
52
45
36
35
32
29
28
28
28
26
25
21
19
18
16
15
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOOSE:

16% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
14% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
8% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.3% →
TRAIL 5.92 bits
13.9% →
ALTER 5.35 bits
7.8% →
LAIRY 4.46 bits
6.4% →
GIANT 5.11 bits
6.2% →
SLART 5.06 bits
4.1% →
CLARY 4.83 bits
3.7% →
ARIEL 4.69 bits
3.1% →
CAROM 4.93 bits
3.1% →
STEER 4.51 bits
2.8% →
SHART 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1O1S1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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