5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

NORIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.5% 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 NORIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NORIE 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 90.5% of games, misses completely in 9.5%, and leaves about 83 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,756 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__I_ N in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLATY LEAST SETAE SAULT SHALT SALTY
Words starting with N Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.52 Entropy (bits)
83 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NORIE 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#1,756 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NORIE ranks #1,756 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
994
4 guesses
1,088
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
22
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

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EINOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
40%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

224
166
146
130
119
92
86
86
84
68
54
53
48
48
47
43
40
35
33
28
27
25
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24
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22
21

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NORIE:

9% chance
Suggested:
SLATY
7% chance
Suggested:
LEAST
6% chance
Suggested:
SETAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.5% →
SLATY 5.64 bits
7.0% →
LEAST 5.39 bits
6.2% →
SETAE 4.42 bits
5.5% →
SAULT 5.33 bits
5.0% →
SHALT 5.06 bits
3.9% →
SALTY 4.48 bits
3.6% →
CRUST 4.90 bits
3.6% →
STOOL 5.02 bits
3.6% →
SLATY 4.66 bits
2.9% →
TROOP 3.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1R1I1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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