5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NOSES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of nose

Noun

plural of nos

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of nose

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 NOSES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOSES 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 83.7% of games, misses completely in 16.3%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,133 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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.

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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__E_ N in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position NO_ES N in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL REATE SLART ALTER GIANT ACTOR
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOSES 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,133 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOSES ranks #11,133 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
724
4 guesses
1,277
5 guesses
277
6 guesses
24

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
28%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

384
358
156
154
152
149
120
114
80
58
53
46
44
42
38
38
31
26
25
22
22
20
17
14
13
10
10
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOSES:

16% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
15% chance
Suggested:
REATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.3% →
TRAIL 5.92 bits
15.2% →
REATE 5.56 bits
6.6% →
SLART 5.28 bits
6.5% →
ALTER 4.31 bits
6.4% →
GIANT 5.11 bits
6.3% →
ACTOR 5.01 bits
5.1% →
CLARY 4.63 bits
4.8% →
SLART 5.00 bits
3.4% →
INANE 4.50 bits
2.5% →
GROIN 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1S1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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