5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

NOSEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /nəʊzi/

Adjective

Alternative spelling of nosy.

Noun

Alternative spelling of nosy.

Verb

Alternative spelling of nosy.

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 NOSEY performs as a guess

NOSEY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 89.3% of games, misses completely in 10.7%, and leaves about 125 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,109 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___Y N in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position N__E_ N in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRADE TRAIL SHALT EATER ACTOR PARLE
Words starting with N Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.97 Entropy (bits)
125 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOSEY 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,109 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOSEY ranks #6,109 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
831
4 guesses
1,239
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
38%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

R O A T E
V I N Y L
N O S E Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches NOSEY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

307
252
146
140
140
122
119
115
74
70
52
51
46
46
46
42
41
34
34
31
31
30
25
23
23
21
21
17
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOSEY:

13% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
6% chance
Suggested:
SHALT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.0% →
TRADE 5.49 bits
10.7% →
TRAIL 6.09 bits
6.2% →
SHALT 5.36 bits
5.9% →
EATER 4.28 bits
5.9% →
ACTOR 5.04 bits
5.2% →
PARLE 4.11 bits
5.0% →
SLART 4.97 bits
4.9% →
GIANT 5.09 bits
3.1% →
LIANE 4.51 bits
3.0% →
CARTE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1S1E1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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