5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

NOTER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A small rod, usually made of wood, pressed against the melody course of a lap dulcimer to change the pitches.

Noun

One who takes notice.

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 NOTER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOTER 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 88.7% of games, misses completely in 11.3%, and leaves about 93 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,077 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___R N in the 1st position and R in the 5th position N__E_ N in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLIMY SLADE SAUCY PEARE SHALT SADLY
Words starting with N Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.42 Entropy (bits)
93 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOTER 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,077 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOTER ranks #1,077 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
88
3 guesses
953
4 guesses
1,138
5 guesses
158
6 guesses
16
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
2 vowels
Common:
ENORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
30%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

266
199
129
119
113
103
94
74
70
68
68
61
45
44
43
38
37
37
35
32
31
29
28
26
25
25
23
23
23
22

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOTER:

11% chance
Suggested:
SLIMY
8% chance
Suggested:
SLADE
5% chance
Suggested:
SAUCY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.3% →
SLIMY 5.70 bits
8.4% →
SLADE 5.51 bits
5.5% →
SAUCY 4.97 bits
5.0% →
PEARE 4.59 bits
4.8% →
SAUCY 4.89 bits
4.4% →
SHALT 5.18 bits
4.0% →
SHALT 5.13 bits
3.1% →
SADLY 3.54 bits
3.0% →
SADLY 4.31 bits
2.9% →
SLOOP 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1T1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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