5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NOTES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /noʊts//nəʊts/

Noun

plural of note

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of note

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 NOTES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOTES 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 89.0% of games, misses completely in 11.0%, and leaves about 102 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,715 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___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

LAIRY LEARE SHALY ARIEL RAINY CAROL
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.26 Entropy (bits)
102 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOTES 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,715 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOTES ranks #2,715 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
931
4 guesses
1,160
5 guesses
176
6 guesses
15
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:
ENOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
29%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

260
243
129
115
111
103
96
91
87
81
65
64
48
45
41
38
37
37
33
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOTES:

11% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY
10% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
5% chance
Suggested:
SHALY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.0% →
LAIRY 5.66 bits
10.3% →
LEARE 5.46 bits
5.5% →
SHALY 5.09 bits
4.9% →
ARIEL 4.10 bits
4.7% →
RAINY 4.83 bits
4.4% →
CAROL 4.97 bits
4.1% →
REATE 4.87 bits
3.9% →
TRAIL 5.15 bits
3.7% →
CLARY 4.65 bits
3.4% →
SPALE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1T1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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