5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NOTUM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The back; the dorsal side of the thorax in insects or nudibranches.

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 NOTUM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOTUM 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 76.0% of games, misses completely in 24.0%, and leaves about 217 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,584 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___M N in the 1st position and M in the 5th position N__U_ N in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__M O in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE REAST SACRE SLIER PARLE ARISE
Words starting with N Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
217 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOTUM 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,584 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOTUM ranks #5,584 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
876
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
217
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:
NOTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
22%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

566
251
195
152
142
110
89
79
55
55
51
47
46
35
31
27
24
23
22
21
19
19
18
18
17
13
11
11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOTUM:

24% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
REAST
8% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
RAILE 6.17 bits
10.6% →
REAST 5.70 bits
8.3% →
RAILE 5.37 bits
6.4% →
SACRE 5.15 bits
6.0% →
SLIER 5.11 bits
4.7% →
PARLE 4.60 bits
3.8% →
RAILE 5.44 bits
3.4% →
ARISE 4.51 bits
2.3% →
CARLE 4.59 bits
2.3% →
SERAL 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1T1U1M3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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