5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NOULD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Would not.

Alternative forms: noulde

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 NOULD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOULD 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 76.7% of games, misses completely in 23.3%, and leaves about 196 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,933 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___D N in the 1st position and D in the 5th position N__L_ N in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__D O in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE REAST RAISE TRACE CARSE IRATE
Words starting with N Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOULD 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,933 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOULD ranks #1,933 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
974
4 guesses
1,145
5 guesses
160
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:
LNOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
28%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

549
207
180
145
112
110
83
81
79
53
47
47
41
40
36
32
29
28
26
25
24
23
23
21
19
19
17
16
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOULD:

23% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
REAST
8% chance
Suggested:
RAISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.3% →
TARSE 6.53 bits
8.8% →
REAST 5.49 bits
7.6% →
RAISE 5.46 bits
6.1% →
TRACE 5.38 bits
4.7% →
CARSE 5.03 bits
4.7% →
TARSE 4.72 bits
3.5% →
IRATE 5.32 bits
3.4% →
ARISE 4.68 bits
3.4% →
PAISE 4.84 bits
2.2% →
AROSE 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1U1L1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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