5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NOULE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 NOULE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOULE 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 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 106 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,574 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___E N in the 1st position and E in the 5th position N__L_ N in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SHIRT STAIR ACTOR PETAL SCANT SHART
Words starting with N Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.25 Entropy (bits)
106 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOULE 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
0.70 Volatility
#2,574 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOULE ranks #2,574 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
937
4 guesses
1,148
5 guesses
172
6 guesses
21
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
3 vowels
Common:
ELNOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
38%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

283
251
139
113
103
99
90
84
78
77
62
52
45
42
42
37
33
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22

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOULE:

12% chance
Suggested:
SHIRT
11% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
6% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.0% →
SHIRT 6.00 bits
10.6% →
STAIR 5.27 bits
5.9% →
STAIR 4.92 bits
4.8% →
ACTOR 4.89 bits
4.4% →
PETAL 4.68 bits
4.2% →
SCANT 4.83 bits
3.8% →
STAIR 4.89 bits
3.6% →
SHART 4.60 bits
3.3% →
SCRUM 4.18 bits
3.3% →
SAGER 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1U1L1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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