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Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

NOULE

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

No dictionary definition for NOULE is recorded in our sourced data.

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 107 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #2,574 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in NOULE.

First-turn measures

All four describe NOULE used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

5.25 Entropy (bits)
107 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% 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 opening guess: previous 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
99.92% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#2,574 Rank among openers
Opening with NOULE left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.63 average. It 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 (3.46 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

NOULE can come back 104 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

284 answers
253 answers
140 answers
113 answers
103 answers
99 answers
90 answers
84 answers
79 answers
78 answers
63 answers
53 answers
46 answers
43 answers
42 answers
37 answers
33 answers
33 answers
32 answers
31 answers
31 answers
31 answers
30 answers
27 answers
27 answers
25 answers
24 answers
24 answers
22 answers
22 answers

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.

Try next

SHIRT STAIR ACTOR PETAL SCANT SHART

Strategy after playing NOULE

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to NOULE.

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
10.7% →
STAIR 5.31 bits
5.9% →
STAIR 4.92 bits
4.8% →
ACTOR 4.88 bits
4.3% →
PETAL 4.68 bits
4.2% →
SCANT 4.83 bits
3.8% →
STAIR 4.89 bits
3.5% →
SHART 4.60 bits
3.3% →
EATEN 4.33 bits
3.3% →
SCRUM 4.18 bits

Research on NOULE

Game-tree analysis and word research for NOULE, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with NOULE, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.66 guesses and ranks #2,152 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with NOULE can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.63, at or below the proven-optimal 3.66, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

One syllable Say it NOHL. Estimated pronunciation

This pronunciation is machine-estimated, not taken from a pronunciation dictionary.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD), with machine estimates from the g2p_en model.