5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NOUPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% 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 NOUPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOUPS 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 74.7% of games, misses completely in 25.3%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,678 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__P_ N in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE THALE RAILE TALER MARLE PARLE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOUPS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#3,678 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOUPS ranks #3,678 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
926
4 guesses
1,187
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
11
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:
NOSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
22%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

596
216
185
151
134
109
92
76
60
53
48
45
44
42
36
31
30
27
23
21
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14
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOUPS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
THALE
8% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.3% →
TIARE 6.20 bits
9.2% →
THALE 5.87 bits
7.8% →
RAILE 5.35 bits
6.4% →
TALER 5.18 bits
5.7% →
MARLE 4.74 bits
4.6% →
RAILE 4.96 bits
3.9% →
PARLE 5.34 bits
3.2% →
ARIEL 4.56 bits
2.5% →
CARLE 4.85 bits
2.2% →
TIARE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1U1P3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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