5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NOUST

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A trench or other hollow area, sometimes with walls, where a boat can be hauled up and left ashore.

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 NOUST performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOUST 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 159 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #576 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___T N in the 1st position and T in the 5th position N__S_ N in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__T O in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE LAIDE TARTE CADRE PARLE MARLE
Words starting with N Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.99 Entropy (bits)
159 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOUST 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#576 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOUST ranks #576 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
1,044
4 guesses
1,065
5 guesses
164
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:
NOSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
32%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

482
169
153
130
128
114
100
73
72
63
57
40
36
35
34
33
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20
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOUST:

20% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE
6% chance
Suggested:
TARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
RAILE 6.23 bits
7.2% →
LAIDE 5.37 bits
6.5% →
TARTE 5.56 bits
5.5% →
CADRE 5.22 bits
5.4% →
PARLE 5.52 bits
4.8% →
MARLE 4.75 bits
4.2% →
MARLE 4.73 bits
3.1% →
ARIEL 4.99 bits
3.1% →
RAILE 4.51 bits
2.7% →
PHARE 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1U1S1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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