5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NOVAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of nova

Alternative forms: novae

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 NOVAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOVAS 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,430 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__A_ N in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED CARLE SLIER TRICE THALE CLOTE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOVAS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,430 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOVAS ranks #8,430 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
782
4 guesses
1,266
5 guesses
228
6 guesses
17
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:
ANOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
22%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

440
319
188
146
137
128
127
100
75
59
56
50
50
42
37
28
27
27
26
19
17
16
16
14
14
14
13
11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOVAS:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
14% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
TRIED 6.01 bits
13.5% →
CARLE 5.43 bits
8.0% →
SLIER 5.30 bits
6.2% →
TRICE 5.18 bits
5.8% →
THALE 4.94 bits
5.4% →
TRICE 5.05 bits
5.4% →
CLOTE 4.27 bits
4.2% →
TRINE 4.64 bits
3.2% →
DECAL 4.48 bits
2.5% →
CRUET 3.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1V4A1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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