5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NOVIO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.7% 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 NOVIO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOVIO 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 64.5% of games, misses completely in 35.5%, and leaves about 385 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,090 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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___O N in the 1st position and O in the 5th position N__I_ N in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

REAST STILE SALET CRATE TALER STIRE
Words starting with N Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.69 Entropy (bits)
385 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOVIO 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,090 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOVIO ranks #13,090 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
668
4 guesses
1,270
5 guesses
340
6 guesses
28
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
INO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
23%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

836
292
197
170
153
110
83
79
35
34
34
32
28
20
15
15
13
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8
8
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6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOVIO:

35% chance
Suggested:
REAST
12% chance
Suggested:
STILE
8% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.5% →
REAST 6.27 bits
12.4% →
STILE 5.37 bits
8.4% →
SALET 5.27 bits
7.2% →
CRATE 5.31 bits
6.5% →
TALER 4.63 bits
4.7% →
STIRE 4.39 bits
3.5% →
TRACE 5.11 bits
3.4% →
SACRE 4.63 bits
1.5% →
CRATE 4.05 bits
1.4% →
LEASE 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1V4I1O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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