5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NOVUM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A new feature, a novelty.

Noun

An innovation which is fictional, but, following the logic of cognitive estrangement (characteristic of science fiction), is afforded plausibility by the assumption that the fictional setting is scientifically consistent.

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 NOVUM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOVUM 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 65.7% of games, misses completely in 34.3%, and leaves about 356 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,938 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___M N in the 1st position and M in the 5th position N__U_ N in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__M O in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

REAST RAISE STILE TRACE TALER RAILE
Words starting with N Words ending with M

First-turn measures

3.84 Entropy (bits)
356 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 16% of evaluated openers
2.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOVUM 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,938 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOVUM ranks #10,938 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
731
4 guesses
1,294
5 guesses
263
6 guesses
21
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
NOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
19%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

809
237
194
186
137
115
93
70
42
35
32
28
26
26
26
23
21
20
19
18
17
15
9
9
9
8
8
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOVUM:

34% chance
Suggested:
REAST
10% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
8% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.3% →
REAST 6.32 bits
10.1% →
RAISE 5.38 bits
8.2% →
STILE 5.18 bits
7.9% →
TRACE 5.16 bits
5.8% →
TALER 4.60 bits
4.9% →
RAILE 5.49 bits
3.9% →
ARISE 4.57 bits
3.0% →
STANE 3.90 bits
1.8% →
LEASE 4.69 bits
1.5% →
SLUMP 3.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1V4U1M3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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