5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NOWAY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊweɪ/

Adverb

In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise; no way.

“Noway will I go with you.”

Alternative forms: noways

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 NOWAY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOWAY 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 211 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,651 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___Y N in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position N__A_ N in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLATE TRICE STIRE SIDLE CRUSE
Words starting with N Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
211 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOWAY 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,651 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOWAY ranks #9,651 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
797
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
277
6 guesses
13
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:
ANO

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

473
374
188
160
133
113
107
88
80
59
53
43
41
36
33
25
19
19
19
18
17
16
15
13
12
11
10
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOWAY:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
16% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
SLIER 6.14 bits
15.9% →
SLATE 5.57 bits
8.0% →
TRICE 5.13 bits
6.8% →
STIRE 5.28 bits
5.6% →
SIDLE 4.62 bits
4.8% →
CRUSE 4.94 bits
4.5% →
STILE 4.58 bits
3.7% →
SETER 4.51 bits
3.4% →
SLART 4.24 bits
2.5% →
TALER 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1W4A1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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