5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NOWDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of nowd

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 NOWDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOWDS 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 72.3% of games, misses completely in 27.7%, and leaves about 278 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,768 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__D_ N in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE STARE RAILE TALER ARIEL CARTE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.08 Entropy (bits)
278 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOWDS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,768 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOWDS ranks #7,768 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
812
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
11
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
1 vowels
Common:
NOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
18%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

653
307
222
156
143
126
69
66
61
51
40
36
33
32
31
31
24
19
18
18
17
13
12
12
11
11
10
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOWDS:

28% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
13% chance
Suggested:
STARE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.7% →
CARLE 6.32 bits
13.0% →
STARE 5.71 bits
9.4% →
RAILE 5.50 bits
6.6% →
TALER 5.20 bits
6.1% →
ARIEL 5.54 bits
5.3% →
CARTE 4.81 bits
2.9% →
LIANE 4.49 bits
2.8% →
MAIRE 4.65 bits
2.6% →
PEART 4.21 bits
2.2% →
TRACE 5.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1W4D2S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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