5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NOWED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Knotted; tied in a knot.

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 NOWED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOWED 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 80.3% of games, misses completely in 19.7%, and leaves about 203 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,653 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___D N in the 1st position and D in the 5th position N__E_ N in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__D O in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLART SAINT STAIR SALTY GEARE RAILE
Words starting with N Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
203 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOWED 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,653 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOWED ranks #5,653 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
849
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
28%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

464
379
166
161
142
117
83
71
58
54
53
44
43
32
27
27
26
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25
20
17
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14
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12
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOWED:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLART
16% chance
Suggested:
SLART
7% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.7% →
SLART 6.01 bits
16.1% →
SLART 5.95 bits
7.0% →
SAINT 5.29 bits
6.8% →
SLART 5.22 bits
6.0% →
STAIR 4.52 bits
5.0% →
SALTY 4.54 bits
3.5% →
GEARE 4.63 bits
3.0% →
RAILE 4.57 bits
2.5% →
SLART 4.25 bits
2.3% →
ARSON 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1W4E1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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