5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NOXES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% 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 NOXES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOXES 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 83.9% of games, misses completely in 16.1%, and leaves about 181 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,418 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__E_ N in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position NO_ES N in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL REATE SLART GIANT ALTER ACTOR
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.38 Entropy (bits)
181 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOXES 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,418 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOXES ranks #11,418 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
705
4 guesses
1,306
5 guesses
271
6 guesses
23

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
26%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

380
349
196
152
150
146
126
118
80
56
49
47
47
41
40
37
37
26
26
23
23
17
17
17
14
10
10
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOXES:

16% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
15% chance
Suggested:
REATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.1% →
TRAIL 5.91 bits
14.8% →
REATE 5.53 bits
8.3% →
SLART 5.29 bits
6.4% →
GIANT 5.11 bits
6.4% →
ALTER 4.33 bits
6.2% →
ACTOR 5.02 bits
5.3% →
SLART 5.05 bits
5.0% →
CLARY 4.62 bits
3.4% →
INANE 4.50 bits
2.4% →
GROAN 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1X8E1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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