5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NOYES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnɔɪz/

Proper noun

A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Noah.

Proper noun

An unincorporated community in St. Vincent Township, Kittson County, Minnesota, United States, on the border with Canada.

Alternative forms: Noyce

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 NOYES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOYES 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 89.3% of games, misses completely in 10.7%, and leaves about 126 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,926 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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

TRADE TRAIL EATER ACTOR SLART DAILY
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
126 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOYES 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,926 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOYES ranks #6,926 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
833
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
201
6 guesses
20
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:
ENOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
27%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

307
252
140
140
138
125
120
115
74
70
56
52
51
48
47
43
42
41
41
37
34
34
23
23
23
19
17
16
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOYES:

13% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
6% chance
Suggested:
EATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.0% →
TRADE 5.49 bits
10.7% →
TRAIL 6.09 bits
5.9% →
EATER 4.28 bits
5.9% →
ACTOR 5.04 bits
5.9% →
SLART 5.27 bits
5.3% →
DAILY 4.35 bits
5.1% →
SLART 5.02 bits
4.9% →
GIANT 5.09 bits
3.1% →
LIANE 4.51 bits
3.0% →
CARTE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1Y4E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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