5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NYAMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of nyam

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 NYAMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NYAMS 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 196 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,228 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__M_ N in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRICE TALER STIRE TOILE DROLE TRUCE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NYAMS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,228 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NYAMS ranks #5,228 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
886
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
15
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:
ANS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
20%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

492
252
218
195
137
116
82
75
65
65
62
61
46
41
39
29
25
24
22
21
19
17
17
17
14
14
13
12
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NYAMS:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRICE
11% chance
Suggested:
TALER
9% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
TRICE 6.24 bits
10.7% →
TALER 5.63 bits
9.2% →
STIRE 5.51 bits
8.3% →
TOILE 5.46 bits
5.8% →
DROLE 5.06 bits
4.9% →
TRUCE 4.99 bits
3.5% →
TARGE 4.54 bits
3.2% →
SHUTE 4.25 bits
2.8% →
ROUET 5.06 bits
2.8% →
TRINE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1Y4A1M3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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