5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

AVOWS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of avow

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 AVOWS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AVOWS 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 76.6% of games, misses completely in 23.4%, and leaves about 266 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,667 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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.

A___S A in the 1st position and S in the 5th position A__W_ A in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _V__S V in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRICE CARTE STILE TONER STALE CAROL
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
266 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AVOWS 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,667 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AVOWS ranks #11,667 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
735
4 guesses
1,264
5 guesses
302
6 guesses
17
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:
AOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
18%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

552
407
217
213
170
95
73
71
68
48
40
35
34
30
24
23
22
22
15
14
12
11
11
10
9
8
8
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AVOWS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRICE
17% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
9% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.4% →
TRICE 6.02 bits
17.3% →
CARTE 5.44 bits
9.2% →
STILE 5.35 bits
9.0% →
TONER 5.27 bits
7.2% →
STALE 4.91 bits
4.0% →
TRICE 4.25 bits
3.1% →
CAROL 4.47 bits
3.0% →
TRINE 4.91 bits
2.9% →
CRUET 3.95 bits
2.0% →
TRINE 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1V4O1W4S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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