5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOWAT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% 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 BOWAT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOWAT 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 78.7% of games, misses completely in 21.3%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,249 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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.

B___T B in the 1st position and T in the 5th position B__A_ B in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__T O in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLANE CRISE SHIRE GRICE CARSE
Words starting with B Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOWAT 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,249 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOWAT ranks #6,249 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
869
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
241
6 guesses
10
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:
AOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
33%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

503
361
153
135
130
109
88
77
60
60
57
51
44
35
31
29
27
27
23
20
20
17
16
14
14
14
14
13
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOWAT:

21% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
15% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
6% chance
Suggested:
CRISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.3% →
SLIER 6.03 bits
15.3% →
SLANE 5.41 bits
6.5% →
CRISE 5.25 bits
5.7% →
SHIRE 5.41 bits
5.5% →
GRICE 4.59 bits
4.6% →
CARSE 4.80 bits
3.7% →
SILER 5.21 bits
3.3% →
SERAL 4.63 bits
2.5% →
CRANE 4.23 bits
2.5% →
MANOR 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1W4A1T1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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