5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOWED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /baʊd//boʊd//bəʊd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of bow

Adjective

Having a bow (rod for playing stringed instruments).

Adjective

Having been played by a bow (rod for playing stringed instruments).

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 BOWED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOWED 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 76.0% of games, misses completely in 24.0%, and leaves about 253 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,848 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___D B in the 1st position and D in the 5th position B__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__D O in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position BO_ED B in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLART STAIR SHART SNORE GEARE
Words starting with B Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.28 Entropy (bits)
253 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOWED 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,848 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOWED ranks #7,848 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
788
4 guesses
1,269
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
7

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
32%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

565
412
184
165
128
75
72
64
51
49
40
34
31
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27
27
23
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOWED:

24% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
17% chance
Suggested:
SLART
8% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
SAINT 6.07 bits
17.5% →
SLART 5.88 bits
7.8% →
STAIR 5.03 bits
7.0% →
STAIR 4.65 bits
5.4% →
SHART 4.48 bits
3.2% →
SNORE 4.25 bits
3.1% →
GEARE 4.53 bits
2.7% →
DAILY 4.63 bits
2.2% →
SHALT 5.09 bits
2.1% →
SAULT 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1W4E1D2
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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