5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

BOWEL

BOWEL is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊ.əl//baʊl/

Noun

A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.

Noun

The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach.

Verb

To disembowel.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 BOWEL performs as a guess

BOWEL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.8% of games, misses completely in 19.2%, and leaves about 194 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,790 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___L B in the 1st position and L in the 5th position B__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__L O in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SEARE ARSON SAUCY STAIR STALE
Words starting with B Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.57 Entropy (bits)
194 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOWEL 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
0.70 Volatility
#6,790 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOWEL ranks #6,790 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
846
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
232
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
34%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
V I N Y L
B O W E L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BOWEL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

454
357
163
161
146
118
112
73
48
45
38
35
33
32
31
28
27
26
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOWEL:

19% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
15% chance
Suggested:
SEARE
7% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.2% →
SAINT 6.15 bits
15.1% →
SEARE 5.54 bits
6.9% →
ARSON 5.16 bits
6.8% →
SAUCY 5.08 bits
6.2% →
STAIR 4.69 bits
5.0% →
STALE 4.80 bits
4.7% →
SHART 4.47 bits
3.1% →
SNORE 4.33 bits
2.0% →
STAIR 4.34 bits
1.9% →
SHART 4.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1W4E1L1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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