5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOWER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle.

Noun

A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat.

Verb

To embower; to enclose.

Verb

To lodge.

Alternative forms: bowre, bougher

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 BOWER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOWER 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 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 190 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,425 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___R B in the 1st position and R in the 5th position B__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT CEASE SHALT ARSON SENTE
Words starting with B Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
190 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOWER 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
0.69 Volatility
#6,425 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOWER ranks #6,425 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
864
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
235
6 guesses
8
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:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
32%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

467
335
179
153
122
116
91
76
66
58
37
37
34
34
32
27
27
27
20
20
19
19
19
16
16
15
14
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOWER:

20% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
14% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
SAINT 6.00 bits
14.2% →
SLANT 5.71 bits
7.6% →
SAINT 5.24 bits
6.5% →
CEASE 4.74 bits
5.2% →
SLANT 5.28 bits
4.9% →
SHALT 4.40 bits
3.9% →
SAINT 3.80 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 4.80 bits
2.8% →
ARSON 3.88 bits
2.5% →
SENTE 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1W4E1R1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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