5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOWNE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

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 BOWNE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOWNE 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 199 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,395 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___E B in the 1st position and E in the 5th position B__N_ B in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLART STAIR SALTY MANIC RISEN SAULT
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
199 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOWNE 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
#6,395 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOWNE ranks #6,395 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
845
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
220
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:
ENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
40%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

481
326
222
163
118
97
86
84
46
42
41
38
38
35
34
32
29
27
26
24
22
22
15
15
14
14
14
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOWNE:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLART
14% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
SLART 5.94 bits
13.8% →
STAIR 5.29 bits
9.4% →
SLART 5.27 bits
6.9% →
SLART 5.20 bits
5.0% →
SALTY 4.63 bits
4.1% →
MANIC 4.75 bits
3.6% →
RISEN 4.55 bits
3.6% →
SAULT 4.86 bits
2.0% →
SHART 5.10 bits
1.8% →
SAICE 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1W4N1E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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