5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOWSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A carouse; a drinking bout; a booze.

Verb

To haul or hoist (something) with a tackle.

Verb

To drink excessively and socially; to carouse.

Alternative forms: bouse

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 BOWSE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOWSE 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 81.4% of games, misses completely in 18.6%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,908 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__S_ B in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL ALTER LAIRY STALK ACTOR CLARY
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOWSE 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,908 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOWSE ranks #8,908 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
784
4 guesses
1,238
5 guesses
260
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
38%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

439
335
179
171
152
128
75
65
53
53
42
42
37
36
34
33
29
26
23
23
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19
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOWSE:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
14% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
8% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.6% →
TRAIL 5.85 bits
14.2% →
ALTER 5.40 bits
7.6% →
LAIRY 4.40 bits
7.2% →
STALK 5.03 bits
6.4% →
ACTOR 5.00 bits
5.4% →
CLARY 4.55 bits
3.2% →
STEER 4.58 bits
2.8% →
SLART 3.92 bits
2.2% →
SHART 4.38 bits
2.2% →
SPORT 3.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1W4S1E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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