5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CHOWS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃaʊz/

Noun

plural of chow

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of chow

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 CHOWS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHOWS 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 67.6% of games, misses completely in 32.4%, and leaves about 327 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,448 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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.

C___S C in the 1st position and S in the 5th position C__W_ C in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TIARE TONER GRADE MAILE PARTE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.06 Entropy (bits)
327 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.89 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHOWS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,448 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHOWS ranks #8,448 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
820
4 guesses
1,221
5 guesses
244
6 guesses
19
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
1 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
23%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

765
287
228
101
90
85
74
50
48
43
43
39
36
33
33
33
33
29
26
24
19
19
13
12
12
11
11
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHOWS:

32% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.4% →
RAILE 6.28 bits
12.2% →
TIARE 5.65 bits
9.7% →
TONER 5.28 bits
4.3% →
GRADE 4.65 bits
3.8% →
RAILE 5.32 bits
3.6% →
MAILE 5.04 bits
3.1% →
PARTE 5.19 bits
2.1% →
TALER 4.94 bits
2.0% →
RAISE 4.20 bits
1.8% →
PEART 3.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4O1W4S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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