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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

COWER

Yes, COWER was the Wordle answer on July 8, 2023 (Wordle #749).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊɚ//ˈkaʊə/

Verb

To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.

“He'd be useless in war. He'd just cower in his bunker until the enemy came in and shot him, or until the war was over.”

Verb

To cause to cower; to frighten into submission.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: July 8, 2023 (#749).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How COWER performs as a guess

COWER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.2% of games, misses completely in 16.8%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,457 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

C___R C in the 1st position and R in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position CO_ER C in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLATE TEASE SLANT SALTY LATCH
Words starting with C Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.89 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COWER 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,457 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COWER ranks #3,457 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
945
4 guesses
1,145
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
10
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)
83%
Green tile
33%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M O C K
A R R O W
C O W E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches COWER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

396
314
162
139
115
99
91
80
77
62
52
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49
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COWER:

17% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
SAINT 6.09 bits
13.3% →
SLATE 5.74 bits
6.9% →
SAINT 5.32 bits
5.9% →
TEASE 4.66 bits
4.9% →
SLANT 5.28 bits
4.2% →
SALTY 4.65 bits
3.9% →
SAINT 3.82 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.77 bits
3.3% →
LATCH 4.59 bits
2.6% →
DROIT 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1W4E1R1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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