5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ENOWS

ENOWS 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

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 ENOWS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ENOWS 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 85.1% of games, misses completely in 14.9%, and leaves about 191 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,727 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.

E___S E in the 1st position and S in the 5th position _N__S N in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

REATE TRAIL SLART MOLAR LAIRY RANEE
Words starting with E Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
191 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ENOWS 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
0.72 Volatility
#8,727 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ENOWS ranks #8,727 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
825
4 guesses
1,189
5 guesses
270
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
18%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

435
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168
149
136
88
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62
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ENOWS:

18% chance
Suggested:
REATE
15% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
REATE 5.53 bits
14.9% →
TRAIL 5.89 bits
7.6% →
SLART 5.27 bits
7.1% →
MOLAR 5.14 bits
6.3% →
SLART 5.01 bits
5.8% →
LAIRY 4.89 bits
3.7% →
RANEE 4.65 bits
3.3% →
CLARY 4.28 bits
3.0% →
VOTER 4.48 bits
2.6% →
TONIC 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1N1O1W4S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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