5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FLOWS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fləʊz//floʊz/

Noun

plural of flow

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of flow

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 FLOWS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLOWS 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 71.9% of games, misses completely in 28.1%, and leaves about 289 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,032 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.

F___S F in the 1st position and S in the 5th position F__W_ F in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE STARE TONER RAILE CRAPE PRATE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.03 Entropy (bits)
289 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLOWS 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
0.69 Volatility
#9,032 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLOWS ranks #9,032 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
806
4 guesses
1,230
5 guesses
264
6 guesses
9
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:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
23%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

663
297
242
231
89
88
63
61
58
57
48
45
34
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25
23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLOWS:

28% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
13% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.1% →
TIARE 6.24 bits
12.6% →
STARE 5.70 bits
10.3% →
TONER 5.40 bits
9.8% →
RAILE 5.35 bits
3.8% →
CRAPE 4.89 bits
3.7% →
PRATE 4.67 bits
2.7% →
LOYAL 4.21 bits
2.6% →
SALLE 4.69 bits
2.5% →
TRADE 5.25 bits
2.4% →
CRUET 4.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1O1W4S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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