5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GOWLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of gowl

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 GOWLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GOWLS 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 74.0% of games, misses completely in 26.0%, and leaves about 254 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,946 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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.

G___S G in the 1st position and S in the 5th position G__L_ G in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE STARE PAIRE CRATE CARTE RAINE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
254 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GOWLS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#6,946 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GOWLS ranks #6,946 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
867
4 guesses
1,212
5 guesses
228
6 guesses
7
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)
74%
Green tile
24%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

612
290
242
180
119
82
76
66
58
53
48
46
39
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32
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24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GOWLS:

26% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
12% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
PAIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.0% →
TIARE 6.24 bits
12.3% →
STARE 5.69 bits
10.3% →
PAIRE 5.37 bits
7.6% →
CRATE 5.28 bits
5.0% →
CARTE 4.81 bits
3.5% →
RAINE 5.22 bits
3.2% →
DAINE 4.58 bits
2.8% →
REACT 4.31 bits
2.5% →
PAISE 4.73 bits
2.2% →
TRADE 5.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1W4L1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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