5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GOWNS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡaʊnz/

Noun

plural of gown

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of gown

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 GOWNS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GOWNS 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 69.8% of games, misses completely in 30.2%, and leaves about 299 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,719 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__N_ G in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STALE CATER ARIEL CRATE TIARE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
299 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GOWNS 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
0.68 Volatility
#6,719 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GOWNS ranks #6,719 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
846
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
214
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:
NOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
25%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

711
315
175
155
123
64
64
62
59
54
42
40
39
31
28
28
26
22
19
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GOWNS:

30% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
13% chance
Suggested:
STALE
7% chance
Suggested:
CATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.2% →
RAILE 6.21 bits
13.4% →
STALE 5.72 bits
7.4% →
CATER 5.25 bits
6.6% →
ARIEL 5.27 bits
5.2% →
CRATE 4.79 bits
2.7% →
TIARE 4.84 bits
2.7% →
RAILE 5.08 bits
2.6% →
REACT 4.21 bits
2.5% →
THALE 5.16 bits
2.3% →
LAIDE 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1W4N1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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