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LOWER

Yes, LOWER was the Wordle answer on August 4, 2024 (Wordle #1142).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈləʊ.ə//ˈloʊ.ɚ//ˈloʊ(ə)ɹ/

Adjective

comparative form of low: more low

Adjective

Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.

Adverb

comparative form of low: more low

Verb

To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down.

“lower a bucket into a well”

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: August 4, 2024 (#1142).

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

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How LOWER performs as a guess

LOWER 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 86.6% of games, misses completely in 13.4%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,707 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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.

L___R L in the 1st position and R in the 5th position L__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT TEASE SLATE SAUNT ARSON SATIN
Words starting with L Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOWER 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,707 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOWER ranks #4,707 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
922
4 guesses
1,137
5 guesses
216
6 guesses
19
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:
ELOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
28%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M O C K
F L O W N
L O W E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LOWER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

317
243
188
176
154
118
96
94
80
71
49
49
46
34
33
32
32
30
27
27
26
22
18
18
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOWER:

13% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
10% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.4% →
SAINT 6.02 bits
10.3% →
SAINT 5.56 bits
8.0% →
SAINT 5.21 bits
7.5% →
SAINT 5.31 bits
6.5% →
TEASE 4.72 bits
5.0% →
SLATE 4.64 bits
4.1% →
SAUNT 4.35 bits
4.0% →
SAINT 5.18 bits
3.4% →
SAINT 3.85 bits
3.0% →
ARSON 3.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1W4E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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