5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LOWES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of lowe

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 LOWES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOWES 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 86.0% of games, misses completely in 14.0%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,233 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___S L in the 1st position and S in the 5th position L__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position LO_ES L in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

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TRAIN TIARE STAIR RAINY ACTOR AIDER
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOWES 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,233 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOWES ranks #7,233 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
834
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
244
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
27%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

330
285
164
153
140
127
116
112
104
61
59
45
44
44
35
32
28
28
26
23
22
22
21
21
18
16
15
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOWES:

14% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
7% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.0% →
TRAIN 5.97 bits
12.1% →
TIARE 5.45 bits
7.0% →
STAIR 5.26 bits
6.5% →
RAINY 4.77 bits
5.9% →
ACTOR 5.01 bits
5.4% →
AIDER 4.20 bits
4.9% →
STAIR 4.80 bits
4.7% →
REATE 4.60 bits
4.4% →
MONTH 4.24 bits
2.6% →
STALK 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1W4E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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