5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LOWNE

LOWNE 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

Archaic form of loon (“idler, lout”).

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 LOWNE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOWNE 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 141 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,976 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___E L in the 1st position and E in the 5th position L__N_ L in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

STAIR SAUCY ACTOR ALTER SHART TUNIC
Words starting with L Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.92 Entropy (bits)
141 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOWNE 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,976 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOWNE ranks #4,976 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
883
4 guesses
1,178
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
16
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:
ELNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
38%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

357
257
180
173
138
103
94
81
71
69
66
50
40
39
38
34
30
28
26
26
24
24
23
23
18
18
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15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOWNE:

15% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
11% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
8% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
STAIR 5.88 bits
10.9% →
STAIR 5.27 bits
7.6% →
STAIR 5.09 bits
7.3% →
SAUCY 4.96 bits
5.9% →
ACTOR 4.95 bits
4.4% →
ALTER 4.44 bits
4.0% →
SHART 4.63 bits
3.4% →
TUNIC 4.91 bits
3.0% →
SIREN 4.59 bits
2.9% →
STAIR 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1W4N1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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