5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LOWNS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of lown

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 LOWNS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOWNS 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 77.6% of games, misses completely in 22.4%, and leaves about 209 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,571 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__N_ L 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

TIARE RAILE STARE CRATE CARTE SALLE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
209 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOWNS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,571 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOWNS ranks #5,571 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
911
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
213
6 guesses
15
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:
LNOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
24%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

528
257
247
148
147
106
80
66
51
49
44
44
42
41
34
34
30
27
26
26
22
21
19
19
16
13
12
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOWNS:

22% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
STARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.4% →
TIARE 6.26 bits
10.9% →
RAILE 5.48 bits
10.5% →
STARE 5.74 bits
6.3% →
TIARE 5.28 bits
6.2% →
CRATE 5.19 bits
4.5% →
CARTE 4.78 bits
3.4% →
SALLE 4.73 bits
2.8% →
TARGE 4.84 bits
2.2% →
REACT 4.30 bits
2.1% →
CRATE 3.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1W4N1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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