5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LOWPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of lowp

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 LOWPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOWPS 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 73.5% of games, misses completely in 26.5%, and leaves about 258 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,939 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.

L___S L in the 1st position and S in the 5th position L__P_ L in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAILE CATER TRUCE PRICE SALLE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
258 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOWPS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,939 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOWPS ranks #6,939 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
837
4 guesses
1,243
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
12
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:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
19%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

624
260
249
176
134
94
73
62
58
57
54
52
46
37
34
29
25
24
19
18
17
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13
11
11
10
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOWPS:

26% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.5% →
TIARE 6.29 bits
11.0% →
RAILE 5.43 bits
10.6% →
TIARE 5.66 bits
7.5% →
CATER 5.30 bits
5.7% →
TRUCE 4.70 bits
4.0% →
PRICE 5.32 bits
3.1% →
SALLE 4.58 bits
2.6% →
STARE 5.05 bits
2.5% →
TRADE 5.25 bits
2.4% →
ALURE 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1W4P3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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