5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LOWRY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɒɹi//ˈlɑɹi/

Noun

An open boxcar used on railroads.

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 LOWRY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOWRY 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 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 206 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,153 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___Y L in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position L__R_ L in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SAINE SAICE SAINT SIENT PATER SINCE
Words starting with L Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
206 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOWRY 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
0.72 Volatility
#7,153 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOWRY ranks #7,153 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
870
4 guesses
1,160
5 guesses
246
6 guesses
21
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:
LOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
33%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

450
345
286
144
136
98
93
60
53
51
51
48
40
37
33
32
29
25
24
23
15
14
13
13
11
11
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOWRY:

19% chance
Suggested:
SAINE
15% chance
Suggested:
SAICE
12% chance
Suggested:
SAICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
SAINE 6.27 bits
14.6% →
SAICE 5.57 bits
12.1% →
SAICE 5.49 bits
6.1% →
SAINT 4.82 bits
5.8% →
SIENT 5.32 bits
4.2% →
PATER 4.22 bits
3.9% →
SINCE 4.58 bits
2.5% →
CASTE 4.24 bits
2.2% →
SPATE 4.77 bits
2.2% →
THANE 5.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1W4R1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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