5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MEOWS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of meow

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of meow

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 MEOWS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MEOWS 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 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 197 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,700 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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.

M___S M in the 1st position and S in the 5th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL RAILE SAULT TONAL REATE STAIR
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
197 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MEOWS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,700 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MEOWS ranks #9,700 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
788
4 guesses
1,238
5 guesses
270
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
26%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

419
378
199
185
152
140
88
69
54
42
41
38
35
33
32
32
31
27
24
23
20
19
16
16
14
14
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MEOWS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
16% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
TRAIL 5.95 bits
16.0% →
RAILE 5.40 bits
8.4% →
SAULT 5.38 bits
7.8% →
TONAL 5.04 bits
6.4% →
REATE 4.55 bits
5.9% →
STAIR 4.84 bits
3.7% →
CLARY 4.39 bits
2.9% →
VOTER 4.32 bits
2.3% →
LAIRY 4.47 bits
1.8% →
SHOOT 3.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1O1W4S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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