5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

MOWER

MOWER is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈməʊ.ə(ɹ)//ˈmoʊ.ɚ/

Noun

A lawnmower, a machine used to cut grass on lawns.

Noun

A farm machine used in hay production (sickle mower, finger-bar mower).

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 MOWER performs as a guess

MOWER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,375 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___R M in the 1st position and R in the 5th position M__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position MO_ER M in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLATE TEASE SLANT SALTY DROIT
Words starting with M Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.68 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 64% of evaluated openers
1.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOWER 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,375 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOWER ranks #6,375 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
881
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
228
6 guesses
13
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:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
29%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M O C K
M O V E R
M O W E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MOWER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

433
337
180
157
125
108
91
80
70
57
55
36
34
33
31
29
28
27
22
21
20
20
17
17
16
16
16
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOWER:

18% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
14% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
SAINT 6.11 bits
14.3% →
SLATE 5.70 bits
7.6% →
SAINT 5.35 bits
6.7% →
TEASE 4.71 bits
5.3% →
SLANT 5.32 bits
4.6% →
SALTY 4.47 bits
3.9% →
SAINT 3.69 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.82 bits
3.0% →
DROIT 4.09 bits
2.4% →
SLUMP 4.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1W4E1R1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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