5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SCOWS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of scow

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of scow

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 SCOWS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCOWS 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 63.6% of games, misses completely in 36.4%, and leaves about 406 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,740 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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.

S___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__W_ S in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _C__S C in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TONER PLATE REAST TRADE CARNE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.54 Entropy (bits)
406 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCOWS 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,740 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCOWS ranks #12,740 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
693
4 guesses
1,290
5 guesses
316
6 guesses
23
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
26%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

858
263
246
215
124
112
67
67
44
36
33
25
20
19
17
16
15
13
13
12
12
11
9
9
9
9
7
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCOWS:

36% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TONER
10% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.4% →
RAILE 6.26 bits
11.2% →
TONER 5.29 bits
10.4% →
RAILE 5.50 bits
9.1% →
PLATE 5.36 bits
5.3% →
REAST 5.49 bits
4.7% →
TRADE 4.67 bits
2.8% →
TRADE 5.18 bits
2.8% →
CARNE 4.66 bits
1.9% →
PEART 3.77 bits
1.5% →
WORLD 4.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3O1W4S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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