5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SHROW

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʃɹəʊ//ʃɹaʊ/

Noun

Alternative form of shrew.

Verb

To hide or cover; to shroud.

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 SHROW performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHROW 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 76.6% of games, misses completely in 23.4%, and leaves about 222 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,728 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.

S___W S in the 1st position and W in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _H__W H in the 2nd position and W in the 5th position

Try next

ALINE TRIED PLANE LEAST TRADE NAICE
Words starting with S Words ending with W

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
222 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHROW 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
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,728 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHROW ranks #6,728 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
869
4 guesses
1,166
5 guesses
241
6 guesses
18
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:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
30%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

551
328
196
163
97
96
89
61
46
40
37
36
36
34
32
32
31
27
27
22
20
20
20
19
16
15
14
14
13
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHROW:

23% chance
Suggested:
ALINE
14% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
8% chance
Suggested:
ALINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.4% →
ALINE 6.24 bits
13.9% →
TRIED 5.35 bits
8.3% →
ALINE 5.15 bits
6.9% →
PLANE 5.45 bits
4.1% →
LEAST 5.22 bits
4.1% →
TRADE 4.33 bits
3.8% →
NAICE 4.92 bits
2.6% →
CAGEY 4.39 bits
2.0% →
ANILE 4.31 bits
1.7% →
TUILE 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4R1O1W4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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