5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SLOWS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /slaːz/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of slow

Noun

milk sickness

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 SLOWS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SLOWS 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 68.5% of games, misses completely in 31.5%, and leaves about 327 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,246 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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 _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE TONER RAILE PEART CRANE URATE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.85 Entropy (bits)
327 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 16% of evaluated openers
2.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLOWS 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,246 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLOWS ranks #12,246 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
733
4 guesses
1,234
5 guesses
330
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
31%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

742
261
251
185
116
113
97
69
63
48
44
34
31
25
22
18
18
17
13
12
12
11
10
10
9
9
8
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLOWS:

31% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
TONER
11% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.5% →
TIARE 6.24 bits
11.1% →
TONER 5.38 bits
10.6% →
RAILE 5.35 bits
7.8% →
PEART 5.43 bits
4.9% →
CRANE 4.82 bits
4.8% →
URATE 5.41 bits
4.1% →
PRATE 4.65 bits
2.9% →
LOYAL 4.20 bits
2.7% →
TRADE 5.24 bits
2.0% →
CRUET 3.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1O1W4S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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