5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SOWLE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete spelling of soul.

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 SOWLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SOWLE 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 86.0% of games, misses completely in 14.0%, and leaves about 127 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,640 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN DETER REACT ACTOR PLAIN RENAL
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.07 Entropy (bits)
127 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SOWLE 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,640 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SOWLE ranks #4,640 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
860
4 guesses
1,210
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
9
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:
ELOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
45%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

330
266
146
140
124
112
104
104
73
50
46
43
43
41
35
35
35
35
34
29
28
28
23
23
22
20
20
20
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOWLE:

14% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
DETER
6% chance
Suggested:
REACT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.0% →
TRAIN 5.97 bits
11.3% →
DETER 5.40 bits
6.2% →
REACT 4.58 bits
5.9% →
ACTOR 5.01 bits
5.3% →
PLAIN 4.97 bits
4.7% →
RENAL 4.69 bits
4.4% →
MONTH 4.24 bits
4.4% →
STARK 4.49 bits
3.1% →
TRASH 4.57 bits
2.1% →
DALLY 4.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1W4L1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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