5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TOWZE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Alternative spelling of touse.

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 TOWZE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TOWZE 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 78.6% of games, misses completely in 21.4%, and leaves about 225 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,870 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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.

T___E T in the 1st position and E in the 5th position T__Z_ T in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN ARIEL SERAL SAINT ARSON SLART
Words starting with T Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
225 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TOWZE 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,870 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TOWZE ranks #12,870 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
663
4 guesses
1,281
5 guesses
341
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
34%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

505
327
232
182
169
133
117
66
52
50
43
43
41
32
31
30
28
28
25
24
17
14
13
13
11
9
9
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TOWZE:

21% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
14% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
10% chance
Suggested:
SERAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.4% →
SLAIN 5.87 bits
13.9% →
ARIEL 5.22 bits
9.8% →
SERAL 4.55 bits
7.7% →
SAINT 5.38 bits
7.2% →
ARSON 5.17 bits
5.6% →
SLART 4.92 bits
5.0% →
CLARY 4.64 bits
2.8% →
SPORT 4.29 bits
2.2% →
SNARE 3.66 bits
2.1% →
RAINY 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1W4Z10E1
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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