5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WOWSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 WOWSE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WOWSE 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 242 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,751 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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.

W___E W in the 1st position and E in the 5th position W__S_ W in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL ALTER RAILE ACTOR SLANT CLARY
Words starting with W Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.06 Entropy (bits)
242 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WOWSE 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,751 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WOWSE ranks #13,751 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
621
4 guesses
1,296
5 guesses
364
6 guesses
30

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
36%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

504
393
212
187
181
146
78
66
63
54
43
43
35
31
23
19
19
19
18
17
17
16
16
13
13
10
10
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WOWSE:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
17% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
9% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.4% →
TRAIL 5.87 bits
16.7% →
ALTER 5.39 bits
9.0% →
RAILE 4.42 bits
7.9% →
ACTOR 5.04 bits
7.7% →
SLANT 5.12 bits
6.2% →
CLARY 4.47 bits
3.3% →
STEER 4.65 bits
2.8% →
SLART 3.92 bits
2.7% →
SHART 4.38 bits
2.3% →
SPORT 3.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4O1W4S1E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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