5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YOWIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈjaʊwi/

Noun

An ape-like monster or animal said to exist in parts of eastern Australia.

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 YOWIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YOWIE 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 88.4% of games, misses completely in 11.6%, and leaves about 149 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,451 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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.

Y___E Y in the 1st position and E in the 5th position Y__I_ Y in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ALTER SLART ACTOR CARET SLANT DINER
Words starting with Y Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.57 Entropy (bits)
149 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.38 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YOWIE 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,451 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YOWIE ranks #10,451 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
789
4 guesses
1,233
5 guesses
275
6 guesses
22
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
35%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

310
274
208
176
157
151
101
95
88
79
67
65
60
49
40
38
31
30
29
29
26
25
20
19
18
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11
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YOWIE:

13% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
12% chance
Suggested:
SLART
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.1% →
ALTER 5.50 bits
11.6% →
SLART 5.93 bits
8.8% →
SLART 5.12 bits
7.5% →
ACTOR 5.06 bits
6.7% →
SLART 4.70 bits
6.4% →
SLART 5.22 bits
4.3% →
CARET 4.41 bits
4.0% →
SLANT 4.87 bits
3.7% →
SLART 4.08 bits
3.4% →
DINER 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4O1W4I1E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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