5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YOWLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of yowl

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of yowl

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 YOWLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YOWLS 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 75.8% of games, misses completely in 24.2%, and leaves about 238 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,544 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___S Y in the 1st position and S in the 5th position Y__L_ Y in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRACE TIARE RAINE IRATE RANCE REACT
Words starting with Y Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
238 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YOWLS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#7,544 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YOWLS ranks #7,544 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
854
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
15
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
1 vowels
Common:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
20%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

571
258
251
193
169
115
63
56
55
52
52
52
35
32
31
30
28
28
26
19
18
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12
10
9
9
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YOWLS:

24% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.2% →
TRACE 6.38 bits
10.9% →
TIARE 5.67 bits
10.6% →
RAINE 5.44 bits
8.2% →
IRATE 5.16 bits
7.2% →
RAINE 4.84 bits
4.9% →
RANCE 4.86 bits
2.7% →
REACT 4.32 bits
2.4% →
SAIST 4.35 bits
2.3% →
SPANE 4.69 bits
2.2% →
TARGE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4O1W4L1S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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