5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

YOWZA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Interjection

Alternative spelling of yowzah.

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 YOWZA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YOWZA 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 73.0% of games, misses completely in 27.0%, and leaves about 357 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,227 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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___A Y in the 1st position and A in the 5th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLATE TRICE SILER CRUET TARSE
Words starting with Y Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.46 Entropy (bits)
357 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YOWZA 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,227 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YOWZA ranks #14,227 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
581
4 guesses
1,302
5 guesses
413
6 guesses
22

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
16%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

638
537
238
179
153
116
88
56
50
46
45
31
24
18
11
11
10
8
8
8
7
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5
5
4
4
4
4
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YOWZA:

27% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
23% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.0% →
SLIER 6.07 bits
22.8% →
SLATE 5.54 bits
10.1% →
TRICE 5.23 bits
7.6% →
SILER 4.72 bits
6.5% →
CRUET 4.97 bits
4.9% →
TARSE 4.36 bits
3.7% →
TALON 4.46 bits
2.4% →
SHIER 5.09 bits
2.1% →
STOLE 3.53 bits
1.9% →
SLART 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4O1W4Z10A1
Total: 20 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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