5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _OWE_

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Possible answers

BOWEL COWER DOWEL LOWER MOWER POWER ROWER SOWER TOWEL TOWER VOWEL

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 38 words in the Wordle guess list; 11 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 11 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: COWER (July 8, 2023); DOWEL (May 11, 2025); LOWER (August 4, 2024); POWER (July 24, 2022); ROWER (January 19, 2025); SOWER (July 31, 2021); TOWEL (March 24, 2024); TOWER (August 27, 2025); plus 1 more.

Top-ranked splitter ROTLS
Average remaining
2.09
Worst branch
3
Information
2.6 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

Hard Mode Use ROWET instead.

ROTLS does not fit this page's clues. ROWET keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.36 (5 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _OWER

COWER, LOWER, MOWER, POWER, ROWER, SOWER, TOWER differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ROTLS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _OWE_?

All 38 matching words are shown above. 11 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

D 39% R 37% L 24% S 16% B 13% T 13%

Words with five different letters

87% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BOWEL COWER DOWEL LOWER MOWER

Common letter pairs

OW 25% WE 25% ED 9% ER 7% BO 3%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 95% · three or more: 5%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _OWE_?
38 five-letter words match _OWE_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 11 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, ROWET has the highest feedback entropy at 5.12 bits against the possible answers.
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