Five-letter words matching _OW__

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What the remaining words have in common

151 matching words3 not previously used14 past answers

Position 1D 13%L 9%S 9%R 9%
Position 4E 25%N 12%L 11%A 10%
Position 5S 28%E 18%Y 12%D 11%
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17 possible answers fit.

Among those candidates, TOWEL produces the smallest worst-case feedback group.

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, D, H, L, M, P, R, S, T, V·4th letter: D, E, L, N, R·5th letter: L, R, Y

Possible answers

5 more possible answers are in the full list below.

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

BOWEL possible COWER used DOWDY used DOWEL used DOWNY possible DOWRY used HOWDY used LOWER used LOWLY used MOWER possible POWER used ROWDY used ROWER used SOWER used TOWEL used TOWER used VOWEL used BOWED guess BOWER guess BOWIE guess BOWLS guess COWAN guess DOWNS guess GOWNS guess LOWRY guess ROWAN guess TOWED guess TOWNS guess VOWED guess BOWAT guess BOWES guess BOWET guess BOWNE guess BOWRS guess BOWSE guess COWAL guess COWED guess COWKS guess COWLS guess COWPS guess COWRY guess DOWAK guess DOWAR guess DOWDS guess DOWED guess DOWER guess DOWFS guess DOWIE guess DOWLE guess DOWLS guess DOWLY guess DOWNA guess DOWPS guess DOWSE guess DOWTS guess FOWLS guess FOWTH guess GOWAN guess GOWDS guess GOWFS guess GOWKS guess GOWLS guess HOWAY guess HOWBE guess HOWES guess HOWFF guess HOWFS guess HOWKS guess HOWLS guess HOWRE guess HOWSO guess HOWTO guess JOWAR guess JOWED guess JOWLS guess JOWLY guess LOWAN guess LOWED guess LOWEN guess LOWES guess LOWND guess LOWNE guess LOWNS guess LOWPS guess LOWSE guess LOWTH guess LOWTS guess MOWAS guess MOWED guess MOWIE guess MOWRA guess NOWAY guess NOWDS guess NOWED guess NOWLS guess NOWTS guess NOWTY guess POWAN guess POWIE guess POWIN guess POWIS guess POWLT guess POWND guess POWNS guess POWNY guess POWRE guess POWSY guess ROWED guess ROWEL guess ROWEN guess ROWET guess ROWIE guess ROWME guess ROWND guess ROWNS guess ROWTH guess ROWTS guess SOWAR guess SOWCE guess SOWED guess SOWFF guess SOWFS guess SOWLE guess SOWLS guess SOWMS guess SOWND guess SOWNE guess SOWPS guess SOWSE guess SOWTH guess TOWAI guess TOWIE guess TOWNO guess TOWNY guess TOWSE guess TOWSY guess TOWTS guess TOWZE guess TOWZY guess VOWER guess WOWED guess WOWEE guess WOWSE guess YOWED guess YOWES guess YOWIE guess YOWLS guess YOWSA guess YOWZA guess ZOWEE guess ZOWIE guess

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Pattern guide

What fits _OW__?

All 151 matching words are shown above. 17 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

87% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

OW 151/151 words (100%) WE 38/151 words (25%) DO 19/151 words (13%) WN 18/151 words (12%) WL 16/151 words (11%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 43% · two: 50% · three or more: 7%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _OW__?
151 five-letter words match _OW__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 17 are possible answers.