Is COWER a Wordle Word?

Yes. COWER is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on July 8, 2023 (#749).

Since February 2026, Wordle sometimes reuses past answers, so it could be the answer again.

What does COWER mean?

/ˈkaʊə/

To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.“He'd be useless in war. He'd just cower in his bunker until the enemy came in and shot him, or until the war was over.”
To crouch in general.
To cause to cower; to frighten into submission.

Definition from Wiktionary, available under the CC BY-SA license.

Starter word rating: AverageIn the top 20% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: O, E
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: O, E, R

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