5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

AITCH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈeɪt͡ʃ/

Noun

The name of the Latin script letter H/h.

“The word hour is written with a silent aitch.”

Alternative forms: haitch, ache

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 AITCH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AITCH 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 81.4% of games, misses completely in 18.6%, and leaves about 167 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,119 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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.

A___H A in the 1st position and H in the 5th position A__C_ A in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _I__H I in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER RANSE DRONE SOREL SLANE SOLED
Words starting with A Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
167 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AITCH 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,119 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AITCH ranks #2,119 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
1,014
4 guesses
1,083
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
27%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

439
307
156
140
117
103
79
72
72
69
56
50
39
31
29
27
25
24
24
24
23
22
20
20
20
17
16
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AITCH:

19% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
13% chance
Suggested:
RANSE
7% chance
Suggested:
DRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.6% →
SOLER 5.95 bits
13.0% →
RANSE 5.30 bits
6.6% →
DRONE 5.36 bits
5.9% →
SOREL 5.52 bits
5.0% →
SLANE 5.01 bits
4.4% →
SOLED 4.62 bits
3.3% →
SOLER 5.32 bits
3.1% →
SLIER 4.61 bits
3.1% →
SOREL 4.88 bits
2.9% →
BLORE 4.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1I1T1C3H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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