Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

AUCHT

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

No dictionary definition for AUCHT is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use AUCHT in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How AUCHT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AUCHT 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 78.0% of games, misses completely in 22.0%, and leaves about 202 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #4,908 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe AUCHT used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.62 Entropy (bits)
202 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How AUCHT 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#4,908 Rank among openers
Opening with AUCHT solved every answer in the snapshot within six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.67 average. It ranks #4,908 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
937
4 guesses
1,125
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
21

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ATU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
26%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

AUCHT can come back 91 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

524 answers
335 answers
119 answers
110 answers
100 answers
98 answers
87 answers
85 answers
84 answers
80 answers
73 answers
52 answers
48 answers
40 answers
40 answers
30 answers
26 answers
24 answers
22 answers
19 answers
19 answers
17 answers
16 answers
15 answers
15 answers
15 answers
14 answers
14 answers
13 answers
13 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1U1C3H4T1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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

Strategy after playing AUCHT

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to AUCHT.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AUCHT:

22% chance
Suggested:
SILER
14% chance
Suggested:
SLYER
5% chance
Suggested:
SENOR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.0% →
SILER 5.96 bits
14.1% →
SLYER 5.35 bits
5.0% →
SENOR 5.32 bits
4.6% →
TARTE 4.85 bits
4.2% →
CRINE 5.29 bits
4.1% →
SNORE 5.27 bits
3.6% →
SLYER 4.33 bits
3.6% →
BLORE 4.83 bits
3.5% →
CARLE 4.75 bits
3.4% →
SOREL 5.10 bits

Research on AUCHT

Game-tree analysis and word research for AUCHT, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with AUCHT, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.71 guesses and ranks #5,702 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with AUCHT can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.67, at or below the proven-optimal 3.71, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).