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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BIRCH

Yes, BIRCH was the Wordle answer on September 5, 2023 (Wordle #808).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɜːtʃ//bɝt͡ʃ/

Noun

Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere.

Noun

A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.

Verb

To punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.

Verb

To punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: September 5, 2023 (#808).

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

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How BIRCH performs as a guess

BIRCH is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 75.3% of games, misses completely in 24.7%, and leaves about 232 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,269 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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.

B___H B in the 1st position and H in the 5th position B__C_ B 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

SLANE POTAE COATE SONLY STALE TRIED
Words starting with B Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
232 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BIRCH 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,269 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BIRCH ranks #3,269 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
974
4 guesses
1,127
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
10
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
29%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
B I R C H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BIRCH in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

582
324
199
96
93
89
88
78
76
61
39
38
37
36
34
32
28
28
24
21
20
19
16
16
14
14
13
12
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BIRCH:

25% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
14% chance
Suggested:
POTAE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.7% →
SLANE 6.20 bits
13.7% →
POTAE 5.29 bits
8.4% →
SLANE 5.68 bits
4.1% →
COATE 5.38 bits
3.9% →
SONLY 4.38 bits
3.8% →
STALE 5.44 bits
3.7% →
TRIED 4.86 bits
3.3% →
SAUTE 4.79 bits
3.2% →
ALOSE 5.01 bits
2.6% →
URATE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1R1C3H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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