5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

BOTCH

BOTCH is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɒt͡ʃ//bɑt͡ʃ/

Verb

To perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner; to make a mess of something.

“A botched haircut seems to take forever to grow out.”

Verb

To do (something) without care or skill, or clumsily.

Noun

An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.

Noun

A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.

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

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 BOTCH performs as a guess

BOTCH 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 71.0% of games, misses completely in 29.0%, and leaves about 270 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,276 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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 _O__H O in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE SNARE ARSON DROLE CARLE RAISE
Words starting with B Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
270 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOTCH 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,276 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOTCH ranks #4,276 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
934
4 guesses
1,151
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
17
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:
OT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
30%
All gray
29%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C U M I N
B O T C H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BOTCH in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

684
268
171
129
118
85
84
59
51
49
42
41
35
34
29
29
28
23
22
21
21
20
19
18
16
16
14
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOTCH:

29% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
SNARE
7% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.0% →
RAILE 6.28 bits
11.4% →
SNARE 5.69 bits
7.3% →
ARSON 5.20 bits
5.5% →
DROLE 4.67 bits
5.0% →
CARLE 5.46 bits
3.6% →
RAISE 5.19 bits
3.6% →
RAILE 5.28 bits
2.5% →
PEART 4.42 bits
2.2% →
SANER 4.66 bits
2.1% →
RAISE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1T1C3H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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