5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

BUTCH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bʊt͡ʃ/

Adjective

Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.

Adjective

Of a woman (usually lesbian), having a masculine appearance, or attitude.

Noun

A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner.

Verb

To work as a butcher.

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 BUTCH performs as a guess

BUTCH 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 66.4% of games, misses completely in 33.6%, and leaves about 335 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,538 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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 _U__H U in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE SOARE CRANE SNORE SLANE MARLE
Words starting with B Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.11 Entropy (bits)
335 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
85.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUTCH 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,538 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUTCH ranks #6,538 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
883
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
231
6 guesses
18
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:
TU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
26%
All gray
34%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S H U N T
A B I D E
B U T C H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BUTCH in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

792
283
154
107
102
100
85
60
54
47
47
43
33
29
25
25
24
22
22
17
15
13
13
13
11
11
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUTCH:

34% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
7% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.6% →
RAILE 6.22 bits
12.0% →
SOARE 5.77 bits
6.5% →
CRANE 5.49 bits
4.5% →
SNORE 5.17 bits
4.3% →
SOARE 5.41 bits
4.2% →
SLANE 5.18 bits
3.6% →
MARLE 4.48 bits
2.5% →
LEARY 4.67 bits
2.3% →
SNORE 4.51 bits
2.0% →
RAISE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1T1C3H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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