5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

COACH

Yes, COACH was the Wordle answer on September 28, 2023 (Wordle #831).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kəʊtʃ/[kʰəʊ̯tʃ]/koʊt͡ʃ/

Noun

A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.

Noun

A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.

Verb

To train.

Verb

To instruct; to train.

“She has coached many opera stars.”

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 28, 2023 (#831).

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

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How COACH performs as a guess

COACH 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 74.0% of games, misses completely in 26.0%, and leaves about 269 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,846 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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.

C___H C in the 1st position and H in the 5th position C__C_ C 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

SLIER TALER TRINE STIRE DROLE TALON
Words starting with C Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
269 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COACH 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,846 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COACH ranks #10,846 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
790
4 guesses
1,190
5 guesses
302
6 guesses
28
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
36%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L O A M Y
C O A C H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches COACH in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

612
363
201
179
164
84
80
39
38
33
32
32
30
30
30
27
27
24
21
18
18
17
16
16
16
16
15
12
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COACH:

26% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
15% chance
Suggested:
TALER
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.0% →
SLIER 6.08 bits
15.4% →
TALER 5.53 bits
8.5% →
TRINE 5.35 bits
7.6% →
STIRE 5.11 bits
7.0% →
DROLE 4.50 bits
3.6% →
TALON 4.47 bits
3.4% →
STIRE 5.40 bits
1.7% →
SLIPE 4.44 bits
1.6% →
PRISE 4.43 bits
1.4% →
INCUR 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1A1C3H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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