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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

COUCH

Yes, COUCH was the Wordle answer on May 26, 2026 (Wordle #1802).

As an opener, it rules out about 82.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊ̯t͡ʃ//ˈkɐʊ̯t͡ʃ//ˈkɜʊ̯t͡ʃ/

Noun

An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.

Noun

A bed, a resting-place.

Verb

To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).

Verb

To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.

Alternative forms: cowch

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: May 26, 2026 (#1802).

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

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How COUCH performs as a guess

COUCH 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 62.4% of games, misses completely in 37.6%, and leaves about 404 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,809 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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

RAILE TRONE SILER TALER TARSE SLANT
Words starting with C Words ending with H

First-turn measures

3.78 Entropy (bits)
404 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
82.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COUCH 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.76 Volatility
#12,809 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COUCH ranks #12,809 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
738
4 guesses
1,176
5 guesses
356
6 guesses
41
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:
OU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
31%
All gray
38%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S C O L D
C O N C H
C O U C H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches COUCH in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

886
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COUCH:

38% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
SILER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.6% →
RAILE 6.17 bits
10.9% →
TRONE 5.24 bits
7.8% →
SILER 4.95 bits
7.0% →
TALER 4.64 bits
5.0% →
TARSE 5.60 bits
3.6% →
SLANT 4.93 bits
2.8% →
SANER 4.75 bits
2.2% →
LEAST 4.71 bits
2.1% →
PAIRE 4.72 bits
1.9% →
TALER 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1U1C3H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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