Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

DOCHT

DOCHT is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

No dictionary definition for DOCHT is recorded in our sourced data.

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

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

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 DOCHT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOCHT as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 73.5% of games, misses completely in 26.5%, and leaves about 233 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #2,972 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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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First-turn measures

All four describe DOCHT used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.46 Entropy (bits)
233 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How DOCHT 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% Solved within six
0.67 Spread of game lengths
#2,972 Rank among openers
Opening with DOCHT solved every answer in the snapshot within six guesses. A spread of 0.67 means those games clustered within about 0.67 of a guess of the 3.64 average. It ranks #2,972 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
959
4 guesses
1,161
5 guesses
172
6 guesses
14
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
27%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

DOCHT can come back 85 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

628 answers
191 answers
166 answers
145 answers
129 answers
123 answers
112 answers
101 answers
60 answers
51 answers
46 answers
42 answers
40 answers
33 answers
27 answers
27 answers
25 answers
23 answers
22 answers
21 answers
21 answers
19 answers
19 answers
18 answers
17 answers
14 answers
14 answers
14 answers
12 answers
12 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1C3H4T1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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

Strategy after playing DOCHT

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to DOCHT.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOCHT:

26% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
7% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.5%
RAILE 6.29 bits
8.0%
RAISE 5.58 bits
7.0%
ARSON 5.22 bits
6.1%
CRANE 5.36 bits
5.4%
RAILE 5.52 bits
5.2%
SLIER 5.48 bits
4.7%
SLYER 4.71 bits
4.3%
SERAL 5.54 bits
2.5%
LIANE 4.47 bits
2.1%
ARIEL 5.05 bits

Research on DOCHT

Game-tree analysis and word research for DOCHT, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with DOCHT, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.68 guesses and ranks #3,500 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with DOCHT can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.64, at or below the proven-optimal 3.68, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

One syllable Say it DAHKT. Estimated pronunciation

This pronunciation is machine-estimated, not taken from a pronunciation dictionary.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD), with machine estimates from the g2p_en model.