5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FECHT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

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

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 FECHT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FECHT 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 78.6% of games, misses completely in 21.4%, and leaves about 225 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,996 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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.

F___T F in the 1st position and T in the 5th position F__H_ F in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SALON RAILE SONAR CAIRN RANEE SOLAR
Words starting with F Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
225 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FECHT 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,996 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FECHT ranks #6,996 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
843
4 guesses
1,221
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
11
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:
ET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
26%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

505
417
139
130
115
105
101
85
74
55
50
49
44
41
28
27
20
20
19
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12
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FECHT:

21% chance
Suggested:
SALON
18% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
6% chance
Suggested:
SONAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.4% →
SALON 5.91 bits
17.7% →
RAILE 5.29 bits
5.9% →
SONAR 5.34 bits
5.5% →
CAIRN 5.24 bits
4.9% →
RANEE 4.60 bits
4.5% →
SOLAR 4.74 bits
4.3% →
SONAR 4.88 bits
3.6% →
SAURY 5.08 bits
3.1% →
AROSE 4.72 bits
2.3% →
CHOIR 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1C3H4T1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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