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

FELCH

FELCH 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

Pronunciation: /fɛltʃ/

Verb

To suck semen out of a sexual partner's vagina or anus.

“My husband felched his cum out of my asshole last night; that was so hot.”

Verb

To perform anilingus.

Alternative forms: feltch

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.

Try your feedback pattern

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.

F___H F in the 1st position and H in the 5th position F__C_ F in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _E__H E in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

First-turn measures

All four describe FELCH 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.

4.42 Entropy (bits)
225 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How FELCH 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
99.92% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#6,936 Rank among openers
Opening with FELCH left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.70 average. It ranks #6,936 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
835
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
21
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:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
27%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

FELCH can come back 94 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

508 answers
409 answers
184 answers
143 answers
116 answers
104 answers
81 answers
61 answers
59 answers
55 answers
46 answers
42 answers
38 answers
37 answers
35 answers
28 answers
28 answers
27 answers
25 answers
22 answers
19 answers
17 answers
16 answers
16 answers
14 answers
12 answers
12 answers
12 answers
12 answers
11 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1L1C3H4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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

Try next

ROAST SONAR SNAIL AINEE TARSE ORATE

Strategy after playing FELCH

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

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FELCH:

21% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
17% chance
Suggested:
SONAR
8% chance
Suggested:
SNAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.4% →
ROAST 6.04 bits
17.2% →
SONAR 5.47 bits
7.8% →
SNAIL 5.00 bits
6.0% →
AINEE 4.64 bits
4.9% →
TARSE 4.65 bits
4.4% →
SONAR 5.25 bits
3.4% →
ROAST 4.91 bits
2.6% →
TARSE 4.94 bits
2.5% →
ORATE 4.70 bits
2.3% →
SOILY 4.49 bits