5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FITCH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A polecat, such as the European polecat (Mustela putorius), the striped polecat, steppe polecat, or black-footed polecat of America.

Noun

A skin of a polecat.

Verb

To use this kind of open weave.

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 FITCH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FITCH 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 68.9% of games, misses completely in 31.1%, and leaves about 302 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,570 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___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 _I__H I in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

SOARE SLANE CARLE SOLDE SNARE ALURE
Words starting with F Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
302 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FITCH 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,570 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FITCH ranks #5,570 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
913
4 guesses
1,152
5 guesses
229
6 guesses
12
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:
IT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
25%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

733
261
203
146
101
97
80
59
54
38
35
34
32
31
26
26
25
23
23
18
14
14
14
13
13
12
12
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FITCH:

31% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
11% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.1% →
SOARE 6.05 bits
11.1% →
SOARE 5.79 bits
8.6% →
SLANE 5.56 bits
6.2% →
CARLE 5.72 bits
4.3% →
SOLDE 4.61 bits
4.1% →
SNARE 5.37 bits
3.4% →
SNARE 4.83 bits
2.5% →
ALURE 4.91 bits
2.3% →
LEARY 4.66 bits
1.6% →
CUMIN 4.20 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1T1C3H4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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