5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GOTCH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Men's underwear.

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 GOTCH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GOTCH 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 72.8% of games, misses completely in 27.2%, and leaves about 248 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,937 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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.

G___H G in the 1st position and H in the 5th position G__C_ G 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 SALET ARSON CARLE MARLE SAYER
Words starting with G Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.38 Entropy (bits)
248 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GOTCH 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#3,937 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GOTCH ranks #3,937 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
939
4 guesses
1,176
5 guesses
185
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:
OT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
28%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

642
267
172
124
119
99
85
62
61
55
52
41
38
33
29
28
27
26
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GOTCH:

27% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
SALET
7% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.2% →
RAILE 6.29 bits
11.3% →
SALET 5.71 bits
7.3% →
ARSON 5.17 bits
5.3% →
CARLE 5.46 bits
5.0% →
MARLE 4.77 bits
4.2% →
RAILE 5.29 bits
3.6% →
SAYER 5.10 bits
2.6% →
LAIDE 5.02 bits
2.6% →
PEART 4.46 bits
2.3% →
EARLY 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1T1C3H4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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