5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

GULCH

GULCH is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡʌlt͡ʃ/

Noun

A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully.

Verb

To swallow greedily; to gulp down.

Verb

To fall heavily.

Noun

An act of gulching or gulping.

Alternative forms: gulk, glutch

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 GULCH performs as a guess

GULCH is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 68.6% of games, misses completely in 31.4%, and leaves about 305 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,754 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.

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 _U__H U in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE CANER TARSE STONE RAINE SAMEY
Words starting with G Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
305 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GULCH 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
0.69 Volatility
#5,754 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GULCH ranks #5,754 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
893
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
14
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LU

Feedback chances

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

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
G U L C H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GULCH in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

741
291
136
122
118
91
76
72
57
53
45
45
41
38
36
24
23
23
21
20
16
15
15
14
13
12
12
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GULCH:

31% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
6% chance
Suggested:
CANER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.4% →
TIARE 6.25 bits
12.3% →
TIARE 5.43 bits
5.8% →
CANER 5.43 bits
5.2% →
TARSE 5.75 bits
5.0% →
STONE 5.40 bits
3.9% →
RAINE 5.24 bits
3.2% →
SAMEY 4.79 bits
3.1% →
TORSE 4.71 bits
2.4% →
IRONE 4.87 bits
2.2% →
TIARE 4.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1L1C3H4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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