5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HEUCH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 HEUCH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HEUCH 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 73.3% of games, misses completely in 26.7%, and leaves about 318 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,940 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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.

H___H H in the 1st position and H in the 5th position H__C_ H in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _E__H E in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ARIEL SLART SURLY CAIRN SLANT
Words starting with H Words ending with H

First-turn measures

3.88 Entropy (bits)
318 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HEUCH 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,940 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HEUCH ranks #12,940 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
688
4 guesses
1,267
5 guesses
321
6 guesses
35
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EU

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

630
510
168
137
116
76
71
67
57
55
44
33
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HEUCH:

27% chance
Suggested:
TALON
22% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
7% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.7% →
TALON 5.93 bits
21.6% →
ARIEL 5.26 bits
7.1% →
SLART 4.81 bits
5.8% →
SURLY 4.54 bits
4.9% →
CAIRN 5.27 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 4.86 bits
3.0% →
SURGE 4.39 bits
2.8% →
ORATE 4.66 bits
2.4% →
TARSE 4.63 bits
2.3% →
ROAST 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1U1C3H4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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