5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HOOCH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 74.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /huːt͡ʃ/

Noun

An alcoholic beverage, especially an inferior or illicit one and especially liquor such as whisky.

Noun

A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling.

Alternative forms: hootch

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 HOOCH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOOCH 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 51.1% of games, misses completely in 48.9%, and leaves about 612 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,394 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.94 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 _O__H O in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TALER CARLE MANOR GRATE STIRE
Words starting with H Words ending with H

First-turn measures

3.17 Entropy (bits)
612 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
74.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOOCH 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.

3.94 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,394 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOOCH ranks #14,394 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
27
3 guesses
606
4 guesses
1,247
5 guesses
422
6 guesses
50
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
51%
Green tile
31%
All gray
49%

Feedback distribution

50 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1154
164
160
134
122
98
72
50
40
39
36
34
28
25
24
21
18
16
13
12
11
8
7
7
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5
5
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOOCH:

49% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
TALER
7% chance
Suggested:
CARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

48.9% →
RAILE 6.20 bits
7.0% →
TALER 4.59 bits
6.8% →
CARLE 5.46 bits
5.7% →
MANOR 5.12 bits
5.2% →
GRATE 4.73 bits
4.2% →
STIRE 5.41 bits
3.1% →
RAISE 4.73 bits
2.1% →
STRAE 4.65 bits
1.7% →
PALET 4.00 bits
1.7% →
RANSE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1O1C3H4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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