5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

ITCHY

Yes, ITCHY was the Wordle answer on November 25, 2022 (Wordle #524).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɪt͡ʃi/

Adjective

Characterized by itching. (of a condition)

“an itchy rash”

Adjective

Feeling an itching sensation; feeling a need to be scratched. (of a person, animal or body part)

“My nose always gets itchy the moment I put on my face mask.”

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 25, 2022 (#524).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How ITCHY performs as a guess

ITCHY 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 74.2% of games, misses completely in 25.8%, and leaves about 254 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,612 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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.

I___Y I in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position _T__Y T in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

AROSE RAILE SALET ALOSE SOARE SERAL
Words starting with I Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.12 Entropy (bits)
254 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ITCHY 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,612 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ITCHY ranks #9,612 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
786
4 guesses
1,255
5 guesses
257
6 guesses
15
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)
74%
Green tile
23%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S H U N T
D E P T H
I T C H Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ITCHY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

608
276
234
184
141
102
99
64
58
56
49
49
45
37
25
23
23
22
21
20
20
18
14
14
13
13
11
10
10
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ITCHY:

26% chance
Suggested:
AROSE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.8% →
AROSE 5.97 bits
11.7% →
RAILE 5.36 bits
9.9% →
SALET 5.46 bits
7.8% →
ALOSE 4.76 bits
6.0% →
SOARE 5.61 bits
4.3% →
RAILE 4.50 bits
4.2% →
SERAL 5.62 bits
2.7% →
CRONE 4.38 bits
2.5% →
SHORE 4.82 bits
2.4% →
CLINE 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1T1C3H4Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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