5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KOTCH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Alternative form of cotch.

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 KOTCH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KOTCH 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 69.6% of games, misses completely in 30.4%, and leaves about 296 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,275 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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.

K___H K in the 1st position and H in the 5th position K__C_ K 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 RAISE ARSON DROLE CARLE SARED
Words starting with K Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
296 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.5% 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 KOTCH 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,275 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KOTCH ranks #7,275 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
872
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
235
6 guesses
13
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)
70%
Green tile
25%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

716
282
194
144
120
78
74
65
54
41
39
38
32
29
29
28
25
23
23
23
20
16
15
14
13
13
13
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KOTCH:

30% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
8% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.4% →
RAILE 6.34 bits
12.0% →
RAISE 5.70 bits
8.2% →
ARSON 5.17 bits
6.1% →
DROLE 4.68 bits
5.1% →
CARLE 5.46 bits
3.3% →
SARED 5.28 bits
3.1% →
SALUE 5.00 bits
2.8% →
SPORT 4.31 bits
2.3% →
EARLY 4.69 bits
1.7% →
RAISE 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5O1T1C3H4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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