Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KUTCH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.1% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A packet or pile of vellum leaves in which gold is beaten into thin sheets.

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 KUTCH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KUTCH 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 64.1% of games, misses completely in 35.9%, and leaves about 374 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,514 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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.

First-turn measures

3.94 Entropy (bits)
374 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KUTCH 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,514 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KUTCH ranks #8,514 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
851
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
260
6 guesses
19
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:
TU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
22%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

847
294
151
115
96
92
70
63
61
47
33
30
30
27
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26
24
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24
18
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KUTCH:

36% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
6% chance
Suggested:
CANER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.9%
RAILE 6.25 bits
12.5%
SOARE 5.78 bits
6.4%
CANER 5.48 bits
4.9%
SNORE 5.25 bits
4.1%
SOARE 5.43 bits
3.9%
MARLE 4.46 bits
3.0%
PRASE 5.07 bits
2.7%
LEARY 4.69 bits
2.6%
SNORE 4.61 bits
2.0%
SWIRE 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5U1T1C3H4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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