5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LOACH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈləʊt͡ʃ/

Noun

A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea.

Noun

Synonym of LOH (light observation helicopter)

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 LOACH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOACH 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 151 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,249 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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.

L___H L in the 1st position and H in the 5th position L__C_ L 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

SIREN TASER STILE TRINE SIRED PALET
Words starting with L Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
151 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOACH 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,249 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOACH ranks #1,249 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
1,025
4 guesses
1,064
5 guesses
190
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
2 vowels
Common:
ALO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
34%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

423
232
165
156
124
116
113
69
61
57
55
44
42
33
29
26
26
26
24
23
23
23
22
21
18
18
16
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOACH:

18% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
10% chance
Suggested:
TASER
7% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
SIREN 6.10 bits
9.8% →
TASER 5.40 bits
7.0% →
STILE 5.24 bits
6.6% →
TRINE 5.48 bits
5.3% →
SIRED 4.56 bits
4.9% →
PALET 4.53 bits
4.8% →
STIRE 5.06 bits
2.9% →
STIRE 5.36 bits
2.6% →
BARON 4.66 bits
2.4% →
STIRE 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1A1C3H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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