5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MELCH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 MELCH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MELCH 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 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 201 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,784 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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.

M___H M in the 1st position and H in the 5th position M__C_ M in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _E__H E in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT STAIR AINEE SNARY SONAR ROAST
Words starting with M Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
201 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MELCH 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,784 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MELCH ranks #4,784 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
918
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
191
6 guesses
22

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
26%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

468
384
189
137
110
86
78
60
56
55
54
39
39
39
36
34
34
29
28
21
20
19
17
17
16
14
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MELCH:

20% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
16% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
SAINT 6.19 bits
16.3% →
STAIR 5.42 bits
8.0% →
SAINT 5.20 bits
5.8% →
AINEE 4.61 bits
4.7% →
SNARY 4.65 bits
3.6% →
SONAR 5.24 bits
3.3% →
SAINT 5.11 bits
2.5% →
ROAST 4.93 bits
2.4% →
TARSE 4.96 bits
2.3% →
SOILY 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1L1C3H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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