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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

MOOCH

Yes, MOOCH was the Wordle answer on February 13, 2026 (Wordle #1700).

As an opener, it rules out about 80.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmuːt͡ʃ/[ˈmʊu̯t͡ʃ]

Verb

To wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.

Verb

To beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.

Noun

An aimless stroll.

“Jack wouldn't be arriving for another ten minutes, so I had a mooch around the garden.”

Noun

One who mooches; a moocher.

Alternative forms: mouch

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: February 13, 2026 (#1700).

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

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How MOOCH performs as a guess

MOOCH is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 57.4% of games, misses completely in 42.6%, and leaves about 471 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,096 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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 _O__H O in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE CARLE RANSE TARSE PRATE BATON
Words starting with M Words ending with H

First-turn measures

3.73 Entropy (bits)
471 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
80.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOOCH 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,096 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOOCH ranks #11,096 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
792
4 guesses
1,186
5 guesses
316
6 guesses
23

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
57%
Green tile
32%
All gray
43%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S C O L D
M O O C H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MOOCH in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1004
134
133
124
112
107
101
68
49
47
41
31
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOOCH:

43% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
6% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
6% chance
Suggested:
RANSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

42.6% →
RAILE 6.21 bits
5.7% →
CARLE 5.51 bits
5.6% →
RANSE 4.72 bits
5.3% →
TARSE 5.61 bits
4.7% →
PRATE 4.74 bits
4.5% →
BATON 5.11 bits
4.3% →
ALURE 5.39 bits
2.9% →
RAISE 4.75 bits
2.1% →
LIANE 4.52 bits
2.0% →
STRAE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1O1C3H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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