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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

NOTCH

Yes, NOTCH was the Wordle answer on June 3, 2026 (Wordle #1810).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /nɒtʃ//nɑtʃ//nɔtʃ/

Noun

A V-shaped cut.

Noun

An indentation.

Verb

To cut a notch in (something).

Verb

To record (a score or similar) by making notches on something.

“The tribe's hunters notch their kills by notches on each's axe's handle.”

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: June 3, 2026 (#1810).

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

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How NOTCH performs as a guess

NOTCH 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 75.4% of games, misses completely in 24.6%, and leaves about 215 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,104 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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.

N___H N in the 1st position and H in the 5th position N__C_ N 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 SERAL PALER DROLE CARLE SARED
Words starting with N Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
215 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOTCH 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,104 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOTCH ranks #2,104 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
1,000
4 guesses
1,114
5 guesses
172
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
25%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C U M I N
N O T C H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches NOTCH in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

580
232
206
137
112
108
75
70
63
54
45
40
37
31
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29
23
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOTCH:

25% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
SERAL
9% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.6% →
RAILE 6.32 bits
9.8% →
SERAL 5.73 bits
8.7% →
RAILE 5.47 bits
5.8% →
PALER 5.04 bits
4.7% →
DROLE 4.66 bits
4.6% →
CARLE 5.40 bits
3.2% →
SARED 5.21 bits
3.0% →
ARIEL 4.52 bits
2.7% →
SAINE 4.63 bits
2.3% →
ALURE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1T1C3H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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