5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PARCH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pɑɹt͡ʃ//pɑːtʃ/

Verb

To burn the surface of, to scorch.

“The sun today could parch cement.”

Verb

To roast, as dry grain.

Noun

The condition of being parched.

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 PARCH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PARCH 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 79.5% of games, misses completely in 20.5%, and leaves about 181 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,039 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.

P___H P in the 1st position and H in the 5th position P__C_ P in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _A__H A in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALATE TRADE SONLY TOISE STILE
Words starting with P Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
181 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PARCH 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
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,039 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PARCH ranks #1,039 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
1,003
4 guesses
1,106
5 guesses
171
6 guesses
9

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
32%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

483
259
230
135
132
79
72
70
61
47
40
38
33
32
31
31
30
28
26
25
24
24
22
18
17
15
15
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PARCH:

20% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
ALATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.5% →
TOILE 6.12 bits
11.0% →
TOILE 5.16 bits
9.7% →
ALATE 5.47 bits
5.7% →
TRADE 4.76 bits
5.6% →
SONLY 4.62 bits
3.3% →
TOISE 5.51 bits
3.1% →
STILE 5.26 bits
3.0% →
CLONE 5.03 bits
2.6% →
NOISE 4.63 bits
2.0% →
TONEY 3.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1R1C3H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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