5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

PATCH

Yes, PATCH was the Wordle answer on April 20, 2025 (Wordle #1401).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pæt͡ʃ/

Noun

A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.

“His sleeves had patches on the elbows where different fabric had been sewn on to replace material that had worn away.”

Noun

A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.

“I can't afford to replace the roof, which is what it really needs. I'll have the roofer apply a patch.”

Verb

To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.

“My coat needs patching.”

Verb

To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.

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: April 20, 2025 (#1401).

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

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How PATCH performs as a guess

PATCH is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.0% of games, misses completely in 24.0%, and leaves about 211 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #703 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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.

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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

RIONE GLARE SIREN SOLER LEAST CRONE
Words starting with P Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
211 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PATCH 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#703 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PATCH ranks #703 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
999
4 guesses
1,134
5 guesses
147
6 guesses
9
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
1 vowels
Common:
AT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
29%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PATCH in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

566
261
197
136
107
104
71
68
61
45
44
40
36
32
31
30
30
29
25
23
18
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17
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PATCH:

24% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
11% chance
Suggested:
GLARE
8% chance
Suggested:
SIREN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
RIONE 6.03 bits
11.1% →
GLARE 5.45 bits
8.4% →
SIREN 5.65 bits
5.8% →
SOLER 4.74 bits
4.5% →
LEAST 4.86 bits
4.4% →
CRONE 5.28 bits
3.0% →
SLIER 5.42 bits
2.9% →
SIREN 5.30 bits
2.6% →
URINE 4.80 bits
1.9% →
SERAL 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1T1C3H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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