5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PILCH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pɪlt͡ʃ/

Noun

A gown or case of skin, or one trimmed or lined with fur.

Noun

A covering put over an infant's diaper to prevent outer clothes from getting wet.

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 PILCH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PILCH 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 72.3% of games, misses completely in 27.7%, and leaves about 251 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,726 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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 _I__H I in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TRINE SOARE STARE SONDE SLATE
Words starting with P Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
251 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PILCH 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,726 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PILCH ranks #2,726 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
986
4 guesses
1,117
5 guesses
187
6 guesses
15
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:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
26%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

653
250
195
114
105
91
81
72
62
54
46
41
40
32
31
27
27
27
26
25
20
17
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15
13
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11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PILCH:

28% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
11% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.7% →
ROATE 6.16 bits
10.6% →
ROATE 5.49 bits
8.3% →
TRINE 5.61 bits
4.8% →
SOARE 5.56 bits
4.5% →
STARE 5.68 bits
3.9% →
SONDE 4.75 bits
3.4% →
STARE 5.52 bits
3.1% →
SLATE 4.57 bits
2.6% →
STOAE 4.51 bits
2.3% →
AROSE 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1L1C3H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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