5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

POACH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊt͡ʃ/

Verb

To cook (something) in simmering or very hot liquid (usually water; sometimes wine, broth, or otherwise).

Verb

To be cooked in such manner.

Noun

The act of cooking in simmering liquid.

Noun

The act of taking something unfairly, as in tennis doubles where one player returns a shot that their partner was better placed to return.

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 POACH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POACH 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 190 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,904 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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 _O__H O in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER TALER TRINE STIRE DROLE TALON
Words starting with P Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
190 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POACH 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,904 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POACH ranks #3,904 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
940
4 guesses
1,124
5 guesses
213
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
2 vowels
Common:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
36%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

494
308
159
150
150
79
74
73
65
52
44
33
31
29
27
27
27
26
26
26
25
24
21
21
20
17
17
16
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POACH:

21% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
13% chance
Suggested:
TALER
7% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
SLIER 6.01 bits
13.1% →
TALER 5.57 bits
6.7% →
TRINE 5.38 bits
6.4% →
STIRE 5.12 bits
6.4% →
DROLE 4.52 bits
3.4% →
TALON 4.48 bits
3.1% →
SILER 5.33 bits
3.1% →
STIRE 5.44 bits
2.8% →
CUTIE 4.85 bits
2.2% →
CLEAT 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1A1C3H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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