5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

POCHE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

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 POCHE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POCHE 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 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 174 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,281 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___E P in the 1st position and E in the 5th position P__H_ P in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT ALTER SLART ARSON SADLY CRANK
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
174 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POCHE 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,281 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POCHE ranks #4,281 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
921
4 guesses
1,165
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
13
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:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
36%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

420
336
196
168
116
93
80
56
51
47
41
40
40
39
38
38
35
33
26
25
25
24
23
21
21
20
19
19
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POCHE:

18% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
14% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
SAINT 6.12 bits
14.2% →
ALTER 5.31 bits
8.3% →
SLART 5.16 bits
7.1% →
ARSON 5.27 bits
4.9% →
SADLY 4.49 bits
3.9% →
CRANK 4.92 bits
3.4% →
SHART 5.03 bits
2.4% →
SAINT 4.97 bits
2.2% →
SAINT 4.08 bits
2.0% →
STAIR 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1C3H4E1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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