5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

POUCH

POUCH is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /paʊt͡ʃ/

Noun

A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.

Noun

An organic pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.

Verb

To enclose within a pouch.

“The beggar pouched the coin.”

Verb

To transport within a pouch, especially a diplomatic pouch.

“We pouched the encryption device to our embassy in Beijing.”

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

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 POUCH performs as a guess

POUCH is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 69.1% of games, misses completely in 30.9%, and leaves about 287 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,567 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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

RAILE ADORN SNARE TALER TARSE CANER
Words starting with P Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
287 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POUCH 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,567 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POUCH ranks #5,567 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
884
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
30%
All gray
31%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S C O L D
C O N C H
P O U C H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches POUCH in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

729
213
156
150
105
103
92
67
65
48
41
39
30
29
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27
25
25
22
16
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POUCH:

31% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
ADORN
7% chance
Suggested:
SNARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.9% →
RAILE 6.17 bits
9.0% →
ADORN 5.27 bits
6.6% →
SNARE 5.08 bits
6.4% →
TALER 4.66 bits
4.5% →
TARSE 5.60 bits
4.4% →
CANER 5.22 bits
3.9% →
SLIER 5.35 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 4.86 bits
2.8% →
IRATE 4.94 bits
2.0% →
LEAST 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1U1C3H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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