5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RATCH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of rach.

Noun

Alternative form of rotche.

Verb

To stretch.

Verb

To streak.

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 RATCH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RATCH 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 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #380 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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.

R___H R in the 1st position and H in the 5th position R__C_ R 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

SIDLE NOISE ALANE SIENT DRONE SONLY
Words starting with R Words ending with H

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RATCH 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#380 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RATCH ranks #380 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
1,028
4 guesses
1,100
5 guesses
153
6 guesses
7
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:
ART

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
28%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

414
242
178
153
112
103
87
74
63
52
52
42
40
36
34
32
31
28
26
26
25
24
24
23
20
18
17
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RATCH:

18% chance
Suggested:
SIDLE
10% chance
Suggested:
NOISE
8% chance
Suggested:
ALANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
SIDLE 6.02 bits
10.3% →
NOISE 5.19 bits
7.5% →
ALANE 5.49 bits
6.5% →
SIENT 5.56 bits
4.7% →
DRONE 4.78 bits
4.4% →
SONLY 4.64 bits
3.7% →
SLADE 4.94 bits
3.1% →
TOISE 5.00 bits
2.7% →
MOILE 4.92 bits
2.2% →
SPILE 4.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1T1C3H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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