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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

REACH

Yes, REACH was the Wordle answer on January 22, 2025 (Wordle #1313).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹiːt͡ʃ/

Verb

To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).

“He reached for a weapon that was on the table.”

Verb

To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.

“to reach someone a book”

Noun

The act of stretching or extending; extension.

Noun

The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.

“The fruit is beyond my reach.”

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 22, 2025 (#1313).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How REACH performs as a guess

REACH is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 87.1% of games, misses completely in 12.9%, and leaves about 114 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,137 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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 _E__H E in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

SOLID TOILE TALON TOISE DROIT SABLE
Words starting with R Words ending with H

First-turn measures

5.28 Entropy (bits)
114 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REACH 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,137 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REACH ranks #2,137 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
82
3 guesses
944
4 guesses
1,112
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
8
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
31%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
A L A R Y
R E A C H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches REACH in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

127 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

304
219
195
151
137
101
70
67
58
57
53
50
50
42
38
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34
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18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REACH:

13% chance
Suggested:
SOLID
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.9% →
SOLID 5.60 bits
9.3% →
TOILE 5.40 bits
8.3% →
TALON 5.34 bits
6.4% →
TOISE 4.59 bits
5.8% →
DROIT 4.95 bits
4.3% →
SABLE 4.47 bits
3.0% →
BLITE 4.20 bits
2.8% →
ALTAR 4.29 bits
2.5% →
SLEET 3.64 bits
2.4% →
SLANT 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1A1C3H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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