5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

REECH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹiːt͡ʃ/

Verb

Alternative form of reek.

Noun

Smoke.

Verb

Obsolete form of 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

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 REECH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REECH 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 76.4% of games, misses completely in 23.6%, and leaves about 220 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,212 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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

SALON AISLE TRAIN TOISE CLAIM SAINT
Words starting with R Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
220 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REECH 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,212 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REECH ranks #8,212 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
838
4 guesses
1,174
5 guesses
264
6 guesses
20
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
28%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

556
268
254
179
102
69
69
52
47
43
39
37
33
30
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21
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REECH:

24% chance
Suggested:
SALON
11% chance
Suggested:
AISLE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.6% →
SALON 5.90 bits
11.4% →
AISLE 5.24 bits
10.8% →
TRAIN 5.19 bits
7.6% →
TOISE 4.47 bits
4.3% →
CLAIM 4.92 bits
2.9% →
SAINT 4.93 bits
2.9% →
DEALT 4.42 bits
2.2% →
CAROM 4.42 bits
2.0% →
SLANT 4.83 bits
1.8% →
SAULT 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1E1C3H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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