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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

TEACH

Yes, TEACH was the Wordle answer on September 22, 2024 (Wordle #1191).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtiːt͡ʃ/[ˈtʰɪi̯t͡ʃ]

Verb

To pass on knowledge to.

“Can you teach me to sew? Can you teach sewing to me?”

Verb

To pass on knowledge generally, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.

“She used to teach at university.”

Noun

teacher

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: September 22, 2024 (#1191).

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

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How TEACH performs as a guess

TEACH 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 86.8% of games, misses completely in 13.2%, and leaves about 125 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,365 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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.

T___H T in the 1st position and H in the 5th position T__C_ T 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 RIONE RAYON LARGE SNORT SLEER
Words starting with T Words ending with H

First-turn measures

5.25 Entropy (bits)
125 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TEACH 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,365 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TEACH ranks #1,365 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
988
4 guesses
1,096
5 guesses
185
6 guesses
12
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:
AET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
33%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L E A N S
B E A U T
T E A C H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TEACH in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

128 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

311
293
189
125
120
94
76
73
67
65
43
43
40
39
34
29
28
26
26
24
22
22
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TEACH:

13% chance
Suggested:
SOLID
12% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
8% chance
Suggested:
RAYON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.2% →
SOLID 5.54 bits
12.4% →
RIONE 5.30 bits
8.0% →
RAYON 5.04 bits
5.3% →
LARGE 4.59 bits
5.1% →
SNORT 5.19 bits
4.0% →
SLEER 4.37 bits
3.2% →
SIREE 4.88 bits
3.1% →
SLAIN 4.25 bits
2.8% →
SOILY 4.91 bits
2.8% →
SAULT 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1A1C3H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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