5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

TORCH

Yes, TORCH was the Wordle answer on September 25, 2024 (Wordle #1194).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːtʃ/[ˈtʰɔːt͡ʃ] ~ [ˈtʰo̞ːt͡ʃ]/ˈtoːtʃ/

Noun

A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source.

“The mob of angry villagers carried torches and pitchforks to the vampire’s castle.”

Noun

A flower which is red or red-orange in colour like a flame.

Verb

To illuminate or provide (a place) with torches (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1).

Verb

To intentionally destroy (something) by setting it on fire, especially when committing arson in furtherance of some other criminal act (e.g. insurance fraud or the destruction of evidence).

“Some hoodlums had torched a derelict automobile, which emitted a ghastly pall of thick, black smoke that filled the street.”

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 25, 2024 (#1194).

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

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How TORCH performs as a guess

TORCH 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 79.5% of games, misses completely in 20.5%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #744 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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 _O__H O in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

AISLE LAIDE SLANE ALINE SADLY GRADE
Words starting with T Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.95 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
1.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TORCH 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#744 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TORCH ranks #744 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
1,040
4 guesses
1,046
5 guesses
184
6 guesses
16
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:
ORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
30%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
T O R S O
T O R C H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TORCH in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

483
264
199
115
97
86
71
62
61
56
48
45
41
40
37
32
25
23
22
22
22
22
21
20
18
17
17
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TORCH:

20% chance
Suggested:
AISLE
11% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.5% →
AISLE 6.23 bits
11.2% →
LAIDE 5.30 bits
8.4% →
SLANE 5.84 bits
4.9% →
ALINE 5.33 bits
4.1% →
SADLY 4.58 bits
3.6% →
GRADE 4.28 bits
3.0% →
MAILE 5.08 bits
2.6% →
SEARE 4.66 bits
2.6% →
SMILE 4.96 bits
2.4% →
PAISE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1R1C3H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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