5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VETCH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /vɛt͡ʃ/

Noun

Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.

Noun

Any of several similar plants within the subfamily Faboideae.

Alternative forms: fitch

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 VETCH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VETCH 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 77.3% of games, misses completely in 22.7%, and leaves about 242 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,418 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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.

V__C_ V 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 ARISE SAINT CORAL SAREE LAIRY
Words starting with V Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
242 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VETCH 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,418 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VETCH ranks #8,418 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
829
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
242
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:
ET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
24%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

536
410
225
121
120
107
63
55
45
40
40
37
34
34
32
32
25
24
23
22
22
21
20
16
16
16
15
15
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VETCH:

23% chance
Suggested:
SALON
17% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
10% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.7% →
SALON 5.84 bits
17.4% →
ARISE 5.34 bits
9.5% →
SAINT 5.49 bits
5.1% →
CORAL 5.29 bits
5.1% →
SAREE 4.77 bits
4.5% →
LAIRY 4.74 bits
2.7% →
SNARY 4.86 bits
2.3% →
ARENE 4.56 bits
1.9% →
SORAL 4.67 bits
1.7% →
ROAST 4.03 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4E1T1C3H4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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