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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

WATCH

Yes, WATCH was the Wordle answer on March 11, 2022 (Wordle #265).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwɒt͡ʃ//ˈwɔt͡ʃ//ˈwɑt͡ʃ/

Noun

A portable or wearable timepiece.

“More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets; some people today don't use a watch at all, because their smartphone serves the purpose well enough.”

Noun

The act of guarding and observing someone or something.

Verb

To look at, see, or view for a period of time.

“Watching the clock will not make time go faster.”

Verb

To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.

“Watch this!”

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: March 11, 2022 (#265).

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

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How WATCH performs as a guess

WATCH 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 73.7% of games, misses completely in 26.3%, and leaves about 247 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,512 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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.

W___H W in the 1st position and H in the 5th position W__C_ W in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _A__H A in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE LEARN SIREN SILER LEAST COURE
Words starting with W Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
247 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WATCH 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,512 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WATCH ranks #6,512 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
875
4 guesses
1,167
5 guesses
244
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
1 vowels
Common:
AT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
28%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C L I N T
H U M P H
B A T C H
W A T C H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WATCH in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

620
278
219
152
116
112
61
52
49
42
42
39
38
32
31
29
28
26
21
20
20
20
20
17
14
14
12
12
12
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WATCH:

26% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
12% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
9% chance
Suggested:
SIREN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.3% →
RIONE 5.98 bits
11.8% →
LEARN 5.42 bits
9.3% →
SIREN 5.62 bits
6.4% →
SILER 4.85 bits
4.9% →
LEAST 4.88 bits
4.7% →
COURE 5.32 bits
2.6% →
SIREN 5.16 bits
2.2% →
SERAL 4.52 bits
2.1% →
SOLER 4.75 bits
1.8% →
SHORE 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1T1C3H4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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