5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WECHT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A form of sieve used to winnow grain; the weight of its contents.

Verb

To winnow grain using such a device.

Alternative forms: wehit, weight

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 WECHT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WECHT 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 78.3% of games, misses completely in 21.7%, and leaves about 229 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,374 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.

W___T W in the 1st position and T in the 5th position W__H_ W in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SALON RAILE SONAR CLAIM LAREE SOLAR
Words starting with W Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
229 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WECHT 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
0.70 Volatility
#8,374 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WECHT ranks #8,374 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
817
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
18
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)
78%
Green tile
25%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

512
420
142
133
118
113
100
75
73
54
44
42
41
40
32
23
23
20
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18
18
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WECHT:

22% chance
Suggested:
SALON
18% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
6% chance
Suggested:
SONAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.7% →
SALON 5.84 bits
17.8% →
RAILE 5.35 bits
6.0% →
SONAR 5.32 bits
5.6% →
CLAIM 5.16 bits
5.0% →
LAREE 4.51 bits
4.8% →
SONAR 4.89 bits
4.2% →
SOLAR 4.73 bits
3.2% →
SAURY 5.09 bits
3.1% →
AROSE 4.77 bits
2.3% →
CHOIR 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4E1C3H4T1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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