5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

WELCH

WELCH is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /wɛlt͡ʃ/

Noun

A person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one.

“She's a welch. That watering-can isn't hers: I lent it to her three years ago.”

Verb

To fail to repay a small debt.

Verb

To fail to fulfill an obligation.

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

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 WELCH performs as a guess

WELCH 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 78.3% of games, misses completely in 21.7%, and leaves about 226 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,237 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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 _E__H E in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST ARISE SAINT SAINE STAIR SONAR
Words starting with W Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
226 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.4% 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 WELCH 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,237 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WELCH ranks #7,237 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
848
4 guesses
1,207
5 guesses
229
6 guesses
17
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:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
25%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
B E L C H
W E L C H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WELCH in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

512
394
200
144
120
104
76
58
56
55
43
40
40
36
34
29
27
24
23
22
19
19
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17
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12
12
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WELCH:

22% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
17% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.7% →
ROAST 6.00 bits
16.7% →
ARISE 5.36 bits
8.5% →
SAINT 5.16 bits
6.1% →
SAINE 4.51 bits
5.1% →
STAIR 4.72 bits
4.4% →
SONAR 5.24 bits
3.2% →
SAINT 5.00 bits
2.5% →
ORATE 4.72 bits
2.4% →
STRAE 4.87 bits
2.3% →
SOILY 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4E1L1C3H4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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