5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

WELSH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /wɛlʃ/

Verb

To cheat or swindle someone, often by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt.

Verb

To go back on one's word.

Adjective

Foreign.

Alternative forms: welch

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 WELSH performs as a guess

WELSH 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 188 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,575 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__S_ W in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _E__H E in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN IRATE FLAIL SCANT ALINE RAINY
Words starting with W Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
188 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WELSH 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
#7,575 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WELSH ranks #7,575 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
818
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
227
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:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
27%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WELSH in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

440
350
198
153
135
105
93
70
64
52
44
43
42
40
36
32
26
25
23
21
18
17
17
16
16
15
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WELSH:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
15% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
8% chance
Suggested:
FLAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
TRAIN 6.00 bits
14.8% →
IRATE 5.20 bits
8.4% →
FLAIL 4.68 bits
6.5% →
SCANT 5.12 bits
5.7% →
ALINE 4.56 bits
4.5% →
RAINY 4.52 bits
3.9% →
PARTE 4.83 bits
3.0% →
RAINY 4.86 bits
2.7% →
RUOTE 4.30 bits
2.2% →
TIARE 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4E1L1S1H4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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