5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

WITCH

Yes, WITCH was the Wordle answer on November 26, 2024 (Wordle #1256).

As an opener, it rules out about 87.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /wɪt͡ʃ/

Noun

A person (now usually particularly a woman) who uses magical or similar supernatural powers to influence or predict events, particularly one with malicious motives.

Noun

A person who follows Wicca or similar New Age pagan beliefs.

Verb

To dowse for water.

Verb

To bewitch.

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: November 26, 2024 (#1256).

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

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How WITCH performs as a guess

WITCH 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 69.3% of games, misses completely in 30.7%, and leaves about 299 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,611 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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.

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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 _I__H I in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

MARLE SOARE SLANE CARLE SOLED SANER
Words starting with W Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
299 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WITCH 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,611 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WITCH ranks #6,611 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
889
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
238
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:
IT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
24%
All gray
31%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S H U N T
D E P T H
H I T C H
W I T C H

One example route used by the solver.

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

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

723
261
222
143
105
85
84
65
59
41
39
34
32
30
29
28
27
25
25
14
14
13
13
13
13
11
10
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WITCH:

31% chance
Suggested:
MARLE
11% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.7% →
MARLE 5.98 bits
11.1% →
SOARE 5.78 bits
9.4% →
SLANE 5.54 bits
6.1% →
CARLE 5.71 bits
4.5% →
SOLED 4.63 bits
3.6% →
SANER 5.39 bits
3.6% →
SNARE 4.68 bits
2.8% →
SOLER 5.03 bits
2.5% →
LEARY 4.64 bits
1.7% →
SALUE 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4I1T1C3H4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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