5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words starting with P and ending in CH (P__CH)

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Possible answers

PATCH PEACH PERCH PINCH PITCH POOCH PORCH POUCH PUNCH

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This pattern has 18 words in the Wordle guess list; 9 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 9 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: PATCH (April 20, 2025); PEACH (December 17, 2021); PERCH (November 23, 2021); PINCH (May 15, 2024); PITCH (May 19, 2025); PORCH (July 25, 2024).

Top-ranked splitter IRONE
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
3.17 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

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IRONE does not fit this page's clues. POACH keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.0 (4 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: PO_CH

POOCH, PORCH, POUCH differ only in the third position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; IRONE tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits P__CH?

All 18 matching words are shown above. 9 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

A 33% O 28% E 22% T 17% R 17% I 17%

Words with five different letters

94% of the matches have no repeated letters.

PATCH PEACH PERCH PINCH PITCH

Common letter pairs

CH 25% PO 7% PA 6% PE 6% TC 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 6% · one: 72% · two: 22% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match P__CH?
18 five-letter words match P__CH in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 9 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, PEACH has the highest feedback entropy at 4.93 bits against the possible answers.
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