5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _E_CH

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Possible answers

BEACH BEECH BELCH BENCH FETCH LEACH LEECH PEACH PERCH REACH RETCH TEACH

2 more possible answers are in the full list below.

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 35 words in the Wordle guess list; 14 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 14 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BEACH (August 21, 2023); BELCH (October 15, 2021); BENCH (July 6, 2021); FETCH (September 3, 2025); LEACH (December 1, 2025); LEECH (August 23, 2024); PEACH (December 17, 2021); PERCH (November 23, 2021); plus 3 more.

Top-ranked splitter BLART
Average remaining
1.29
Worst branch
2
Information
3.52 bits

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

Hard Mode Use LEACH instead.

BLART does not fit this page's clues. LEACH keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 4.14 (6 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _EACH

BEACH, LEACH, PEACH, REACH, TEACH differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; BLART tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _E_CH?

All 35 matching words are shown above. 14 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

L 26% T 23% N 17% A 14% R 14% B 11%

Words with five different letters

77% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BEACH BELCH BENCH FETCH LEACH

Common letter pairs

CH 25% EC 4% EN 4% NC 4% EA 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 57% · two: 43% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _E_CH?
35 five-letter words match _E_CH in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 14 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, REACH has the highest feedback entropy at 5.28 bits against the possible answers.
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