5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _O_CH

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Possible answers

BOTCH COACH CONCH COUCH MOOCH NOTCH POOCH PORCH POUCH ROACH TORCH TOUCH

1 more possible answer is in the full list below.

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 27 words in the Wordle guess list; 13 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 13 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: COACH (September 28, 2023); CONCH (December 22, 2025); COUCH (May 26, 2026); MOOCH (February 13, 2026); NOTCH (June 3, 2026); PORCH (July 25, 2024); ROACH (February 20, 2025); TORCH (September 25, 2024); plus 2 more.

Top-ranked splitter PRUNT
Average remaining
1.31
Worst branch
2
Information
3.39 bits

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

Hard Mode Use TOUCH instead.

PRUNT does not fit this page's clues. TOUCH keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.92 (6 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _OUCH

COUCH, POUCH, TOUCH, VOUCH differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; PRUNT tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _O_CH?

All 27 matching words are shown above. 13 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

T 37% U 22% A 19% P 19% R 15% N 11%

Words with five different letters

63% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BOTCH NOTCH PORCH POUCH ROACH

Common letter pairs

CH 25% OT 7% TC 7% OU 6% UC 6%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 44% · two: 56% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _O_CH?
27 five-letter words match _O_CH in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 13 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, ROACH has the highest feedback entropy at 5.09 bits against the possible answers.
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