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

FINCH

Yes, FINCH was the Wordle answer on April 6, 2024 (Wordle #1022).

As an opener, it rules out about 86.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɪnt͡ʃ/

Noun

Any Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla carduelis).

Noun

Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.

Verb

To hunt for finches, to go finching.

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: April 6, 2024 (#1022).

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

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How FINCH performs as a guess

FINCH is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 66.5% of games, misses completely in 33.5%, and leaves about 327 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,414 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

F___H F in the 1st position and H in the 5th position F__C_ F 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

SOARE ROATE STALE CARLE STARE SOLED
Words starting with F Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.12 Entropy (bits)
327 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FINCH 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,414 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FINCH ranks #6,414 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
887
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
25%
All gray
34%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
C H U M P
F I N C H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FINCH in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

790
200
186
144
112
100
99
59
58
52
39
37
33
30
26
26
25
21
20
19
16
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11
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FINCH:

33% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
8% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.5% →
SOARE 6.17 bits
8.5% →
ROATE 5.34 bits
7.9% →
STALE 5.47 bits
6.1% →
CARLE 5.69 bits
4.7% →
STARE 5.58 bits
4.2% →
SOLED 4.67 bits
4.2% →
GRATE 4.68 bits
2.5% →
ALURE 5.06 bits
2.5% →
SAYER 4.66 bits
2.2% →
SAUTE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1N1C3H4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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