5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HENCH

HENCH is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 87.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hɛnt͡ʃ/

Noun

The narrow side of chimney stack, a haunch.

Noun

The side of an arch from the topmost part (crown) to the bottommost part (impost).

Verb

To halt or limp.

Verb

To be a henchman or henchwoman, usually for a supervillain.

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

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

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

How HENCH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HENCH as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 74.8% of games, misses completely in 25.2%, and leaves about 291 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,931 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

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

H___H H in the 1st position and H in the 5th position H__C_ H in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _E__H E in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

SOLAR ROAST SLART CORAL ARIEL LAREE
Words starting with H Words ending with H

First-turn measures

3.96 Entropy (bits)
291 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HENCH 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,931 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HENCH ranks #11,931 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
724
4 guesses
1,268
5 guesses
282
6 guesses
37

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
EN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
25%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

594
475
194
142
118
114
66
55
55
55
52
37
28
27
26
24
24
24
21
17
15
15
14
14
13
12
11
11
10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HENCH:

25% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
20% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
8% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.2% →
SOLAR 5.90 bits
20.1% →
SOLAR 5.35 bits
8.2% →
ROAST 5.20 bits
6.0% →
SLART 4.93 bits
5.0% →
CORAL 5.40 bits
4.8% →
ARIEL 4.51 bits
2.8% →
LAREE 4.59 bits
2.3% →
ROAST 4.54 bits
2.3% →
LAIRY 4.15 bits
2.3% →
SLART 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1N1C3H4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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