5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LINCH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /lɪnt͡ʃ//lɪnʃ/

Noun

A ledge, a terrace; a right-angled projection; a lynchet.

Noun

An acclivity; a small hill or hillock.

Alternative forms: lynch

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 LINCH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LINCH 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 213 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,924 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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.

L___H L in the 1st position and H in the 5th position L__C_ L 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

TARSE ROATE ORATE STARE TRONE SATED
Words starting with L Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
213 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LINCH 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,924 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LINCH ranks #2,924 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
989
4 guesses
1,107
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
20
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
24%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

572
261
166
140
108
95
89
77
76
50
46
44
42
42
33
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27
23
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LINCH:

24% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
TARSE 6.36 bits
11.1% →
ROATE 5.28 bits
7.0% →
ROATE 5.37 bits
5.9% →
TARSE 5.56 bits
4.6% →
ORATE 5.47 bits
4.0% →
STARE 5.54 bits
3.8% →
TRONE 4.64 bits
3.3% →
SATED 4.47 bits
3.2% →
ARISE 4.43 bits
2.1% →
SAYER 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1N1C3H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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