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

LUNCH

Yes, LUNCH was the Wordle answer on January 15, 2024 (Wordle #940).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /lʌnt͡ʃ//lʌnʃ/[lʌ̃nt͡ʃ]

Noun

A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.

Noun

A break in play between the first and second sessions.

Verb

To eat lunch.

“I like to lunch in Italian restaurants.”

Verb

To treat to lunch.

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: January 15, 2024 (#940).

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

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How LUNCH performs as a guess

LUNCH is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 73.7% of games, misses completely in 26.3%, and leaves about 245 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,533 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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 _U__H U in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

ORATE RAILE ARISE CATER TARSE GORSE
Words starting with L Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
245 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LUNCH 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,533 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LUNCH ranks #4,533 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
925
4 guesses
1,142
5 guesses
208
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:
LNU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
24%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LUNCH in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

620
297
205
108
107
85
84
64
54
54
48
42
42
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32
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29
24
24
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LUNCH:

26% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
13% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
ARISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.3% →
ORATE 6.15 bits
12.6% →
RAILE 5.43 bits
8.7% →
ARISE 5.55 bits
4.6% →
CATER 5.42 bits
4.5% →
TARSE 5.66 bits
3.6% →
GORSE 4.87 bits
3.6% →
STURE 5.38 bits
2.7% →
MOIRE 4.56 bits
2.3% →
ROUET 4.20 bits
2.3% →
GLEAN 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1U1N1C3H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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