5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PANCH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pæntʃ//pɑːntʃ/

Noun

Alternative form of paunch.

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 PANCH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PANCH 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 76.2% of games, misses completely in 23.8%, and leaves about 214 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,197 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.

P___H P in the 1st position and H in the 5th position P__C_ P in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _A__H A in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALERT GOIER STIRE SOLER STILE
Words starting with P Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
214 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% 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 PANCH 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
0.68 Volatility
#3,197 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PANCH ranks #3,197 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
956
4 guesses
1,149
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
16
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:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
30%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

562
290
189
135
93
93
88
76
59
52
48
40
36
36
32
31
31
23
23
19
19
19
19
19
16
15
14
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PANCH:

24% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
8% chance
Suggested:
GOIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.8% →
TOILE 6.04 bits
12.3% →
ALERT 5.63 bits
8.0% →
GOIER 5.33 bits
5.7% →
TOILE 4.55 bits
3.9% →
STIRE 5.61 bits
3.9% →
SOLER 5.25 bits
3.7% →
STILE 5.40 bits
3.2% →
GRISE 4.80 bits
2.5% →
MOILE 4.81 bits
2.2% →
SIDEY 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1N1C3H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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