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

PINCH

Yes, PINCH was the Wordle answer on May 15, 2024 (Wordle #1061).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pɪnt͡ʃ/

Verb

To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

“The children were scolded for pinching each other.”

Verb

To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.

Noun

The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

Noun

A close compression of anything with the fingers.

“I gave the leather of the sofa a pinch, gauging the texture.”

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: May 15, 2024 (#1061).

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

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How PINCH performs as a guess

PINCH 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 69.6% of games, misses completely in 30.4%, and leaves about 278 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,560 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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 _I__H I in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE RAILE CARLE STARE GRATE SOLED
Words starting with P Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
278 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PINCH 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,560 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PINCH ranks #3,560 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
947
4 guesses
1,151
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
15
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:
IN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
26%
All gray
30%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PINCH in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

716
194
174
133
103
99
97
97
64
55
49
40
31
29
26
25
25
24
22
20
18
18
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12
12
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10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PINCH:

30% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
7% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.4% →
ROATE 6.11 bits
8.2% →
ROATE 5.34 bits
7.4% →
RAILE 5.33 bits
5.6% →
CARLE 5.73 bits
4.4% →
STARE 5.58 bits
4.2% →
STARE 5.60 bits
4.1% →
GRATE 4.66 bits
4.1% →
SOLED 4.68 bits
2.7% →
ALOSE 4.90 bits
2.3% →
MATEY 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1N1C3H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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