5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

PUNCH

PUNCH is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 86.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pʌnt͡ʃ//pʌnʃ/

Noun

A hit or strike with one's fist.

Noun

Power, strength, energy.

“The tornado is finally losing its punch.”

Verb

To strike with one's fist.

“If she punches me, I'm gonna break her nose.”

Verb

To herd.

Alternative forms: punce, pince

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

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 PUNCH performs as a guess

PUNCH is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 66.7% of games, misses completely in 33.3%, and leaves about 323 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,572 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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 _U__H U in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE ARIEL CARLE TARSE STALE SLATE
Words starting with P Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
323 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUNCH 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,572 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUNCH ranks #5,572 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
893
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
26%
All gray
33%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PUNCH in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

786
238
133
119
108
101
100
71
68
55
47
45
33
29
27
24
22
20
16
15
14
14
14
12
12
12
11
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUNCH:

33% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
6% chance
Suggested:
CARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.3% →
RAILE 6.19 bits
10.1% →
ARIEL 5.60 bits
5.6% →
CARLE 5.53 bits
5.0% →
TARSE 5.69 bits
4.6% →
STALE 5.44 bits
4.3% →
SLATE 5.27 bits
4.2% →
TALER 4.58 bits
3.0% →
RAISE 5.05 bits
2.9% →
MOILE 4.49 bits
2.3% →
ROUET 4.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1N1C3H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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