5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TENCH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɛnt͡ʃ/

Noun

A species of freshwater game fish, Tinca tinca.

Noun

A penitentiary.

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 TENCH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TENCH 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 83.4% of games, misses completely in 16.6%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,165 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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.

T___H T in the 1st position and H in the 5th position T__C_ T in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _E__H E in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

SOLAR SORAL ALONG SLART LEARE ANODE
Words starting with T Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TENCH 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,165 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TENCH ranks #2,165 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
971
4 guesses
1,120
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ENT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
28%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

391
346
158
137
101
96
92
89
51
51
47
45
45
41
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TENCH:

17% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
15% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
7% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.6% →
SOLAR 5.85 bits
14.7% →
SOLAR 5.34 bits
6.7% →
SORAL 5.46 bits
5.8% →
ALONG 4.97 bits
4.3% →
SLART 5.11 bits
4.1% →
SORAL 5.42 bits
3.9% →
LEARE 4.67 bits
3.8% →
ANODE 4.55 bits
2.2% →
SOILY 4.69 bits
2.2% →
LAREE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1N1C3H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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