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Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TINCT

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɪŋkt/

Verb

to tint, tinge or colour

Adjective

tinged or lightly coloured

Noun

Abbreviation of tincture.

Noun

A tint or colour.

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 TINCT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TINCT 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 69.8% of games, misses completely in 30.2%, and leaves about 279 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,009 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___T T in the 1st position and T in the 5th position T__C_ T in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _I__T I in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOARE ARIEL SERAL SOLED SARGE SHALE
Words starting with T Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
279 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TINCT 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,009 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TINCT ranks #6,009 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
912
4 guesses
1,146
5 guesses
229
6 guesses
18
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
INT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
32%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

713
182
164
153
151
94
85
83
61
58
54
38
34
27
25
25
24
24
18
18
16
16
16
16
15
14
14
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TINCT:

30% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
8% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
7% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.2% →
SOARE 6.12 bits
7.7% →
SOARE 5.37 bits
7.0% →
ARIEL 5.41 bits
6.5% →
SOARE 5.55 bits
6.4% →
SOARE 5.70 bits
4.0% →
SERAL 5.35 bits
3.6% →
SOLED 4.63 bits
3.5% →
SARGE 4.48 bits
2.6% →
SHALE 4.69 bits
2.5% →
PORAE 5.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1I1N1C3T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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