5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

WINCH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /wɪnt͡ʃ/

Noun

A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hoisting or hauling on a rope or cable.

Noun

A hoisting device used for loading or unloading cargo, or for pulling in lines.

Verb

To use a winch

“Winch in those sails, lad!”

Verb

To wince; to shrink

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 WINCH performs as a guess

WINCH 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 66.1% of games, misses completely in 33.9%, and leaves about 334 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,161 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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.

W___H W in the 1st position and H in the 5th position W__C_ W 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 PARLE CARLE SOLED LEANT STARE
Words starting with W Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.09 Entropy (bits)
334 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
85.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WINCH 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,161 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WINCH ranks #7,161 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
859
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
24%
All gray
34%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

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

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

800
205
184
146
106
104
101
59
54
52
43
36
34
28
25
25
24
22
19
19
19
14
12
11
11
9
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WINCH:

34% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
9% chance
Suggested:
PARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.9% →
ROATE 6.08 bits
8.7% →
PARLE 5.36 bits
7.8% →
ROATE 5.37 bits
6.2% →
CARLE 5.70 bits
4.5% →
SOLED 4.67 bits
4.4% →
LEANT 4.55 bits
4.3% →
STARE 5.52 bits
2.5% →
SAYER 4.57 bits
2.3% →
SOREL 5.00 bits
2.2% →
STURE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4I1N1C3H4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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