Is HUNCH a Wordle Word?
Yes. HUNCH is a valid Wordle word.
- Valid guess
- Past answer #990 · Mar 5, 2024
It was the Wordle answer on March 5, 2024 (#990).
Since February 2026, Wordle sometimes reuses past answers, so it could be the answer again.
What does HUNCH mean?
/hʌntʃ/
noun
- A hump; a protuberance.
- A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.“The old man walked with a hunch.”
- A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.“I have a hunch they'll find a way to solve the problem.”
2 more noun definitions
- A hunk; a lump; a thick piece.“a hunch of bread”
- A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
verb
- To bend the top of one's body forward while raising one's shoulders.“Don't hunch over your computer if you want to avoid neck problems.”
- To raise (one's shoulders) (while lowering one's head or bending the top of one's body forward); to curve (one's body) forward (sometimes followed by up).“He hunched up his shoulders and stared down at the ground.”
- To walk (somewhere) while hunching one's shoulders.
3 more verb definitions
- To thrust a hump or protuberance out of (something); to crook, as the back.
- To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust against (someone).
- To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.
Definition from Wiktionary, available under the CC BY-SA license.
HUNCH in Wordle
- Starter word rating
- WeakIn the top 95% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
- Vowels
- U
- Unique letters
- 4 of 5Repeats H
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