Is PINCH a Wordle Word?

Yes. PINCH is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on May 15, 2024 (#1061).

Since February 2026, Wordle sometimes reuses past answers, so it could be the answer again.

What does PINCH mean?

/pɪntʃ/

The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
A close compression of anything with the fingers.“I gave the leather of the sofa a pinch, gauging the texture.”
A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.

6 more noun definitions

An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
An organic herbal smoke additive.
A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.
The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
An arrest.

To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.“The children were scolded for pinching each other.”
To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
To squeeze between two objects.

10 more verb definitions

To steal, usually something inconsequential.“Someone has pinched my handkerchief!”
To arrest or capture.
To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.
To seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.
To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.“to be pinched for money”
To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
To complain or find fault.

Definition from Wiktionary, available under the CC BY-SA license.

Starter word rating: WeakIn the top 75% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: I
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: I

Hard-mode trap: 6 valid words fit the pattern _INCH. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

Letter ratings use how often each letter appears in Wordle answers.

Tap its tiles to the colours Wordle showed, and the Wordle Solver lists every word that still fits, with the best next guess.