5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PHAGE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /feɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

A virus that is parasitic on bacteria.

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 PHAGE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PHAGE 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 83.8% of games, misses completely in 16.2%, and leaves about 159 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,127 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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.

P___E P in the 1st position and E in the 5th position P__G_ P in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _H__E H in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

LORIS DETER TALON SIREN ALTER SLART
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
159 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PHAGE 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,127 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PHAGE ranks #5,127 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
896
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
10
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
37%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

382
292
262
141
104
99
80
69
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52
49
41
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PHAGE:

16% chance
Suggested:
LORIS
12% chance
Suggested:
DETER
11% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.2% →
LORIS 5.59 bits
12.4% →
DETER 5.43 bits
11.1% →
TALON 5.25 bits
6.0% →
SIREN 4.47 bits
4.4% →
ALTER 4.74 bits
4.2% →
SLART 4.52 bits
3.4% →
SOUTH 4.72 bits
2.9% →
SOILY 4.87 bits
2.3% →
TULIP 4.69 bits
2.2% →
SAULT 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3H4A1G2E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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