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PHASE

Yes, PHASE was the Wordle answer on June 3, 2022 (Wordle #349).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /feɪz/

Noun

A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.

Noun

That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.

Verb

To begin—if construed with "in"—or to discontinue—if construed with out—(doing) something over a period of time (i.e. in phases).

“The use of the obsolete machines was gradually phased out as the new models were phased in.”

Verb

To determine haplotypes in (data) when genotypes are known.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: June 3, 2022 (#349).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How PHASE performs as a guess

PHASE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.2% of games, misses completely in 13.8%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,660 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__S_ P in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _H__E H in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

DROIT DETER TALON GOIER ALTER SNOUT
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.19 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PHASE 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,660 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PHASE ranks #2,660 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
938
4 guesses
1,121
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
13
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
39%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U M P
P H A S E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PHASE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

125 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

326
267
245
129
109
104
75
73
50
45
43
42
34
34
34
32
30
27
27
24
24
22
22
22
17
17
17
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PHASE:

14% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
11% chance
Suggested:
DETER
10% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.8% →
DROIT 5.62 bits
11.3% →
DETER 5.41 bits
10.4% →
TALON 5.26 bits
5.5% →
GOIER 4.33 bits
4.6% →
ALTER 4.69 bits
4.4% →
SNOUT 4.92 bits
3.2% →
NORTH 4.67 bits
3.1% →
CRINE 3.99 bits
2.1% →
ANGLE 3.98 bits
1.9% →
STEER 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3H4A1S1E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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