5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PHEER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of fere (“companion, friend, mate”).

Alternative forms: feer, fere

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 PHEER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PHEER 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 75.6% of games, misses completely in 24.4%, and leaves about 225 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,972 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___R P in the 1st position and R in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _H__R H in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SLANE TRAIN COATE SOUTH TOILE
Words starting with P Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
225 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PHEER 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#7,972 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PHEER ranks #7,972 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
832
4 guesses
1,173
5 guesses
264
6 guesses
19
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
32%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

575
262
257
127
103
96
73
65
50
48
47
40
35
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PHEER:

24% chance
Suggested:
SALON
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.4% →
SALON 5.84 bits
11.1% →
SLANE 5.25 bits
10.9% →
TRAIN 5.16 bits
5.4% →
COATE 4.55 bits
4.4% →
SOUTH 4.92 bits
4.1% →
TOILE 3.43 bits
3.1% →
OLDEN 4.45 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 4.80 bits
2.1% →
COAST 4.51 bits
2.0% →
SAULT 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3H4E1E1R1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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