5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PHEON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A bearing representing the head of a dart or javelin, with long barbs which are engrailed on the inner edge.

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 PHEON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PHEON 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,484 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___N P in the 1st position and N in the 5th position P__O_ P in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _H__N H in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TRAIL SLART GIANT TORSE TIARE
Words starting with P Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PHEON 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,484 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PHEON ranks #3,484 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
946
4 guesses
1,132
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
27%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

397
365
189
142
106
87
83
77
62
61
55
46
42
40
38
36
33
31
25
24
22
21
21
19
19
17
15
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PHEON:

17% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
15% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
RAILE 5.49 bits
15.5% →
TRAIL 6.05 bits
8.0% →
SLART 5.28 bits
6.0% →
GIANT 5.14 bits
4.5% →
TORSE 4.43 bits
3.7% →
SLART 4.95 bits
3.5% →
TIARE 4.65 bits
3.3% →
SLART 4.76 bits
2.6% →
TALER 4.54 bits
2.6% →
SLART 5.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3H4E1O1N1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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