5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PHIZZ

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

As an opener, it rules out about 72.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of phiz.

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 PHIZZ performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PHIZZ 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 51.0% of games, misses completely in 49.0%, and leaves about 645 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,651 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.99 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__Z_ P in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position

Try next

ROATE LINER SLANE COATE STARE STRAE
Words starting with P Words ending with Z

First-turn measures

2.80 Entropy (bits)
645 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
72.6% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PHIZZ 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.

3.99 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,651 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PHIZZ ranks #14,651 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
17
3 guesses
537
4 guesses
1,293
5 guesses
460
6 guesses
43
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
1 vowels
Common:
I

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
51%
Green tile
22%
All gray
49%

Feedback distribution

36 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1156
292
186
164
130
95
85
36
30
26
24
22
16
14
11
10
10
9
8
6
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PHIZZ:

49% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
12% chance
Suggested:
LINER
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

49.0% →
ROATE 6.04 bits
12.4% →
LINER 5.18 bits
7.9% →
SLANE 5.08 bits
7.0% →
COATE 5.35 bits
5.5% →
STARE 5.59 bits
4.0% →
STRAE 5.30 bits
3.6% →
ALURE 4.84 bits
1.5% →
REACT 3.63 bits
1.3% →
SONCE 3.87 bits
1.1% →
TASER 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3H4I1Z10Z10
Total: 28 points

Words With Friends

Total: 28 points

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