5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PHLOX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /flɒks//flɑks/

Noun

Any flowering plant of the genus Phlox.

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 PHLOX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PHLOX 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 67.7% of games, misses completely in 32.3%, and leaves about 349 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,420 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___X P in the 1st position and X in the 5th position P__O_ P in the 1st position and O in the 4th position

Try next

TIARE RAISE RONTE CARTE STARE COATE
Words starting with P Words ending with X

First-turn measures

3.74 Entropy (bits)
349 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PHLOX 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,420 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PHLOX ranks #11,420 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
756
4 guesses
1,234
5 guesses
304
6 guesses
22
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
1 vowels
Common:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
22%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

761
308
295
120
103
96
87
73
63
62
45
32
28
23
22
21
19
15
14
14
12
12
10
9
9
8
8
7
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5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PHLOX:

32% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
13% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
13% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.3% →
TIARE 6.24 bits
13.1% →
RAISE 5.32 bits
12.5% →
RONTE 5.39 bits
5.1% →
CARTE 5.41 bits
4.4% →
STARE 5.59 bits
4.1% →
COATE 4.26 bits
3.7% →
TRICE 5.30 bits
3.1% →
SANER 4.70 bits
2.7% →
SABLE 4.69 bits
2.6% →
IRATE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3H4L1O1X8
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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