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Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PHOBE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A person who experiences a phobia (“fear or dislike”).

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 PHOBE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PHOBE 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 80.8% of games, misses completely in 19.2%, and leaves about 190 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,668 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__B_ P in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _H__E H in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT ALTER SLART LAIRY SAULT LOVER
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
190 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PHOBE 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#5,668 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PHOBE ranks #5,668 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
885
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
203
6 guesses
9
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:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
35%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

452
332
203
198
101
83
76
68
67
54
51
44
43
38
37
34
32
28
27
25
25
24
24
24
19
17
16
15
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PHOBE:

19% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
14% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.2% →
SAINT 6.08 bits
14.1% →
ALTER 5.36 bits
8.6% →
SLART 5.17 bits
8.4% →
LAIRY 4.92 bits
4.3% →
SLART 4.68 bits
3.5% →
SAULT 4.79 bits
3.2% →
LOVER 4.10 bits
2.9% →
SLART 5.22 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 4.80 bits
2.3% →
BLAER 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3H4O1B3E1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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