5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PHOCA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊkə/

Noun

A seal.

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 PHOCA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PHOCA 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 220 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,033 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___A P in the 1st position and A in the 5th position P__C_ P in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _H__A H in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLATE RONTE TRINE SILER MANOR
Words starting with P Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
220 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PHOCA 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,033 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PHOCA ranks #6,033 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
885
4 guesses
1,159
5 guesses
234
6 guesses
16
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:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
28%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

494
423
204
105
74
73
72
65
54
45
45
44
40
37
37
35
34
33
27
27
26
23
22
21
18
18
17
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PHOCA:

21% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
18% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
SLIER 6.01 bits
17.9% →
SLATE 5.46 bits
8.7% →
RONTE 5.24 bits
4.5% →
TRINE 4.64 bits
3.1% →
SILER 5.33 bits
3.1% →
MANOR 4.67 bits
3.1% →
CARLE 4.67 bits
2.8% →
CUTIE 4.85 bits
2.3% →
GRISE 4.43 bits
1.9% →
STURE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3H4O1C3A1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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