5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

PHONE

Yes, PHONE was the Wordle answer on December 26, 2023 (Wordle #920).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ̯n//ˈfoʊ̯n//ˈfɔʊ̯n/

Noun

A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.

“Daragh's on the phone at the moment. He'll call you when he's finished.”

Noun

A person's telephone number (as a means of contact); digits.

Verb

To call (someone) using a telephone.

“Phone me as soon as you land at the airport.”

Alternative forms: 'phone

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 26, 2023 (#920).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How PHONE performs as a guess

PHONE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 145 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,025 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__N_ P in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _H__E H in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL ALTER SLART MOLAR RISEN SAULT
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
145 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PHONE 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,025 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PHONE ranks #2,025 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
959
4 guesses
1,126
5 guesses
183
6 guesses
13
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:
ENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
39%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
O Z O N E
P H O N E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PHONE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

365
292
192
163
88
82
82
79
77
61
56
55
41
41
39
35
34
33
31
26
24
24
22
22
21
21
20
17
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PHONE:

15% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
12% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
TRAIL 6.05 bits
12.4% →
ALTER 5.34 bits
8.1% →
SLART 5.23 bits
6.9% →
MOLAR 5.09 bits
3.7% →
SLART 4.79 bits
3.5% →
RISEN 4.55 bits
3.5% →
SAULT 4.77 bits
3.4% →
SNAIL 4.82 bits
3.3% →
SLART 4.76 bits
2.6% →
SLART 5.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3H4O1N1E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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