5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PHONO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Clipping of phonograph.

Noun

Clipping of phonology.

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 PHONO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PHONO 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 64.0% of games, misses completely in 36.0%, and leaves about 371 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,907 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___O P in the 1st position and O in the 5th position P__N_ P in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _H__O H in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TALER STALE CASTE LEAST SLART
Words starting with P Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.86 Entropy (bits)
371 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PHONO 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,907 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PHONO ranks #10,907 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
767
4 guesses
1,232
5 guesses
285
6 guesses
27
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
2 vowels
Common:
NO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
29%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

849
200
199
124
122
102
90
87
74
71
38
35
28
25
23
18
18
17
15
15
12
12
12
11
10
10
10
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PHONO:

36% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.0% →
RAILE 6.23 bits
8.5% →
RAILE 5.35 bits
8.4% →
TALER 5.23 bits
5.3% →
STALE 5.55 bits
5.2% →
CASTE 5.20 bits
4.3% →
LEAST 4.63 bits
3.8% →
SLART 4.85 bits
3.7% →
TRICE 5.18 bits
3.1% →
ALURE 4.84 bits
3.0% →
SAMEN 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3H4O1N1O1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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