5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PHOOO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 73.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 PHOOO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PHOOO 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 51.2% of games, misses completely in 48.8%, and leaves about 619 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,505 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.95 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__O_ P in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _H__O H in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TALER CASTE ARIEL CRATE TRICE
Words starting with P Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.04 Entropy (bits)
619 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
73.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PHOOO 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.

3.95 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,505 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PHOOO ranks #14,505 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
25
3 guesses
576
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
436
6 guesses
42
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

3/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
51%
Green tile
27%
All gray
49%

Feedback distribution

48 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1151
211
149
139
131
102
96
76
41
37
23
22
16
15
14
13
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10
9
9
9
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5
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3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PHOOO:

49% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TALER
6% chance
Suggested:
CASTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

48.8% →
RAILE 6.19 bits
8.9% →
TALER 4.77 bits
6.3% →
CASTE 5.22 bits
5.9% →
ARIEL 5.44 bits
5.6% →
CRATE 4.82 bits
4.3% →
TRICE 5.23 bits
4.1% →
ALINE 5.12 bits
3.2% →
MARLE 4.55 bits
1.7% →
CRUET 4.36 bits
1.6% →
TARGE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3H4O1O1O1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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