5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PHUTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of phut

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of phut

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 PHUTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PHUTS 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 67.2% of games, misses completely in 32.8%, and leaves about 307 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,056 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___S P in the 1st position and S in the 5th position P__T_ P in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL RAILE ARISE RAINE CARLE GLARE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
307 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PHUTS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,056 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PHUTS ranks #4,056 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
945
4 guesses
1,123
5 guesses
217
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
1 vowels
Common:
STU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
25%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

774
198
170
124
102
68
65
60
47
44
43
42
41
39
37
30
26
25
25
22
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PHUTS:

33% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
8% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
7% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.8% →
ARIEL 6.12 bits
8.4% →
ARIEL 5.63 bits
7.2% →
RAILE 5.53 bits
5.3% →
RAILE 4.93 bits
4.3% →
ARISE 4.85 bits
2.9% →
RAINE 5.12 bits
2.8% →
CARLE 5.13 bits
2.5% →
RAILE 4.57 bits
2.0% →
RAILE 5.17 bits
1.9% →
GLARE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3H4U1T1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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