5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PHWAT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% 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 PHWAT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PHWAT 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 73.6% of games, misses completely in 26.4%, and leaves about 257 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,727 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___T P in the 1st position and T in the 5th position P__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _H__T H in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE RAILE NOIRE SIREN TARTE SOREL
Words starting with P Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
257 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PHWAT 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,727 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PHWAT ranks #6,727 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
882
4 guesses
1,164
5 guesses
242
6 guesses
15
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:
AT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
29%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

622
365
141
110
95
95
82
68
66
61
60
48
45
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35
27
27
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23
19
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15
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PHWAT:

26% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
15% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
6% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.4% →
RIONE 5.98 bits
15.5% →
RAILE 5.26 bits
6.0% →
NOIRE 5.39 bits
4.7% →
SIREN 5.20 bits
4.0% →
TARTE 4.76 bits
4.0% →
SOREL 4.79 bits
3.5% →
SLIER 5.50 bits
2.9% →
SUCRE 4.75 bits
2.8% →
URINE 4.82 bits
2.6% →
SNORE 5.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3H4W4A1T1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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