5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PHYLE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪli/

Noun

A local division of the people; a clan or tribe.

Noun

A subdivision of the priestly caste in ancient Egypt, headed by a phylarch.

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 PHYLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PHYLE 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 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 174 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,438 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__L_ P in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _H__E H in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN SONAR ROAST ALTER COAST STAIR
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
174 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PHYLE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,438 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PHYLE ranks #6,438 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
861
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
21
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:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
33%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

420
279
229
180
162
106
97
57
56
55
51
39
37
34
34
28
27
27
26
26
24
22
22
19
18
17
16
16
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PHYLE:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
SONAR
10% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
TRAIN 6.25 bits
11.8% →
SONAR 5.09 bits
9.7% →
ROAST 5.13 bits
7.6% →
SONAR 5.09 bits
6.9% →
SONAR 4.69 bits
4.5% →
ALTER 4.44 bits
4.1% →
COAST 4.90 bits
2.4% →
STAIR 4.69 bits
2.4% →
SLADE 3.76 bits
2.3% →
ROAST 4.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3H4Y4L1E1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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