5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PHYMA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A tubercle, tumor, or abscess on any external part of the body.

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 PHYMA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PHYMA 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 71.5% of games, misses completely in 28.5%, and leaves about 316 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,980 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___A P in the 1st position and A in the 5th position P__M_ P in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _H__A H in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE DROLE CONTE SLANT TONER STILE
Words starting with P Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
316 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PHYMA 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,980 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PHYMA ranks #9,980 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
765
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
267
6 guesses
17
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:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
18%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

671
457
163
104
91
88
88
81
66
53
51
38
34
33
33
20
19
18
13
12
11
11
11
9
9
9
8
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PHYMA:

28% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
19% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
7% chance
Suggested:
DROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.5% →
TRINE 6.13 bits
19.4% →
TRINE 5.46 bits
6.9% →
DROLE 4.86 bits
4.4% →
CONTE 5.09 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 4.12 bits
3.7% →
TONER 5.19 bits
3.7% →
STILE 5.10 bits
3.4% →
TRICE 5.24 bits
2.8% →
RAISE 4.46 bits
2.2% →
CARTE 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3H4Y4M3A1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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