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5 Letter Words Starting with PH

38 valid five-letter words that begin with PH – helpful when you have green tiles in positions 1 and 2 in Wordle.

There are 38 five-letter words matching this pattern in the Wordle word list, including 4 possible Wordle answers. Common examples include PHONE, PHOTO, PHASE, PHONY, PHLOX.

38 words  ·  4 possible Wordle answers

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"Answers" are the 2,315 words from the official NYT Wordle answer pool – these are the only words that can appear as the day's puzzle. All other valid 5-letter words can be used as guesses but will never be the answer.
PHARE
PHARE
PHASE
PHASE
Answer
PHONE
PHONE
Answer
PHIES
PHIES
PHIAL
PHIAL
PHAGE
PHAGE
PHEON
PHEON
PHOTA
PHOTA
PHYLE
PHYLE
PHARM
PHARM
PHOTS
PHOTS
PHOBE
PHOBE
PHEER
PHEER
PHOCA
PHOCA
PHONS
PHONS
PHESE
PHESE
PHASM
PHASM
PHOTY
PHOTY
PHENE
PHENE
PHYLA
PHYLA
PHONY
PHONY
Answer
PHYSA
PHYSA
PHANG
PHANG
PHUTS
PHUTS
PHWAT
PHWAT
PHEME
PHEME
PHYMA
PHYMA
PHOTO
PHOTO
Answer
PHONO
PHONO
PHUBS
PHUBS
PHISH
PHISH
PHLOX
PHLOX
PHUTU
PHUTU
PHYNX
PHYNX
PHOOH
PHOOH
PHOOO
PHOOO
PHPHT
PHPHT
PHIZZ
PHIZZ

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This page lists all 38 five-letter words matching the constraint above from the complete Wordle-valid word list of 14,855 words. Words marked Answer are from the NYT Wordle answer pool of 2,315 words – these are the ones that can actually appear as the day's puzzle.

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