Wordle Variant Solver
Phoodle Solver
Enter your guesses, match the feedback colors, and get the best food-word suggestions. Solves in 3 attempts using the original WASM logic.
WASM powered solver
Phoodle Solver
Use the same standalone WASM solver from the original Phoodle project. Add your guesses, tap the result colors to match the game, and get the strongest next food-word suggestions instantly.
Play PhoodleSolver status
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Add your guess
Type the 5-letter food word you just tried in Phoodle.
Your guesses
Tap letters to cycle absent, present, and correct.
Best next guesses
Your starter suggestions appear here as soon as the solver loads.
What is Phoodle?
Phoodle is a daily word game launched in May 2022 by cookbook author Josh Laurito. It takes the Wordle format — 5 letters, 6 guesses, green-yellow-gray feedback — and restricts the answer list to food-related words only. Every daily answer is something connected to cooking, ingredients, dishes, or the kitchen.
The game is free to play at phoodle.org and resets at midnight local time. Past answers include words like PASTA, BREAD, MANGO, OLIVE, STEAK, CREAM, LEMON, SALAD, FLOUR, and SUGAR. If you cook regularly, you already have a head start.
After each guess, tiles turn green (correct letter, correct spot), yellow (wrong position), or gray (not in the word). Same mechanics as Wordle, but the food-only word list changes how you approach every guess.
How Phoodle Differs from Wordle
The biggest difference is the word list. Wordle pulls from roughly 2,300 possible answers across all English vocabulary. Phoodle uses a much smaller set — only food words. Every answer is an ingredient, cooking technique, dish name, kitchen tool, or something else tied to food culture.
Generic Wordle openers like CRANE and SLATE are wasteful here — CRANE is not a food word, so it can never be the answer. Once you know a few letters, you can narrow candidates fast because the food domain is constrained. If you see _OAST with a green O and A, you're looking at ROAST or TOAST.
Vowels A, E, and O dominate. Common food letters include R, S, T, L, and N. Letters Q, X, Z, and J rarely show up. You can exploit this frequency skew to eliminate large chunks of the word list with each guess.
Best Opening Words for Phoodle
STEAK — the strongest opener
Tests S, T, E, A, and K — four of the most common food-word letters. It's a valid Phoodle answer, so it could hit on guess one.
SPICE — high-coverage alternative
Covers S, P, I, C, E. P and C appear in PASTA, CREAM, PEACH, CHILI, SCOOP, and CRISP — worth testing early.
BREAD, OLIVE, MELON as backups
BREAD hits B, R, E, A, D. OLIVE tests O, L, I, V, E. MELON covers M, E, L, O, N. Rotate these if you like varied openers.
Avoid repeated-letter openers
ONION tests only 3 unique letters (O, N, I). You want 4–5 distinct letters per guess to maximize information from each attempt.
How the Phoodle Solver Works
This solver runs the same standalone WASM bundle from the original Phoodle solver project. No server round-trips — the entire word list and elimination logic live inside the WebAssembly module that loads in your browser.
Enter the word you guessed, tap each letter tile to set its color (gray = absent, yellow = present, green = correct), and the WASM module filters the word list against your feedback, scores every remaining candidate by information value, and returns ranked suggestions.
Results come back in under 50ms. You can enter feedback from multiple guesses at once. Tap any suggestion to load it directly into the guess input — no typing required.
Common Phoodle Answer Categories
Phoodle answers cluster around specific categories. Knowing them helps you guess more efficiently — one strategic guess can rule out entire groups.
Ingredients and Staples
FLOUR, SUGAR, HONEY, LEMON, OLIVE, BASIL, ONION, BUTTER, CREAM — the largest category by far.
Cooking Methods
GRILL, ROAST, STEAM, BOIL, BLEND, SEAR, POACH. High-frequency letters make these good openers too.
Dishes and Prepared Foods
PASTA, SALAD, PIZZA, STEW, CURRY, CREPE, BREAD. Satisfying to guess once a few letters lock in.
Kitchen Tools
WHISK, SPOON, KNIFE, PLATE, GRATER, LADLE, TONGS. WHISK and GRATER test uncommon letters worth trying.
Fruits and Vegetables
MANGO, PEACH, APPLE, GRAPE, MELON, GUAVA. Many share the -EACH and -ANGO patterns.
Food Descriptors
SWEET, CRISP, FRESH, TANGY, CHUNK, CRUST, MOIST. Trickier because they describe food rather than name it.
Phoodle Solver FAQs
Does this Phoodle solver use the original WASM logic?
Yes. This page uses the same standalone WASM solver bundle from the original Phoodle solver project, so the starter and suggestion logic stays the same.
How do I enter my Phoodle feedback?
Add the guess you used in the game, then tap each letter tile until it matches the color you saw in Phoodle: absent, present, or correct.
Can I click a suggestion to reuse it?
Yes. Tapping a suggested word or a possible answer loads it into the guess input so you can add it quickly as your next try.
What makes Phoodle different from Wordle?
Phoodle only uses food-related words — ingredients, dishes, cooking terms, and kitchen items. The green-yellow-gray feedback system is the same, but the restricted word list means standard Wordle strategies like starting with CRANE or SLATE are less effective.
How many guesses do I get in Phoodle?
You get 6 guesses, same as Wordle. The solver typically finds the answer within 3 attempts when you enter feedback accurately, which leaves plenty of room for error.
Does the Phoodle solver work on mobile?
Yes. The solver runs entirely in the browser with WASM, so it works on any device without installing anything. Just open the page, enter your guesses, and get suggestions.
What time does Phoodle reset?
Phoodle resets at midnight local time. A new food word appears every day, and the solver updates its suggestions based on whatever puzzle is current.