5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

EZINE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of e-zine.

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 EZINE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EZINE 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 72.8% of games, misses completely in 27.2%, and leaves about 274 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,938 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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.

E___E E in the 1st position and E in the 5th position E__N_ E in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _Z__E Z in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SORAL SOLAR SLART SALON ROAST COAST
Words starting with E Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.00 Entropy (bits)
274 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EZINE 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,938 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EZINE ranks #12,938 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
694
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
339
6 guesses
27
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
33%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

641
313
206
192
119
102
88
69
65
60
53
50
46
42
26
23
22
22
17
17
14
14
12
11
11
10
10
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EZINE:

27% chance
Suggested:
SORAL
13% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.2% →
SORAL 5.93 bits
13.3% →
SOLAR 5.28 bits
8.7% →
SLART 5.29 bits
8.1% →
SLART 5.03 bits
5.0% →
SALON 4.98 bits
4.3% →
SLART 4.99 bits
3.7% →
ROAST 4.64 bits
2.9% →
SORAL 4.48 bits
2.8% →
COAST 4.42 bits
2.5% →
STEER 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1Z10I1N1E1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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