5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WINZE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A steep shaft for such purposes as: to join two levels in a mine; or to explore greater depths when considering whether to open a new level; or to permit forced ventilation of deeper levels.

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 WINZE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WINZE 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 75.0% of games, misses completely in 25.0%, and leaves about 265 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,027 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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.

W___E W in the 1st position and E in the 5th position W__Z_ W in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST ALTER SLART SALTY SLANT EATEN
Words starting with W Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.05 Entropy (bits)
265 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.89 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WINZE 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,027 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WINZE ranks #12,027 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
713
4 guesses
1,264
5 guesses
313
6 guesses
20
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
32%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

589
361
245
180
127
91
86
79
56
54
51
35
31
31
29
21
20
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18
17
17
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10
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9
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8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WINZE:

25% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
15% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.0% →
ROAST 5.97 bits
15.3% →
ALTER 5.39 bits
10.4% →
SLART 5.28 bits
7.6% →
SLART 5.23 bits
5.4% →
ROAST 5.30 bits
3.9% →
SALTY 4.45 bits
3.6% →
SLANT 4.60 bits
3.4% →
EATEN 4.40 bits
2.4% →
SLART 4.04 bits
2.3% →
SAUCY 4.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4I1N1Z10E1
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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