5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

XEROX

XEROX 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

Pronunciation: /ˈzɛ.ɹɒks//ˈziː(ə)ɹ.ɑks/[ˈseɾoks]

Noun

A xerograph (copy).

“Hand me that xerox, would you?”

Noun

A xerographer (machine).

“The xerox broke down yesterday.”

Verb

To make a copy using a xerographer.

“I xeroxed the report for all the people at the meeting.”

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 XEROX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts XEROX 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 76.3% of games, misses completely in 23.7%, and leaves about 273 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,507 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.96 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__X E in the 2nd position and X in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT AINEE SHALT SLANE SCORN
Words starting with X Words ending with X

First-turn measures

3.67 Entropy (bits)
273 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How XEROX 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.

3.96 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,507 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, XEROX ranks #14,507 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
558
4 guesses
1,299
5 guesses
421
6 guesses
44
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
2 vowels
Common:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
21%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

42 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

558
366
238
223
186
133
106
93
65
63
60
59
41
30
27
27
11
11
9
8
6
5
5
3
3
2
2
2
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing XEROX:

24% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
16% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.7% →
SAINT 5.98 bits
15.5% →
SLANT 5.70 bits
10.1% →
SLANT 5.05 bits
9.5% →
AINEE 4.47 bits
7.9% →
SAINT 5.24 bits
5.6% →
SHALT 4.69 bits
4.5% →
SLANE 4.32 bits
3.9% →
SCORN 4.25 bits
2.8% →
SOWCE 3.56 bits
2.7% →
REATE 3.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

X8E1R1O1X8
Total: 19 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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