5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ZABRA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈzɑbɹə//ˈzɑːbɹɑː/

Noun

A small sailing vessel used off the coasts of Spain and Portugal.

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 ZABRA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZABRA 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 66.6% of games, misses completely in 33.4%, and leaves about 394 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,160 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 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.

Z___A Z in the 1st position and A in the 5th position Z__R_ Z in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TOISE SLATE SIENT TRACE PORTE
Words starting with Z Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.47 Entropy (bits)
394 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZABRA 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,160 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZABRA ranks #14,160 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
612
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
423
6 guesses
32
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:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
23%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

788
392
297
154
128
84
75
72
44
40
26
26
20
18
17
17
12
11
11
10
9
9
6
6
6
5
5
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZABRA:

33% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
17% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.4% →
TOILE 6.08 bits
16.6% →
TOISE 5.34 bits
12.6% →
SLATE 5.66 bits
6.5% →
SIENT 4.57 bits
5.4% →
TRACE 4.61 bits
3.6% →
TOILE 4.96 bits
3.2% →
TOISE 4.63 bits
3.1% →
PORTE 4.06 bits
1.9% →
SHOTE 3.97 bits
1.7% →
SUITE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10A1B3R1A1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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