5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ZAIDY

ZAIDY 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 zayde.

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 ZAIDY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZAIDY 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 74.7% of games, misses completely in 25.3%, and leaves about 273 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,713 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___Y Z in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position Z__D_ Z in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE SLATE RONTE CLOTE STOLE SOLER
Words starting with Z Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
273 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZAIDY 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,713 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZAIDY ranks #12,713 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
695
4 guesses
1,275
5 guesses
320
6 guesses
26
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:
AI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
36%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

597
385
190
168
165
136
97
59
55
54
46
38
37
25
22
22
21
19
18
15
14
12
11
10
10
10
9
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZAIDY:

25% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
16% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.3% →
TORSE 6.28 bits
16.3% →
SLATE 5.61 bits
8.1% →
RONTE 5.37 bits
7.1% →
CLOTE 4.74 bits
7.0% →
STOLE 4.83 bits
5.8% →
SOLER 4.63 bits
4.1% →
DRONE 5.03 bits
2.5% →
DROLE 4.65 bits
2.3% →
TRAIL 4.64 bits
2.3% →
SLART 3.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10A1I1D2Y4
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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