5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ZAIRE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˌzɑˈɪə(ɹ)//ˌzaɪˈɪə(ɹ)/

Noun

The unit of currency of Zaire from 1967 to 1998.

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 ZAIRE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZAIRE 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 88.7% of games, misses completely in 11.3%, and leaves about 106 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,380 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___E Z in the 1st position and E in the 5th position Z__R_ Z in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLOTH SLEET SLANT SORER SPLIT TROOP
Words starting with Z Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.05 Entropy (bits)
106 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZAIRE 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#9,380 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZAIRE ranks #9,380 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
806
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
278
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
42%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

267
169
160
136
136
119
117
97
88
87
77
67
54
41
41
40
40
40
36
35
35
34
33
32
31
29
21
20
20
20

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZAIRE:

11% chance
Suggested:
SLOTH
7% chance
Suggested:
SLEET
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.3% →
SLOTH 5.53 bits
7.2% →
SLEET 5.31 bits
6.8% →
SLANT 5.24 bits
5.8% →
SORER 4.07 bits
5.8% →
SPLIT 4.67 bits
5.0% →
TROOP 4.50 bits
5.0% →
SONLY 4.51 bits
4.1% →
SOULY 4.66 bits
3.7% →
SLANT 4.67 bits
3.7% →
CLEAT 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10A1I1R1E1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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