5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ZAMAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /zəˈmɑn/

Noun

Albizia saman, a large tropical tree in the pea family.

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 ZAMAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZAMAN 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 61.6% of games, misses completely in 38.4%, and leaves about 442 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,723 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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___N Z in the 1st position and N in the 5th position Z__A_ Z in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE STARE TOISE TORSE ROUSE CLEAR
Words starting with Z Words ending with N

First-turn measures

3.42 Entropy (bits)
442 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZAMAN 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,723 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZAMAN ranks #13,723 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
616
4 guesses
1,324
5 guesses
346
6 guesses
30
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:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
25%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

905
282
268
176
118
100
68
59
47
38
35
22
22
21
19
15
13
12
11
10
10
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7
7
7
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6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZAMAN:

38% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
STARE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.4% →
TOILE 5.96 bits
12.0% →
STARE 5.47 bits
11.4% →
TOISE 5.42 bits
7.5% →
TORSE 4.85 bits
5.0% →
ROUSE 5.25 bits
4.2% →
CLEAR 4.63 bits
2.9% →
SLATE 4.36 bits
2.5% →
SOWER 4.61 bits
2.0% →
PRASE 4.42 bits
1.6% →
TRIDE 3.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10A1M3A1N1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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