5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ZAMBO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈzæmboʊ/

Noun

Alternative letter-case form of Zambo.

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 ZAMBO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZAMBO 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 70.9% of games, misses completely in 29.1%, and leaves about 353 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,062 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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___O Z in the 1st position and O in the 5th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLATE TRONE TRINE TUILE TONAL
Words starting with Z Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.58 Entropy (bits)
353 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZAMBO 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,062 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZAMBO ranks #13,062 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
652
4 guesses
1,295
5 guesses
343
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
18%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

687
384
377
196
88
78
74
53
44
44
38
29
27
27
27
16
13
13
11
8
8
8
8
7
7
6
5
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZAMBO:

29% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
16% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
16% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.1% →
SLIER 6.04 bits
16.3% →
SLATE 5.56 bits
16.0% →
TRONE 5.28 bits
8.3% →
TRINE 4.76 bits
3.7% →
TUILE 5.11 bits
3.3% →
TONAL 4.40 bits
3.1% →
SEITY 5.12 bits
2.2% →
SCALE 4.67 bits
1.9% →
ROUTE 4.44 bits
1.9% →
BEARD 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10A1M3B3O1
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 20 points

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