5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ZAMIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of zami

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 ZAMIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZAMIS 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 77.4% of games, misses completely in 22.6%, and leaves about 245 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,774 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___S Z in the 1st position and S in the 5th position Z__I_ Z in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE ALERT TRINE ROUET RONTE THALE
Words starting with Z Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.02 Entropy (bits)
245 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZAMIS 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,774 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZAMIS ranks #11,774 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
721
4 guesses
1,270
5 guesses
306
6 guesses
15
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:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
23%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

533
303
273
228
168
129
92
68
66
49
43
42
31
30
29
27
20
20
16
15
15
15
12
10
8
8
8
8
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZAMIS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
13% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
12% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.6% →
TRONE 5.91 bits
12.8% →
ALERT 5.56 bits
11.6% →
TRINE 5.39 bits
9.7% →
ROUET 5.43 bits
7.1% →
RONTE 4.73 bits
5.5% →
THALE 4.78 bits
3.9% →
TRINE 4.55 bits
2.9% →
ROUTE 5.10 bits
2.8% →
CLOTE 4.76 bits
2.1% →
SLOPE 3.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10A1M3I1S1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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