5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ZANZA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 74.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈzɑnzə//ˈzænzə/

Noun

A kind of thumb piano from Africa.

Alternative forms: zanze, sansa

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 ZANZA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZANZA 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 55.1% of games, misses completely in 44.9%, and leaves about 605 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,783 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.05 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___A Z in the 1st position and A in the 5th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SLATE TOISE TORSE GRISE HOISE
Words starting with Z Words ending with A

First-turn measures

2.70 Entropy (bits)
605 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
74.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZANZA 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.

4.05 Avg guesses
99.7% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,783 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZANZA ranks #14,783 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
24
3 guesses
441
4 guesses
1,330
5 guesses
508
6 guesses
44

Composition

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
55%
Green tile
21%
All gray
45%

Feedback distribution

38 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1059
414
262
205
103
92
37
32
29
24
12
11
11
10
6
5
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZANZA:

45% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
18% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

44.9% →
TOILE 5.96 bits
17.5% →
SLATE 5.60 bits
11.1% →
TOISE 5.37 bits
8.7% →
TORSE 4.83 bits
4.4% →
GRISE 4.55 bits
3.9% →
HOISE 4.53 bits
1.6% →
TRINE 3.86 bits
1.4% →
MOILE 4.37 bits
1.2% →
CROME 3.68 bits
1.0% →
STRAE 3.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10A1N1Z10A1
Total: 23 points

Words With Friends

Total: 24 points

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