5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ZARFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of zarf

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 ZARFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZARFS 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 242 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,449 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 _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALATE TRADE TONEY THALE SPITE
Words starting with Z Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.02 Entropy (bits)
242 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% 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 ZARFS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#11,449 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZARFS ranks #11,449 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
735
4 guesses
1,283
5 guesses
287
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
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
22%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

541
290
250
233
145
145
113
68
68
53
52
49
37
34
31
27
19
15
14
13
13
11
11
10
8
8
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZARFS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
TOILE 6.10 bits
12.3% →
TOILE 5.16 bits
10.6% →
TOILE 5.49 bits
9.9% →
ALATE 5.48 bits
6.1% →
TRADE 4.66 bits
6.1% →
TONEY 4.65 bits
4.8% →
THALE 4.78 bits
2.9% →
SPITE 4.69 bits
2.9% →
CONTE 4.51 bits
2.2% →
TONEY 3.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10A1R1F4S1
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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