5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ZAXES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of zax

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 ZAXES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZAXES 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 79.2% of games, misses completely in 20.8%, and leaves about 238 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,357 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.94 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__E_ Z in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TRINE TRAIL SPOUT OLDER DEALT
Words starting with Z Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.82 Entropy (bits)
238 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZAXES 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.

3.94 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,357 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZAXES ranks #14,357 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
527
4 guesses
1,369
5 guesses
382
6 guesses
34
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
26%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

47 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

491
311
238
199
191
174
156
117
99
58
50
49
40
35
19
16
12
10
10
9
8
6
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZAXES:

21% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
13% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.8% →
COUNT 5.71 bits
13.2% →
TRINE 5.24 bits
10.1% →
TRAIL 5.29 bits
8.4% →
SPOUT 4.93 bits
8.1% →
OLDER 4.16 bits
7.4% →
DEALT 4.83 bits
6.6% →
CARAT 3.99 bits
5.0% →
RONTE 4.51 bits
4.2% →
SHALT 4.56 bits
2.5% →
SLART 4.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10A1X8E1S1
Total: 21 points

Words With Friends

Total: 21 points

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