5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ZAZEN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /zɑːˈzɛn/

Noun

A form of seated meditation in Zen Buddhism.

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 ZAZEN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZAZEN 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 77.7% of games, misses completely in 22.3%, and leaves about 259 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,472 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.95 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___N Z in the 1st position and N in the 5th position Z__E_ Z in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

LORIS STIRE SLART SOLAR COUNT SATYR
Words starting with Z Words ending with N

First-turn measures

3.76 Entropy (bits)
259 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZAZEN 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.

3.95 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,472 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZAZEN ranks #14,472 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
538
4 guesses
1,345
5 guesses
399
6 guesses
40
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
28%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

45 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

527
339
267
203
192
159
141
93
58
45
44
42
33
31
27
24
23
15
14
10
9
9
6
6
4
4
4
4
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZAZEN:

22% chance
Suggested:
LORIS
14% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.3% →
LORIS 5.59 bits
14.4% →
STIRE 5.21 bits
11.3% →
SLART 5.44 bits
8.6% →
SLART 5.23 bits
8.1% →
SOLAR 4.08 bits
6.7% →
COUNT 5.01 bits
6.0% →
SATYR 4.09 bits
3.9% →
SEINE 4.67 bits
2.5% →
SLANT 4.07 bits
1.9% →
SAULT 3.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10A1Z10E1N1
Total: 23 points

Words With Friends

Total: 24 points

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