5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ZEBEC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of xebec.

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 ZEBEC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZEBEC 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 63.4% of games, misses completely in 36.6%, and leaves about 421 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,837 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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__E_ Z in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__C E in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SLART ROACH SOLAR LAIRY CARSE
Words starting with Z Words ending with C

First-turn measures

3.43 Entropy (bits)
421 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZEBEC 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,837 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZEBEC ranks #13,837 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
608
4 guesses
1,325
5 guesses
367
6 guesses
21
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:
E

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
26%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

54 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

862
346
232
185
111
105
85
45
42
36
28
26
26
25
23
21
16
15
14
11
9
9
8
8
8
7
7
5
5
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZEBEC:

37% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
15% chance
Suggested:
SLART
10% chance
Suggested:
ROACH

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.6% →
ROAST 5.92 bits
14.7% →
SLART 5.58 bits
9.8% →
ROACH 5.10 bits
7.8% →
SOLAR 4.64 bits
4.7% →
LAIRY 4.78 bits
4.5% →
SOLAR 4.85 bits
3.6% →
CARSE 4.73 bits
1.9% →
STEER 4.10 bits
1.8% →
ROATE 4.22 bits
1.5% →
SARGE 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10E1B3E1C3
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 20 points

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