5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ZEERA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈziːɹə/

Noun

cumin

Alternative forms: jeera

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 ZEERA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZEERA 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 217 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,719 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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 Z__R_ Z in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SLANT TOILE GROUT TOISE SLATE
Words starting with Z Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
217 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZEERA 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#13,719 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZEERA ranks #13,719 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
650
4 guesses
1,243
5 guesses
378
6 guesses
37
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
3 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
25%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

491
325
215
179
162
143
136
64
55
47
40
40
39
38
35
32
29
28
26
18
16
15
12
12
12
11
11
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZEERA:

21% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
14% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.8% →
SOILY 5.69 bits
13.8% →
SLANT 5.35 bits
9.1% →
TOILE 5.37 bits
7.6% →
GROUT 4.90 bits
6.9% →
TOISE 4.40 bits
6.1% →
SLATE 4.60 bits
5.8% →
SAINT 4.25 bits
2.7% →
TARGE 3.62 bits
2.3% →
TOILE 3.87 bits
2.0% →
SHORT 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10E1E1R1A1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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