5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ZENDO

ZENDO 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

Pronunciation: /ˈzɛndəʊ/

Noun

A hall at a Zen buddhist monastery where formal seated meditation (zazen) is practiced.

Alternative forms: zendō

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 ZENDO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZENDO 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 78.9% of games, misses completely in 21.1%, and leaves about 242 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,500 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___O Z in the 1st position and O in the 5th position Z__D_ Z in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _E__O E in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLART SAINT TORSE SAREE LAIRY GROIN
Words starting with Z Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.10 Entropy (bits)
242 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZENDO 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#10,500 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZENDO ranks #10,500 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
742
4 guesses
1,310
5 guesses
241
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
20%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

498
411
261
138
136
124
83
75
74
64
49
44
33
31
27
24
22
22
17
17
16
15
15
14
12
11
10
10
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZENDO:

21% chance
Suggested:
SLART
17% chance
Suggested:
SLART
11% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.1% →
SLART 6.06 bits
17.4% →
SLART 5.82 bits
11.1% →
SLART 5.32 bits
5.9% →
SAINT 5.36 bits
5.8% →
SLART 5.01 bits
5.3% →
TORSE 4.62 bits
3.5% →
SAREE 4.76 bits
3.2% →
LAIRY 4.89 bits
3.1% →
GROIN 4.32 bits
2.7% →
ARIEL 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10E1N1D2O1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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