5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ZETAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of zeta

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 ZETAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZETAS 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 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,587 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__A_ Z in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COULD DROLE CAIRN LARGE SPUNK TROUT
Words starting with Z Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZETAS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#9,587 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZETAS ranks #9,587 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
750
4 guesses
1,326
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
18
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:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
22%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

348
285
230
133
122
121
104
100
79
78
78
77
54
42
37
36
31
28
26
24
23
22
21
19
18
17
17
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZETAS:

15% chance
Suggested:
COULD
12% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
10% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
COULD 5.60 bits
12.1% →
DROLE 5.27 bits
9.8% →
CAIRN 5.18 bits
5.6% →
LARGE 4.70 bits
5.2% →
SPUNK 4.74 bits
5.1% →
TROUT 5.04 bits
4.4% →
SPIRE 4.77 bits
4.2% →
GENRE 4.16 bits
3.4% →
STOUT 4.27 bits
3.3% →
SHALY 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10E1T1A1S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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