5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ZIBET

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha).

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 ZIBET performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZIBET 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 77.9% of games, misses completely in 22.1%, and leaves about 220 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,973 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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 _I__T I in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL SEARE SNAIL SOLAR SONAR SHARE
Words starting with Z Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.31 Entropy (bits)
220 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZIBET 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,973 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZIBET ranks #10,973 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
736
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
296
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
31%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

521
350
174
162
142
101
84
79
69
66
50
45
45
45
39
34
29
25
23
21
21
21
17
14
12
12
11
11
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZIBET:

22% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
15% chance
Suggested:
SEARE
7% chance
Suggested:
SNAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.1% →
CAROL 5.90 bits
14.8% →
SEARE 5.48 bits
7.4% →
SNAIL 5.02 bits
6.9% →
SOLAR 4.64 bits
6.0% →
SONAR 5.19 bits
4.3% →
SHARE 4.84 bits
3.6% →
SLANE 4.45 bits
3.3% →
SONAR 4.83 bits
2.9% →
SONLY 4.10 bits
2.8% →
SOLAR 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10I1B3E1T1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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