5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ZIFFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 73.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ziff

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 ZIFFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZIFFS 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 54.4% of games, misses completely in 45.6%, and leaves about 623 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,707 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.01 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 _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE STARE CRANE RONTE STILE ALURE
Words starting with Z Words ending with S

First-turn measures

2.70 Entropy (bits)
623 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
73.6% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZIFFS 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.

4.01 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,707 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZIFFS ranks #14,707 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
466
4 guesses
1,322
5 guesses
507
6 guesses
25
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
1 vowels
Common:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
54%
Green tile
13%
All gray
46%

Feedback distribution

43 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1075
428
296
146
100
85
32
28
26
22
15
12
11
9
7
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZIFFS:

46% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
18% chance
Suggested:
STARE
13% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

45.6% →
ROATE 6.07 bits
18.2% →
STARE 5.64 bits
12.6% →
CRANE 5.49 bits
6.2% →
RONTE 4.72 bits
4.2% →
STILE 4.51 bits
3.6% →
ALURE 5.21 bits
1.4% →
SMOTE 3.84 bits
1.2% →
GRACE 4.21 bits
1.1% →
FLIRT 4.39 bits
0.9% →
BLORE 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10I1F4F4S1
Total: 20 points

Words With Friends

Total: 20 points

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