5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ZIMBI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 67.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A cowrie shell, once used as a form of currency in parts of Africa.

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 ZIMBI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZIMBI 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 46.7% of games, misses completely in 53.3%, and leaves about 756 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,723 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.02 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.

_I__I I in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SOARE TRINE ALURE RONTE ROANY CARSE
Words starting with Z Words ending with I

First-turn measures

2.52 Entropy (bits)
756 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
67.9% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZIMBI 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.

4.02 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,723 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZIMBI ranks #14,723 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
26
3 guesses
487
4 guesses
1,279
5 guesses
528
6 guesses
30
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
2 vowels
Common:
I

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
47%
Green tile
13%
All gray
53%

Feedback distribution

41 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1257
343
167
163
153
45
39
37
19
16
15
15
14
10
7
6
6
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZIMBI:

53% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
15% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
7% chance
Suggested:
ALURE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

53.3% →
SOARE 6.15 bits
14.5% →
TRINE 5.49 bits
7.1% →
ALURE 5.49 bits
6.9% →
SOARE 5.48 bits
6.5% →
RONTE 4.76 bits
1.9% →
ROANY 4.26 bits
1.7% →
CARSE 4.37 bits
1.6% →
CRANE 4.45 bits
0.8% →
ORATE 4.14 bits
0.7% →
ALURE 4.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10I1M3B3I1
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 20 points

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