5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ZINCO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A line or half-tone block etched on zinc plate, used in zincography.

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 ZINCO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZINCO 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 71.2% of games, misses completely in 28.8%, and leaves about 294 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,053 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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 _I__O I in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SOLER LEAST CRATE SALET STAGE
Words starting with Z Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.97 Entropy (bits)
294 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZINCO 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,053 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZINCO ranks #10,053 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
783
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
256
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
INO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
20%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

680
329
207
143
116
114
95
92
68
60
42
36
28
24
23
22
22
19
19
16
15
14
13
13
11
11
10
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZINCO:

29% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
14% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
9% chance
Suggested:
TARSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.8% →
TARSE 6.33 bits
13.9% →
SOLER 5.15 bits
8.8% →
TARSE 5.54 bits
6.1% →
LEAST 5.32 bits
4.9% →
CRATE 5.46 bits
4.8% →
SALET 4.75 bits
4.0% →
STAGE 4.69 bits
3.9% →
SARED 4.60 bits
2.9% →
LEAST 4.97 bits
2.5% →
SOREL 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10I1N1C3O1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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