5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ZINGY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈzɪŋi/

Adjective

Full of zest.

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 ZINGY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZINGY 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 61.1% of games, misses completely in 38.9%, and leaves about 437 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,304 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___Y Z in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TRACE SORAL SOARE ROATE GLARE
Words starting with Z Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.55 Entropy (bits)
437 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZINGY 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#12,304 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZINGY ranks #12,304 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
691
4 guesses
1,321
5 guesses
282
6 guesses
24
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
1 vowels
Common:
IN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
61%
Green tile
28%
All gray
39%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

917
268
209
202
88
82
81
51
37
34
33
33
26
23
22
21
20
19
17
17
13
13
11
10
9
8
7
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZINGY:

39% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
9% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.9% →
TARSE 6.35 bits
11.4% →
TRACE 5.47 bits
8.9% →
SORAL 4.93 bits
8.6% →
SOARE 5.46 bits
3.7% →
ROATE 4.54 bits
3.5% →
GLARE 5.35 bits
3.4% →
REAST 4.72 bits
2.2% →
CARTE 4.61 bits
1.6% →
STOAE 4.30 bits
1.4% →
ALURE 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10I1N1G2Y4
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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