5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ZINKE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of zink (“musical instrument”).

Noun

Obsolete spelling of zinc (“metal”).

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 ZINKE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZINKE 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 261 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,396 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___E Z in the 1st position and E in the 5th position Z__K_ Z in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SORAL SOLAR SLART TRAIL ROAST SALTY
Words starting with Z Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.05 Entropy (bits)
261 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZINKE 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
0.70 Volatility
#12,396 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZINKE ranks #12,396 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
696
4 guesses
1,288
5 guesses
312
6 guesses
18
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
31%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

574
378
241
171
125
93
83
77
59
50
50
49
32
28
27
23
22
20
19
19
18
18
17
17
16
10
10
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZINKE:

24% chance
Suggested:
SORAL
16% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
SORAL 5.97 bits
16.0% →
SOLAR 5.26 bits
10.2% →
SLART 5.32 bits
7.3% →
TRAIL 5.37 bits
5.3% →
ROAST 5.27 bits
3.9% →
SALTY 4.39 bits
3.5% →
ROAST 4.54 bits
3.3% →
EATEN 4.30 bits
2.5% →
SLART 4.02 bits
2.1% →
SAUCY 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10I1N1K5E1
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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