5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ZINOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of zino

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 ZINOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZINOS 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 75.6% of games, misses completely in 24.4%, and leaves about 244 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,706 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___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

CARLE STALE CRATE TRACE TALER LATER
Words starting with Z Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.12 Entropy (bits)
244 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZINOS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,706 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZINOS ranks #9,706 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
786
4 guesses
1,266
5 guesses
231
6 guesses
29
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:
INOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
20%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

576
268
268
190
116
106
87
81
71
69
62
54
46
29
26
24
24
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZINOS:

24% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE
11% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.4% →
CARLE 6.21 bits
11.4% →
STALE 5.70 bits
11.4% →
CRATE 5.26 bits
8.1% →
TRACE 5.60 bits
4.9% →
TALER 5.10 bits
4.5% →
LATER 4.66 bits
3.7% →
STORE 4.63 bits
3.4% →
TARGE 4.76 bits
3.0% →
STILE 4.41 bits
2.9% →
DRONE 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10I1N1O1S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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