5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ZIPPO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 78.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈzɪpəʊ//ˈzɪpoʊ/

Adjective

Zero; none whatsoever.

Noun

Zero. Typically used for emphasis, as when the listener might expect a positive quantity.

“We got 200 consoles and we sold 200 consoles and 200 minus 200 is ZIPPO, so I can't sell you anything right now.”

Verb

To light on fire.

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 ZIPPO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZIPPO 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 61.8% of games, misses completely in 38.2%, and leaves about 507 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,452 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.95 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 Z__P_ Z in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _I__O I in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

REAST TALER CRANE SALET SERAL TOXIN
Words starting with Z Words ending with O

First-turn measures

2.99 Entropy (bits)
507 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
78.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZIPPO 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.

3.95 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,452 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZIPPO ranks #14,452 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
546
4 guesses
1,317
5 guesses
421
6 guesses
34
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:
IO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
15%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

51 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

901
479
324
154
126
52
46
41
35
25
22
14
13
12
11
8
8
8
8
7
6
6
5
4
4
4
3
3
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZIPPO:

38% chance
Suggested:
REAST
20% chance
Suggested:
TALER
14% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.2% →
REAST 6.22 bits
20.3% →
TALER 5.18 bits
13.7% →
CRANE 5.38 bits
6.5% →
SALET 4.68 bits
5.3% →
SERAL 5.59 bits
2.2% →
TOXIN 4.20 bits
2.0% →
SENOR 4.12 bits
1.7% →
SLICE 4.44 bits
1.5% →
CARTE 4.30 bits
1.1% →
EARLY 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10I1P3P3O1
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 20 points

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