5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ZIZEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The suslik.

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 ZIZEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZIZEL 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 74.7% of games, misses completely in 25.3%, and leaves about 293 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,454 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__E_ Z in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__L I in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SEARE SAINT SOAPY SCALE TRINE
Words starting with Z Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.66 Entropy (bits)
293 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZIZEL 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
0.73 Volatility
#14,454 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZIZEL ranks #14,454 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
26
3 guesses
574
4 guesses
1,282
5 guesses
427
6 guesses
40
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:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
26%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

42 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

597
408
207
198
184
139
104
95
58
53
33
33
32
30
26
23
22
19
19
11
8
8
7
6
4
4
4
3
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZIZEL:

25% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
17% chance
Suggested:
SEARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.3% →
ROAST 5.99 bits
17.3% →
SEARE 5.58 bits
8.8% →
SAINT 5.43 bits
8.4% →
SOAPY 4.98 bits
7.8% →
ROAST 4.59 bits
5.9% →
SCALE 4.60 bits
4.4% →
TRINE 4.66 bits
4.0% →
COAST 4.29 bits
2.5% →
CLING 4.21 bits
2.2% →
SONAR 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10I1Z10E1L1
Total: 23 points

Words With Friends

Total: 24 points

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