5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ZOEAE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /zoʊˈi.i/

Noun

plural of zoea

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 ZOEAE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZOEAE 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 83.8% of games, misses completely in 16.2%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,013 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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__A_ Z in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SPILT SLART DINER SNORT COURT LATER
Words starting with Z Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZOEAE 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,013 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZOEAE ranks #14,013 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
594
4 guesses
1,315
5 guesses
371
6 guesses
33
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
4 vowels
Common:
AEO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
40%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

54 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

383
354
191
185
149
134
111
109
80
61
55
55
54
53
44
43
38
36
33
31
24
20
15
13
12
11
8
8
7
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZOEAE:

16% chance
Suggested:
SPILT
15% chance
Suggested:
SLART
8% chance
Suggested:
DINER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.2% →
SPILT 5.61 bits
15.0% →
SLART 5.13 bits
8.1% →
DINER 5.24 bits
7.8% →
SNORT 4.96 bits
6.3% →
COURT 3.99 bits
5.7% →
SLART 4.54 bits
4.7% →
LATER 4.57 bits
4.6% →
TRINE 4.40 bits
3.4% →
LABOR 4.45 bits
2.6% →
SILER 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10O1E1A1E1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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