5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ZOEAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Of or pertaining to zoeae.

Alternative forms: zoaeal

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 ZOEAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZOEAL 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 89.0% of games, misses completely in 11.0%, and leaves about 145 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,295 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__A_ Z in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__L O in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SIREE SHIRT TRAIN TARSE SNORT NORTH
Words starting with Z Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
145 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZOEAL 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,295 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZOEAL ranks #11,295 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
751
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
308
6 guesses
27
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
3 vowels
Common:
AELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
28%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

292
260
257
179
143
117
103
88
80
76
72
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61
31
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27
27
21
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZOEAL:

12% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
11% chance
Suggested:
SHIRT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.4% →
SIREE 5.36 bits
11.0% →
SHIRT 5.76 bits
10.9% →
TRAIN 5.16 bits
7.6% →
TARSE 4.87 bits
6.1% →
SNORT 5.04 bits
5.0% →
NORTH 4.19 bits
4.4% →
SLIMY 4.51 bits
3.7% →
SETER 4.82 bits
3.4% →
TRINE 4.47 bits
3.2% →
STALK 4.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10O1E1A1L1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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