5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ZOEAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /zoʊˈi.əz/

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 ZOEAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZOEAS 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 89.3% of games, misses completely in 10.7%, and leaves about 148 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,517 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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 Z__A_ Z in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DINER TRULY TRAIN CARLE TROOP SPILT
Words starting with Z Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
148 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZOEAS 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,517 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZOEAS ranks #12,517 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
673
4 guesses
1,303
5 guesses
306
6 guesses
24
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:
AEOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
25%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

303
252
240
195
124
123
121
105
74
74
73
70
67
66
55
46
42
30
27
26
23
20
19
18
18
12
11
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZOEAS:

13% chance
Suggested:
DINER
11% chance
Suggested:
TRULY
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.8% →
DINER 5.36 bits
10.7% →
TRULY 5.31 bits
10.2% →
TRAIN 5.10 bits
8.3% →
CARLE 4.79 bits
5.3% →
TROOP 4.66 bits
5.2% →
SPILT 5.03 bits
5.1% →
HOTLY 3.71 bits
4.5% →
SHALT 4.61 bits
3.1% →
SPIER 4.75 bits
3.1% →
TRINE 4.20 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10O1E1A1S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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