5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ZOIST

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One who subscribes to the doctrine of zoism.

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 ZOIST performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZOIST 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 77.4% of games, misses completely in 22.6%, and leaves about 196 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,522 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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.

_O__T O in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE CRANE LINER PARLE TARTE PHARE
Words starting with Z Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.51 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZOIST 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,522 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZOIST ranks #6,522 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
895
4 guesses
1,180
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
23
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
2 vowels
Common:
IOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
36%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

534
179
178
156
156
131
118
81
73
61
52
45
41
38
38
37
33
28
28
27
20
19
16
16
16
15
14
14
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZOIST:

23% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
8% chance
Suggested:
LINER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.6% →
CARLE 6.20 bits
7.6% →
CRANE 5.49 bits
7.5% →
LINER 5.26 bits
6.6% →
PARLE 5.36 bits
6.6% →
CARLE 4.67 bits
5.6% →
TARTE 5.48 bits
5.0% →
CRANE 5.07 bits
3.4% →
CRANE 5.03 bits
3.1% →
PHARE 4.80 bits
2.6% →
PLATE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10O1I1S1T1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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