5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ZOKOR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈzoʊkɔɹ//ˈzəʊkɔː/

Noun

Any Asiatic burrowing rodent native to Central Asia, in the genera Myospalax and Eospalax.

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 ZOKOR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZOKOR 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 60.2% of games, misses completely in 39.8%, and leaves about 483 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,508 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.96 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__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE IRATE LEANT SAINT SLANE TRONE
Words starting with Z Words ending with R

First-turn measures

3.21 Entropy (bits)
483 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZOKOR 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.

3.96 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,508 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZOKOR ranks #14,508 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
523
4 guesses
1,337
5 guesses
434
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
24%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

49 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

939
404
155
134
134
115
97
51
49
42
27
27
25
22
21
18
12
11
7
6
5
5
5
4
4
3
3
3
3
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZOKOR:

40% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
17% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
7% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.8% →
SLATE 6.26 bits
17.1% →
IRATE 5.42 bits
6.6% →
LEANT 4.50 bits
5.7% →
SAINT 4.13 bits
5.7% →
SLANE 5.32 bits
4.9% →
SLANE 5.35 bits
4.1% →
TRONE 4.38 bits
2.2% →
ANILE 4.34 bits
2.1% →
TARRE 3.69 bits
1.8% →
CAUSE 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10O1K5O1R1
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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