Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

ZOLLE

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

No dictionary definition for ZOLLE is recorded in our sourced data.

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 ZOLLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZOLLE 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 76.8% of games, misses completely in 23.2%, and leaves about 260 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #13,163 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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.

First-turn measures

All four describe ZOLLE used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.98 Entropy (bits)
260 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How ZOLLE 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.83% Solved within six
0.72 Spread of game lengths
#13,163 Rank among openers
Opening with ZOLLE left 4 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.72 means those games clustered within about 0.72 of a guess of the 3.85 average. It ranks #13,163 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
651
4 guesses
1,297
5 guesses
332
6 guesses
27
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELO

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

ZOLLE can come back 63 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

550 answers
379 answers
234 answers
210 answers
148 answers
144 answers
104 answers
58 answers
51 answers
44 answers
41 answers
41 answers
39 answers
28 answers
27 answers
24 answers
20 answers
20 answers
17 answers
17 answers
16 answers
12 answers
12 answers
11 answers
11 answers
10 answers
9 answers
8 answers
8 answers
7 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10O1L1L1E1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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

Strategy after playing ZOLLE

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to ZOLLE.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZOLLE:

23% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
16% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
10% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.2%
SAINT 6.15 bits
16.0%
STAIR 5.30 bits
9.9%
STAIR 5.07 bits
8.8%
ARSON 5.28 bits
6.2%
SLAIN 5.03 bits
6.1%
SHART 4.46 bits
4.4%
REPEL 4.57 bits
2.4%
SHART 3.93 bits
2.1%
CAROL 3.84 bits
1.9%
SAUCY 4.20 bits

Research on ZOLLE

Game-tree analysis and word research for ZOLLE, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with ZOLLE, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.87 guesses and ranks #13,153 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with ZOLLE can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.85, at or below the proven-optimal 3.87, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

One syllable Say it ZAHL. Estimated pronunciation

This pronunciation is machine-estimated, not taken from a pronunciation dictionary.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD), with machine estimates from the g2p_en model.