5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ZOMBI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Uncommon spelling of zombie.

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 ZOMBI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZOMBI 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 65.2% of games, misses completely in 34.8%, and leaves about 424 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,511 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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__I O in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

REAST TRINE CRATE TALER CARLE RIONE
Words starting with Z Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.33 Entropy (bits)
424 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZOMBI 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#13,511 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZOMBI ranks #13,511 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
628
4 guesses
1,325
5 guesses
350
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
15%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

822
437
258
177
113
106
50
47
46
34
32
28
26
23
22
12
11
11
9
8
8
8
6
6
5
5
4
4
4
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZOMBI:

35% chance
Suggested:
REAST
19% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
11% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.8% →
REAST 6.29 bits
18.5% →
TRINE 5.48 bits
10.9% →
CRATE 5.31 bits
7.5% →
TALER 4.69 bits
4.8% →
TALER 5.44 bits
4.5% →
CARLE 5.43 bits
2.1% →
RIONE 4.06 bits
2.0% →
RANSE 4.44 bits
1.9% →
CARLE 4.43 bits
1.4% →
URATE 3.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10O1M3B3I1
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 20 points

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