5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ZONDA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A hot, dry wind of the Andes.

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 ZONDA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZONDA 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 267 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,095 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___A Z in the 1st position and A in the 5th position Z__D_ Z in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLATE STORE CRUET STIRE URITE
Words starting with Z Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.04 Entropy (bits)
267 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZONDA 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,095 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZONDA ranks #10,095 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
757
4 guesses
1,283
5 guesses
244
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:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
22%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

541
472
172
153
133
104
102
66
60
59
59
34
32
29
26
23
23
23
20
20
18
15
13
13
10
10
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZONDA:

23% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
20% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
STORE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
SLIER 6.11 bits
20.0% →
SLATE 5.75 bits
7.3% →
STORE 5.06 bits
6.5% →
CRUET 4.72 bits
5.6% →
STIRE 5.24 bits
4.4% →
SLIER 4.70 bits
4.3% →
URITE 5.01 bits
2.8% →
DEALT 4.72 bits
2.5% →
SWIRE 4.41 bits
2.5% →
SPICE 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10O1N1D2A1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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