5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ZOONS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of zoon

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 ZOONS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZOONS 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 63.0% of games, misses completely in 37.0%, and leaves about 422 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,833 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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___S Z in the 1st position and S in the 5th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STARE AINEE CARLE LATER TIARE
Words starting with Z Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.49 Entropy (bits)
422 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZOONS 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,833 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZOONS ranks #13,833 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
646
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
381
6 guesses
31
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:
NOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
29%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

872
363
202
146
103
97
82
48
47
43
36
35
29
25
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZOONS:

37% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
15% chance
Suggested:
STARE
9% chance
Suggested:
AINEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.0% →
RAILE 6.23 bits
15.4% →
STARE 5.67 bits
8.6% →
AINEE 5.18 bits
6.2% →
CARLE 4.84 bits
4.4% →
LATER 5.19 bits
4.1% →
TIARE 4.93 bits
3.5% →
CRATE 4.64 bits
2.0% →
REACT 4.05 bits
2.0% →
TIARE 4.65 bits
1.8% →
BALER 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10O1O1N1S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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