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

ZOPPA

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

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

Meaning and pronunciation

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

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Use ZOPPA in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 81.4% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How ZOPPA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZOPPA 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 68.8% of games, misses completely in 31.2%, and leaves about 444 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #14,522 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe ZOPPA 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.

3.15 Entropy (bits)
444 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.4% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How ZOPPA 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
99.87% Solved within six
0.73 Spread of game lengths
#14,522 Rank among openers
Opening with ZOPPA left 3 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.73 means those games clustered within about 0.73 of a guess of the 3.96 average. It ranks #14,522 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
540
4 guesses
1,296
5 guesses
443
6 guesses
35

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
18%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

ZOPPA can come back 51 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

745 answers
607 answers
238 answers
215 answers
106 answers
96 answers
75 answers
44 answers
41 answers
31 answers
22 answers
20 answers
13 answers
13 answers
13 answers
12 answers
10 answers
9 answers
7 answers
6 answers
5 answers
5 answers
4 answers
3 answers
3 answers
3 answers
3 answers
3 answers
3 answers
2 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10O1P3P3A1
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 20 points

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

Strategy after playing ZOPPA

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

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZOPPA:

31% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
25% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.2% →
SLIER 5.97 bits
25.5% →
TARSE 5.45 bits
10.0% →
TRONE 5.16 bits
9.0% →
CRUET 4.62 bits
4.4% →
SLICE 5.45 bits
4.0% →
BARON 4.62 bits
3.1% →
REAST 5.04 bits
1.8% →
SENOR 4.05 bits
1.7% →
MAIRE 4.22 bits
1.3% →
CLARY 4.02 bits

Research on ZOPPA

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

Optimal play

Opening with ZOPPA, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.97 guesses and ranks #14,550 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 4.11 guesses at best and is rank #7,159 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.96, at or below the proven-optimal 3.97, 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.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).