5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ZORIL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of zorille.

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 ZORIL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZORIL 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 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 171 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,273 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__I_ Z in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__L O in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

STANE TEASE SCALE SIENT CRANE SANED
Words starting with Z Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
171 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZORIL 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,273 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZORIL ranks #9,273 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
814
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
264
6 guesses
18
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:
ILOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
28%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

407
261
217
188
120
116
112
108
85
80
64
58
55
48
39
33
32
30
21
17
17
17
14
13
13
12
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZORIL:

17% chance
Suggested:
STANE
11% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
9% chance
Suggested:
SCALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
STANE 6.13 bits
11.1% →
TEASE 5.35 bits
9.2% →
SCALE 5.34 bits
8.0% →
SIENT 5.46 bits
5.1% →
STANE 5.20 bits
4.9% →
CRANE 4.49 bits
4.7% →
SANED 4.51 bits
4.6% →
THANE 4.34 bits
3.6% →
SPATE 4.78 bits
3.4% →
AISLE 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10O1R1I1L1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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