5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ZORIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of zori

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 ZORIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZORIS 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 183 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,300 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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 Z__I_ Z in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LEANT STALE CLINE LEANY ALONE CADET
Words starting with Z Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.38 Entropy (bits)
183 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZORIS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,300 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZORIS ranks #10,300 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
792
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
286
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
25%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

434
248
233
201
128
123
107
103
81
77
64
62
57
47
33
31
28
27
24
22
22
16
14
14
12
10
10
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZORIS:

18% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
11% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
10% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
LEANT 6.02 bits
10.5% →
LEANT 5.28 bits
9.9% →
STALE 5.73 bits
8.5% →
CLINE 5.23 bits
5.4% →
LEANY 4.33 bits
5.2% →
ALONE 5.25 bits
4.5% →
CADET 4.53 bits
4.4% →
CADET 4.24 bits
3.4% →
STILE 4.49 bits
3.3% →
LEANT 4.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10O1R1I1S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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