5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ZORRO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 76.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈzoɹ.oʊ//ˈsoɹ.oʊ/

Noun

A South American canid of the species Lycalopex culpaeus, visually similar to (and sometimes referred to as) a fox but more closely related to a wolf.

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 ZORRO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZORRO 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 55.1% of games, misses completely in 44.9%, and leaves about 567 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,619 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.98 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___O Z in the 1st position and O in the 5th position Z__R_ Z in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SAICE SLANE LEANT CASTE LEAST
Words starting with Z Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.05 Entropy (bits)
567 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
76.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZORRO 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.

3.98 Avg guesses
99.7% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,619 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZORRO ranks #14,619 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
531
4 guesses
1,283
5 guesses
463
6 guesses
40
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
55%
Green tile
25%
All gray
45%

Feedback distribution

49 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1058
359
176
160
98
89
85
37
32
31
28
24
23
18
18
12
10
8
8
7
7
7
6
6
5
5
4
4
4
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZORRO:

45% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
15% chance
Suggested:
SAICE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

44.9% →
SLATE 6.25 bits
15.2% →
SAICE 5.17 bits
7.5% →
SLANE 5.35 bits
6.8% →
LEANT 4.57 bits
4.2% →
CASTE 5.03 bits
3.8% →
LEAST 4.91 bits
3.6% →
ATONE 4.07 bits
1.6% →
SWALE 3.49 bits
1.4% →
STANE 3.95 bits
1.3% →
LEANT 3.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10O1R1R1O1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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