5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ZORSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /zɔɹs//zɔːs/

Noun

The offspring of a male zebra and a female horse.

Alternative forms: zeehorse

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 ZORSE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZORSE 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 138 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,346 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___E Z in the 1st position and E in the 5th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

PAINT LEANT ARIEL SLANT TRAIN HOTLY
Words starting with Z Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.83 Entropy (bits)
138 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZORSE 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
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,346 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZORSE ranks #10,346 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
771
4 guesses
1,215
5 guesses
283
6 guesses
28

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
38%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

356
210
185
152
146
138
114
103
89
57
56
56
48
47
40
30
28
27
25
25
25
23
22
21
20
19
16
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZORSE:

15% chance
Suggested:
PAINT
9% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
8% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
PAINT 5.69 bits
8.9% →
LEANT 5.35 bits
7.8% →
ARIEL 4.14 bits
6.4% →
SLANT 5.18 bits
6.2% →
LEANT 4.53 bits
5.8% →
TRAIN 5.16 bits
4.8% →
HOTLY 3.87 bits
4.4% →
TALON 5.03 bits
3.8% →
ADORN 4.02 bits
2.4% →
PALET 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10O1R1S1E1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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