5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ZULUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 78.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of Zulu

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 ZULUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZULUS 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 60.1% of games, misses completely in 39.9%, and leaves about 500 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,444 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.95 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 _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ORATE TIARE MORNE TRONE PLATE RAILE
Words starting with Z Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.09 Entropy (bits)
500 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
78.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZULUS 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.

3.95 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,444 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZULUS ranks #14,444 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
25
3 guesses
567
4 guesses
1,301
5 guesses
420
6 guesses
37
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
LSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
17%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

44 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

941
366
342
104
91
86
77
47
41
36
35
27
23
19
17
17
12
12
12
9
7
6
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZULUS:

40% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
16% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
15% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.9% →
ORATE 6.04 bits
15.5% →
TIARE 5.75 bits
14.5% →
TIARE 5.35 bits
4.4% →
MORNE 4.28 bits
3.9% →
TRONE 5.20 bits
3.6% →
PLATE 4.82 bits
3.3% →
RAILE 4.54 bits
2.0% →
STANE 4.21 bits
1.7% →
CADET 4.10 bits
1.5% →
PARTE 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10U1L1U1S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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