5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ZUPAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of zupa

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 ZUPAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZUPAS 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 72.9% of games, misses completely in 27.1%, and leaves about 304 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,714 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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__A_ Z in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER CARNE STIRE LEAST TRONE TALER
Words starting with Z Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.82 Entropy (bits)
304 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZUPAS 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,714 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZUPAS ranks #12,714 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
686
4 guesses
1,276
5 guesses
325
6 guesses
24
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:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
18%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

640
429
208
142
122
109
106
82
58
52
50
34
31
27
23
22
22
16
16
14
13
13
12
12
11
10
10
10
7
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZUPAS:

27% chance
Suggested:
TONER
18% chance
Suggested:
CARNE
9% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.1% →
TONER 5.98 bits
18.2% →
CARNE 5.37 bits
8.8% →
STIRE 5.47 bits
6.0% →
LEAST 4.85 bits
5.2% →
TRONE 5.41 bits
4.6% →
TALER 4.64 bits
4.5% →
TRICE 4.48 bits
3.5% →
PRONE 5.26 bits
2.5% →
SPITE 4.54 bits
2.2% →
SHUNT 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10U1P3A1S1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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