5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ZUZIM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 73.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of zuz

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 ZUZIM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZUZIM 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 53.2% of games, misses completely in 46.8%, and leaves about 626 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,796 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.06 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__I_ Z in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__M U in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TRINE STONE ROATE LATER TALER
Words starting with Z Words ending with M

First-turn measures

2.73 Entropy (bits)
626 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
73.4% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZUZIM 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.

4.06 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,796 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZUZIM ranks #14,796 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
17
3 guesses
472
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
535
6 guesses
52
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:
IU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
53%
Green tile
17%
All gray
47%

Feedback distribution

34 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1103
402
211
138
124
116
45
28
28
27
20
18
15
13
13
11
6
6
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZUZIM:

47% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
17% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
9% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

46.8% →
TARSE 6.23 bits
17.0% →
TRINE 5.39 bits
8.9% →
STONE 5.19 bits
5.9% →
ROATE 5.32 bits
5.3% →
LATER 4.53 bits
4.9% →
TALER 5.08 bits
1.9% →
SILER 4.30 bits
1.2% →
PLATE 4.04 bits
1.2% →
MUSHY 3.11 bits
1.1% →
SERAL 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10U1Z10I1M3
Total: 25 points

Words With Friends

Total: 27 points

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