5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ZYGON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈzaɪ.ɡɒn//ˈzaɪ.ɡɑn/

Noun

In the cerebrum, a short crossbar fissure that connects the two pairs of branches of a larger zygal (H-shaped) fissure.

Noun

An affinity or connection in a piece of music between tones, chords, or phrases, such that one part appears to repeat, to imitate, or to derive from the other, especially when perceived as an organising principle in the music; a zygonic relationship.

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 ZYGON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZYGON 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 62.2% of games, misses completely in 37.8%, and leaves about 427 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,239 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___N Z in the 1st position and N in the 5th position _Y__N Y in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE CRATE SALET TIARE TALER IRADE
Words starting with Z Words ending with N

First-turn measures

3.51 Entropy (bits)
427 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZYGON 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#12,239 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZYGON ranks #12,239 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
683
4 guesses
1,334
5 guesses
279
6 guesses
22
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
1 vowels
Common:
NO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
14%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

891
302
220
202
80
79
61
60
55
47
44
35
33
28
23
19
19
15
14
10
9
9
7
7
7
6
5
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZYGON:

38% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.8% →
SLATE 6.33 bits
12.8% →
CRATE 5.45 bits
9.3% →
SALET 5.15 bits
8.6% →
TIARE 5.40 bits
3.4% →
TALER 4.67 bits
3.4% →
IRADE 5.13 bits
2.6% →
CRUET 4.45 bits
2.5% →
DROLE 3.96 bits
2.3% →
SLIER 4.67 bits
2.0% →
STIRE 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10Y4G2O1N1
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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