Five-letter words with Z as the fourth letter (___Z_)

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What the remaining words have in common

145 matching words3 not previously used18 past answers

Position 1B 13%F 8%M 8%S 8%
Position 2E 19%A 18%O 14%I 12%
Position 3Z 19%A 19%I 13%O 10%
Position 5E 37%Y 20%A 19%O 8%

21 possible answers fit.

Among those candidates, MAIZE produces the smallest worst-case feedback group.

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, C, D, F, G, J, M, P, S, T, W·2nd letter: A, E, I, L, M, O, R, U·3rd letter: A, I, O, U, Z·5th letter: A, E, Y

Possible answers

9 more possible answers are in the full list below.

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

AMAZE used BLAZE used BOOZE used BOOZY used CRAZE used CRAZY used DIZZY used FIZZY used FROZE used FUZZY used GAUZE used GLAZE used GRAZE possible JAZZY used MAIZE used PIZZA used PLAZA used PRIZE used SEIZE possible TIZZY used WOOZY possible FORZA guess ABUZZ guess ADOZE guess AFIZZ guess AGAZE guess AVIZE guess AVYZE guess BAIZA guess BAIZE guess BAOZI guess BEZZY guess BIRZE guess BIRZZ guess BIZZO guess BIZZY guess BONZA guess BONZE guess BRAZA guess BRAZE guess BRIZE guess BUAZE guess BUZZY guess BWAZI guess CEAZE guess CHIZZ guess CLOZE guess COBZA guess COLZA guess COOZE guess CROZE guess DARZI guess DIAZO guess DITZY guess DOOZY guess DURZI guess FEAZE guess FEEZE guess FEZZY guess FORZE guess FRIZE guess FRIZZ guess FURZE guess FURZY guess GAUZY guess GHAZI guess GINZO guess GLAZY guess GLOZE guess GONZO guess GRIZE guess GYOZA guess HAMZA guess HEEZE guess HUZZA guess HUZZY guess JEEZE guess KANZU guess KARZY guess KHAZI guess KUDZU guess LAZZI guess LAZZO guess LEAZE guess LEEZE guess LEZZA guess LEZZO guess LEZZY guess MANZO guess MATZA guess MATZO guess MAUZY guess MEZZA guess MEZZE guess MEZZO guess MIRZA guess MIZZY guess MOTZA guess MUZZY guess NAZZY guess NEEZE guess NEOZA guess NIOZA guess NUDZH guess NYUZE guess PEAZE guess PEIZE guess PHIZZ guess PIEZO guess PONZU guess POZZY guess PUTZA guess PZAZZ guess REEZE guess RITZY guess SABZI guess SADZA guess SCUZZ guess SEAZE guess SEIZA guess SENZA guess SMAZE guess SMIZE guess SPAZA guess SPAZZ guess SWIZZ guess TARZY guess TAZZA guess TAZZE guess TEAZE guess TERZA guess TOAZE guess TOUZE guess TOUZY guess TOWZE guess TOWZY guess WANZE guess WEIZE guess WHIZZ guess WINZE guess WIZZO guess YOWZA guess ZANZA guess ZANZE guess ZHUZH guess

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Pattern guide

What fits ___Z_?

All 145 matching words are shown above. 21 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

50% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

ZE 54/145 words (37%) ZZ 39/145 words (27%) AZ 33/145 words (23%) ZY 29/145 words (20%) ZA 29/145 words (20%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 24% · two: 53% · three or more: 23%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match ___Z_?
145 five-letter words match ___Z_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 21 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, TOAZE has the highest feedback entropy at 4.96 bits against the possible answers.