5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MESAD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adverb

Alternative form of mesiad.

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 MESAD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MESAD 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 86.0% of games, misses completely in 14.0%, and leaves about 141 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,515 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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.

M___D M in the 1st position and D in the 5th position M__A_ M in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__D E in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TRONE TALON SNOUT ALTER PORTE
Words starting with M Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
141 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MESAD 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,515 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MESAD ranks #3,515 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
878
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
164
6 guesses
11
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
27%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

331
265
226
165
139
115
90
88
60
58
55
47
43
36
36
29
28
26
26
25
22
22
21
20
20
19
19
19
18
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MESAD:

14% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
10% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.0% →
COUNT 5.87 bits
11.2% →
TRONE 5.28 bits
9.6% →
TALON 5.17 bits
7.0% →
SNOUT 5.07 bits
5.9% →
ALTER 4.73 bits
4.9% →
PORTE 4.63 bits
3.8% →
REBEL 4.30 bits
3.7% →
SHALT 4.71 bits
2.5% →
RIONE 4.77 bits
2.5% →
TONAL 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1S1A1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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