5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MESAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Alternative form of mesial.

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 MESAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MESAL 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 87.7% of games, misses completely in 12.3%, and leaves about 118 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,699 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___L M in the 1st position and L in the 5th position M__A_ M in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__L E in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

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COUNT TRODE TRAIN SNOUT COULD TARGE
Words starting with M Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.20 Entropy (bits)
118 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MESAL 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,699 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MESAL ranks #1,699 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
81
3 guesses
946
4 guesses
1,142
5 guesses
169
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
27%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

116 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

289
255
204
131
111
106
101
86
73
66
61
46
39
38
33
28
27
25
25
24
23
22
22
22
21
21
20
19
19
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MESAL:

12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRODE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.3% →
COUNT 5.82 bits
10.8% →
TRODE 5.29 bits
8.6% →
TRAIN 5.27 bits
5.6% →
SNOUT 5.23 bits
4.7% →
COULD 4.81 bits
4.5% →
TARGE 4.69 bits
4.3% →
SPIRE 4.71 bits
3.6% →
DETER 4.37 bits
3.1% →
ELIDE 4.36 bits
2.8% →
SHART 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1S1A1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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