5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MESAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of mesa

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 MESAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MESAS 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 204 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,209 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___S M in the 1st position and S in the 5th position M__A_ M in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT NOIRE TRAIN ALTER SNOUT SPIRE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
204 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MESAS 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,209 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MESAS ranks #11,209 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
731
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
294
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
24%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

422
347
282
160
155
118
118
85
64
53
46
34
32
31
30
28
25
23
19
18
17
16
12
11
11
11
10
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MESAS:

18% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
15% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
COUNT 5.73 bits
14.7% →
NOIRE 5.14 bits
12.0% →
TRAIN 5.18 bits
6.8% →
ALTER 4.69 bits
6.6% →
SNOUT 4.89 bits
5.0% →
SPIRE 4.64 bits
5.0% →
DETER 4.30 bits
3.6% →
SLANT 4.78 bits
2.7% →
TONAL 4.45 bits
2.2% →
PRIMO 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1S1A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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