5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MESHY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Formed with meshes; meshed

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 MESHY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MESHY 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 220 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,262 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___Y M in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position M__H_ M in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TRAIN SAINT DAILY SPARE TORCH
Words starting with M Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
220 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MESHY 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,262 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MESHY ranks #10,262 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
764
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
260
6 guesses
28
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:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
30%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

448
440
179
163
141
113
105
56
55
44
43
42
37
37
32
31
26
24
21
21
18
18
17
17
17
16
15
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MESHY:

19% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
19% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.0% →
RAILE 5.29 bits
18.7% →
TRAIN 6.18 bits
7.6% →
SAINT 5.19 bits
6.9% →
DAILY 4.13 bits
6.0% →
SPARE 4.72 bits
4.8% →
TORCH 5.10 bits
4.5% →
RAILE 4.59 bits
2.4% →
RUMBA 4.56 bits
2.3% →
SLART 4.50 bits
1.9% →
CARTE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1S1H4Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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