5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MESIA

MESIA 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

Noun

Any of various birds

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 MESIA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MESIA 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 90.2% of games, misses completely in 9.8%, and leaves about 119 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,011 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___A M in the 1st position and A in the 5th position M__I_ M in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TALON TRULY TRODE CARLE GLINT DINER
Words starting with M Words ending with A

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
119 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MESIA 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#5,011 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MESIA ranks #5,011 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
885
4 guesses
1,165
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
20
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
25%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

232
230
215
170
147
124
110
98
96
94
55
54
52
45
44
39
33
29
23
21
21
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20
18
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14
14
14
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MESIA:

10% chance
Suggested:
TALON
10% chance
Suggested:
TRULY
9% chance
Suggested:
TRODE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.8% →
TALON 5.22 bits
9.8% →
TRULY 5.46 bits
9.1% →
TRODE 5.17 bits
7.2% →
CARLE 4.81 bits
6.2% →
GLINT 4.95 bits
5.3% →
DINER 4.87 bits
4.7% →
SNORT 4.94 bits
4.2% →
SHALT 4.79 bits
4.1% →
DETER 4.32 bits
4.0% →
SPREE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1S1I1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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