5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MESIC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Characterized by an intermediate degree of moisture, in between xeric (dry) and hydric (wet); somewhat moist.

Adjective

Adapted to a habitat of intermediate moisture.

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 MESIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MESIC 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 84.8% of games, misses completely in 15.2%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,989 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

M___C M in the 1st position and C in the 5th position M__I_ M in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__C E in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ALTER SLANT GLINT COALY SLART
Words starting with M Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MESIC 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
0.69 Volatility
#4,989 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MESIC ranks #4,989 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
868
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
197
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
23%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

358
314
173
154
124
124
122
117
77
63
54
51
39
38
37
34
33
29
26
25
22
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MESIC:

15% chance
Suggested:
TALON
13% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.2% →
TALON 5.85 bits
13.3% →
ALTER 5.38 bits
7.3% →
SLANT 5.28 bits
6.5% →
GLINT 5.07 bits
5.3% →
COALY 5.10 bits
5.3% →
SLART 4.89 bits
5.2% →
REATE 4.62 bits
5.0% →
DINER 4.75 bits
3.3% →
CRATE 4.94 bits
2.7% →
TRAIL 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1S1I1C3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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