5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MESSY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmɛsi/

Adjective

In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.

“a messy office”

Adjective

Prone to causing mess.

“He is the messiest person I've ever met.”

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 MESSY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MESSY 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 76.2% of games, misses completely in 23.8%, and leaves about 289 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,324 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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__S_ M in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL IRATE DAILY STAIN REATE PARTE
Words starting with M Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.95 Entropy (bits)
289 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MESSY 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,324 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MESSY ranks #13,324 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
635
4 guesses
1,297
5 guesses
343
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
34%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

561
499
183
168
136
127
67
47
47
45
44
40
37
24
22
22
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MESSY:

24% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
21% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
8% chance
Suggested:
DAILY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.8% →
TRAIL 6.12 bits
21.2% →
IRATE 5.20 bits
7.8% →
DAILY 4.08 bits
7.1% →
STAIN 4.94 bits
5.8% →
REATE 4.51 bits
5.4% →
PARTE 4.62 bits
2.8% →
RUMBA 4.58 bits
2.0% →
TRASH 4.29 bits
2.0% →
RAILE 4.50 bits
1.9% →
ROULE 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1S1S1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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