5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MESTO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

sad, mournful

Adverb

mournfully

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 MESTO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MESTO 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 87.1% of games, misses completely in 12.9%, and leaves about 134 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,096 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___O M in the 1st position and O in the 5th position M__T_ M in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__O E in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

CAIRN RAILE CRONY SNARL LEARE TAINT
Words starting with M Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.95 Entropy (bits)
134 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
1.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MESTO 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,096 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MESTO ranks #4,096 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
880
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
18
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
2 vowels
Common:
EOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
23%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

305
290
196
128
123
122
101
101
97
65
63
52
44
35
33
32
32
32
30
28
25
23
22
21
21
20
17
17
16
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MESTO:

13% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
12% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
CRONY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.9% →
CAIRN 5.92 bits
12.3% →
RAILE 5.46 bits
8.3% →
CRONY 5.06 bits
5.4% →
SNARL 4.96 bits
5.2% →
LEARE 4.64 bits
5.2% →
TAINT 5.19 bits
4.3% →
BORNE 4.37 bits
4.3% →
PARLE 4.76 bits
4.1% →
LAREE 4.84 bits
2.8% →
STAIN 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1S1T1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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