5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MESYL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmiː.sʌɪl//ˈmiː.sɪl//ˈmɛs.əl/

Noun

The univalent radical CH₃SO₂– of methanesulfonic acid.

Adjective

Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses.

Noun

Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses.

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 MESYL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MESYL 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 84.3% of games, misses completely in 15.7%, and leaves about 167 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,131 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___L M in the 1st position and L in the 5th position _E__L E in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN IRATE ROAST DAIRY SPARE ALOFT
Words starting with M Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
167 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MESYL 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,131 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MESYL ranks #7,131 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
828
4 guesses
1,240
5 guesses
213
6 guesses
16
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:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
23%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

371
348
169
146
146
127
122
91
63
56
52
49
38
37
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30
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MESYL:

16% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
15% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.7% →
TRAIN 6.32 bits
14.8% →
IRATE 5.29 bits
7.2% →
ROAST 5.19 bits
6.2% →
DAIRY 4.51 bits
6.2% →
SPARE 4.76 bits
5.4% →
ALOFT 4.77 bits
5.2% →
BAILE 4.63 bits
3.9% →
RANCE 4.70 bits
2.7% →
TRIAL 4.40 bits
2.4% →
DOLLY 3.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1S1Y4L1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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