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This list has 29 Wordle guesses; 12 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 12 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.

Past Wordle answers: BADGE (May 6, 2022); BUDGE (May 7, 2026); DODGE (February 18, 2022); JUDGE (December 26, 2022); LEDGE (April 8, 2023); LODGE (February 27, 2025); MIDGE (July 23, 2022); NUDGE (March 21, 2025); plus 2 more.

Top-ranked splitter BIJOU
Average remaining
2.0
Worst branch
3
Information
2.69 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the candidates cleanly.

Hard Mode Use BUDGE instead.

BIJOU does not fit this page's clues. BUDGE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 5.0 (7 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _UDGE

BUDGE, FUDGE, JUDGE, NUDGE differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; BIJOU tests the family more efficiently.

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Every match is in our Wordle guess list. “Possible answer” marks words on the answer list used by this site's solver, while “Past answer” marks words already used. For more filters, continue this search in Word Finder.