- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.59 bits
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Five-letter words starting with BUL
Our Wordle guess list has 9 five-letter words that start with BUL.
9 matching words
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This list has 9 Wordle guesses; 3 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 3 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: BULGE (September 6, 2025); BULKY (January 31, 2024); BULLY (August 8, 2023).
ABELE does not fit this page's clues. BULKY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Where these letters usually land
The BUL prefix fixes these letters in positions 1, 2 and 3; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- B most often the 1st letter (100% of these words), also 4th (11%).
- U most often the 2nd letter (100% of these words).
- L most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words), also 4th (33%).
Word notes
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BULGE
An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.
“a bulge in a wall”
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Past Wordle answer: September 6, 2025.
BULKY
Being large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular.
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Past Wordle answer: January 31, 2024.
BULLY
A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege.
“A playground bully pushed a girl off the swing.”
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Past Wordle answer: August 8, 2023.
BULBS
plural of bulb
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
BULLS
plural of bull
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
BULGY
Having one or more bulges; bulging
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
BULKS
plural of bulk
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
BULLA
A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion, as
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
BULSE
A bag or package of diamonds, gold dust or other precious materials.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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