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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BADGE

Yes, BADGE was the Wordle answer on May 6, 2022 (Wordle #321).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bæd͡ʒ/

Noun

A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.

“the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman”

Noun

A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.

Verb

To mark or distinguish with a badge.

“The television was badged as ‘GE’, but wasn’t made by them.”

Verb

To show a badge to.

“He calmed down a lot when the policeman badged him.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 6, 2022 (#321).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How BADGE performs as a guess

BADGE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.1% of games, misses completely in 18.9%, and leaves about 180 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,569 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

B___E B in the 1st position and E in the 5th position B__G_ B in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST RESET SLART SIREN SATYR WORLD
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
180 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BADGE 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,569 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BADGE ranks #5,569 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
850
4 guesses
1,221
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
38%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M I L Y
B O U G H
B A D G E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BADGE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

445
284
242
169
129
90
81
79
71
61
49
43
34
33
32
23
22
21
20
20
19
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BADGE:

19% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
12% chance
Suggested:
RESET
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.9% →
HOIST 5.89 bits
12.0% →
RESET 5.36 bits
10.3% →
SLART 5.37 bits
7.2% →
SIREN 4.60 bits
5.5% →
SATYR 4.21 bits
3.8% →
SLART 5.01 bits
3.4% →
WORLD 4.78 bits
3.3% →
SOILY 4.83 bits
3.0% →
SLART 4.50 bits
2.6% →
DINER 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1D2G2E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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