5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

BARGE

Yes, BARGE was the Wordle answer on July 13, 2023 (Wordle #754).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːd͡ʒ/[ˈbɑːd͡ʒ]/ˈbɑɹd͡ʒ/

Noun

A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.

Noun

A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.

Verb

To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.

Verb

To push someone.

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: July 13, 2023 (#754).

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

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How BARGE performs as a guess

BARGE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 129 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,865 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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.

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

SOILY INLET SLANT SOLED SLICE DROIT
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.11 Entropy (bits)
129 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BARGE 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,865 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BARGE ranks #4,865 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
884
4 guesses
1,169
5 guesses
211
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
40%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S U R G E
B A R G E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BARGE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

365
186
179
155
127
125
107
84
74
62
57
47
44
39
38
32
30
24
23
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BARGE:

15% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
8% chance
Suggested:
INLET
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
SOILY 5.68 bits
7.9% →
INLET 5.10 bits
7.6% →
SLANT 5.20 bits
6.6% →
SOLED 3.97 bits
5.4% →
SLICE 4.60 bits
5.3% →
DROIT 4.93 bits
4.5% →
SONLY 4.46 bits
3.6% →
CRAFT 4.27 bits
3.1% →
SLANT 4.65 bits
2.6% →
SOILY 4.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1R1G2E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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