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

BILGE

Yes, BILGE was the Wordle answer on June 13, 2025 (Wordle #1455).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɪld͡ʒ/

Noun

The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.

Noun

The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates.

Verb

To spring a leak in the bilge.

Verb

To bulge or swell.

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: June 13, 2025 (#1455).

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

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How BILGE performs as a guess

BILGE 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 80.8% of games, misses completely in 19.2%, and leaves about 177 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,667 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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 _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SAINT COAST SETER GAUNT STILL
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
177 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BILGE 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,667 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BILGE ranks #3,667 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
935
4 guesses
1,138
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
36%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
B I L G E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BILGE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

453
301
172
161
160
105
71
59
57
56
45
43
42
39
31
26
24
23
22
20
20
20
18
18
18
17
17
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BILGE:

19% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
13% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
7% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.2% →
ROAST 6.01 bits
12.8% →
ROAST 5.33 bits
7.3% →
ROAST 5.30 bits
6.8% →
SAINT 5.43 bits
6.8% →
COAST 5.29 bits
4.5% →
SETER 4.58 bits
3.0% →
COAST 4.18 bits
2.5% →
GAUNT 4.92 bits
2.4% →
STILL 4.13 bits
2.4% →
SAINT 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1L1G2E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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