5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BODGE

BODGE is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɒdʒ//bɑdʒ/

Verb

To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair; mend, patch up, repair.

Verb

To work green wood using traditional country methods; to perform the craft of a bodger.

Noun

A clumsy or inelegant job, usually a temporary repair; a patch, a repair.

Noun

A four-wheeled handcart used for transporting goods. Also, a homemade go-cart.

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

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

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

How BODGE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BODGE as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 77.7% of games, misses completely in 22.3%, and leaves about 218 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,470 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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 _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT RESET SLART ARSON SHART LAIRY
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
218 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BODGE 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
0.70 Volatility
#5,470 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BODGE ranks #5,470 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
852
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
233
6 guesses
3
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:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
37%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

525
343
204
169
121
83
75
71
50
49
40
34
33
31
28
27
27
27
26
24
20
19
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17
17
15
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14
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BODGE:

22% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
15% chance
Suggested:
RESET
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.3% →
SAINT 5.99 bits
14.5% →
RESET 5.45 bits
8.7% →
SLART 5.28 bits
7.2% →
ARSON 5.08 bits
5.1% →
SHART 4.56 bits
3.5% →
SAINT 5.21 bits
3.2% →
LAIRY 5.01 bits
3.0% →
TREAD 4.64 bits
2.1% →
SLART 4.05 bits
2.1% →
SLANT 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1D2G2E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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