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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BUDGE

Yes, BUDGE was the Wordle answer on May 7, 2026 (Wordle #1783).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bʌd͡ʒ/

Verb

To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.

“I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but it won’t budge an inch.”

Verb

To move; to shift from a fixed position.

“I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but I can’t budge it.”

Noun

A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on, formerly used as an edging and ornament, especially on scholastic habits.

Adjective

austere or stiff, like scholastics

Alternative forms: bouge, budg

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 7, 2026 (#1783).

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

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How BUDGE performs as a guess

BUDGE 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 73.7% of games, misses completely in 26.3%, and leaves about 270 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,506 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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 _U__E U in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COAST SOLAR STAIR SHUNT LAIRY ROANY
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
270 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUDGE 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,506 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUDGE ranks #8,506 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
781
4 guesses
1,238
5 guesses
253
6 guesses
14
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:
EU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
34%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
A W F U L
B U D G E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BUDGE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

619
383
222
115
96
92
81
75
58
35
34
28
28
25
25
25
23
22
22
18
17
17
15
14
14
14
14
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUDGE:

26% chance
Suggested:
COAST
16% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
9% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.3% →
COAST 5.98 bits
16.2% →
SOLAR 5.22 bits
9.4% →
STAIR 5.14 bits
4.9% →
SHUNT 5.14 bits
4.1% →
LAIRY 5.16 bits
3.9% →
ROANY 5.02 bits
3.4% →
SCARY 4.19 bits
3.2% →
TREAD 4.60 bits
2.5% →
ROAST 4.72 bits
1.5% →
SAULT 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1D2G2E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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