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

FORGE

Yes, FORGE was the Wordle answer on September 24, 2021 (Wordle #97).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɔːd͡ʒ//fɔɹd͡ʒ//fo(ː)ɹd͡ʒ/

Noun

A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape.

Noun

A workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them.

Verb

To shape a metal by heating and hammering.

Verb

To form or create with concerted effort.

“The politician's recent actions are an effort to forge a relationship with undecided voters.”

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: September 24, 2021 (#97).

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

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How FORGE performs as a guess

FORGE 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 81.8% of games, misses completely in 18.2%, and leaves about 159 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,790 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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.

F___E F in the 1st position and E in the 5th position F__G_ F 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

SNAIL SLANT STAIR SAINT SHALT ARSON
Words starting with F Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
159 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FORGE 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
0.69 Volatility
#3,790 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FORGE ranks #3,790 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
890
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
187
6 guesses
9
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:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
39%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G N A S H
F O R G E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FORGE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

429
229
177
173
143
120
113
81
62
54
54
43
35
29
28
26
25
23
23
23
22
22
22
21
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18
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15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FORGE:

18% chance
Suggested:
SNAIL
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.2% →
SNAIL 5.90 bits
9.7% →
SLANT 5.53 bits
7.5% →
STAIR 4.30 bits
7.3% →
SLANT 5.29 bits
6.1% →
SAINT 5.27 bits
5.1% →
SLANT 5.06 bits
4.8% →
SHALT 4.34 bits
3.4% →
ARSON 4.20 bits
2.6% →
SLANT 4.94 bits
2.3% →
CRAPE 3.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1R1G2E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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