5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KEDGE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɛd͡ʒ/

Noun

A small anchor used for warping a vessel.

Noun

A glutton.

Verb

To warp (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.

Verb

To move with the help of a kedge, as described above.

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 KEDGE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KEDGE 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 65.8% of games, misses completely in 34.2%, and leaves about 358 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,206 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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.

K___E K in the 1st position and E in the 5th position K__G_ K in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SOLAR SLART LAIRY GLOAT CLARY
Words starting with K Words ending with E

First-turn measures

3.80 Entropy (bits)
358 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KEDGE 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,206 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KEDGE ranks #12,206 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
678
4 guesses
1,324
5 guesses
288
6 guesses
21
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
E

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
31%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

807
250
236
140
125
118
108
47
39
30
30
30
29
28
28
27
27
26
25
21
20
19
14
14
9
8
8
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KEDGE:

34% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
11% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.2% →
ROAST 5.98 bits
10.6% →
SOLAR 5.14 bits
10.0% →
SLART 5.24 bits
5.9% →
LAIRY 5.06 bits
5.3% →
GLOAT 4.94 bits
5.0% →
CLARY 4.87 bits
4.6% →
SLART 4.98 bits
2.0% →
DINER 4.32 bits
1.7% →
STEER 4.18 bits
1.3% →
ALURE 3.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1D2G2E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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