5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PUDGE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pʌd͡ʒ/

Noun

Something short and fat.

Noun

Excess body fat.

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 PUDGE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PUDGE 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 75.5% of games, misses completely in 24.5%, and leaves about 239 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,473 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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.

P___E P in the 1st position and E in the 5th position P__G_ P 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 SLART SLANT DIARY SNARY
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
239 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUDGE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,473 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUDGE ranks #6,473 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
839
4 guesses
1,240
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
13
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)
76%
Green tile
33%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

578
354
206
108
99
85
84
75
74
53
43
40
33
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUDGE:

25% chance
Suggested:
COAST
15% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.5% →
COAST 5.96 bits
15.0% →
SOLAR 5.22 bits
8.7% →
SLART 5.35 bits
4.6% →
SLANT 5.28 bits
4.2% →
DIARY 5.01 bits
3.6% →
SNARY 4.20 bits
3.6% →
ROANY 4.92 bits
3.2% →
ARIEL 4.53 bits
3.1% →
SLATY 4.86 bits
2.2% →
ROAST 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1D2G2E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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