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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

PURGE

Yes, PURGE was the Wordle answer on March 23, 2022 (Wordle #277).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pɜːd͡ʒ//pɜɹd͡ʒ/

Verb

To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse; to clear of (something unwanted).

“After the process, the machine purges the chamber before venting it to remove toxic gases.”

Verb

To remove by cleansing; to wash away.

Noun

An act or instance of purging.

Noun

An evacuation of the bowels or the stomach; a defecation or vomiting.

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: March 23, 2022 (#277).

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

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How PURGE performs as a guess

PURGE 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 81.1% of games, misses completely in 18.9%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,831 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.

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

TALON DEALT TRAIN STAIR SLANT SHALY
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.83 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PURGE 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,831 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PURGE ranks #3,831 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
930
4 guesses
1,147
5 guesses
197
6 guesses
17
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:
ERU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
35%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
P R I S M
P U R E E
P U R G E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PURGE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

445
240
200
186
162
95
72
65
57
57
55
38
35
29
29
29
27
22
20
18
18
18
17
17
17
16
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15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PURGE:

19% chance
Suggested:
TALON
10% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.9% →
TALON 5.82 bits
10.2% →
DEALT 5.29 bits
8.5% →
TRAIN 5.25 bits
7.9% →
STAIR 4.24 bits
6.9% →
SLANT 5.39 bits
4.0% →
SLANT 5.27 bits
3.1% →
SHALY 4.24 bits
2.8% →
GLOAT 4.71 bits
2.4% →
COAST 4.28 bits
2.4% →
SPOIL 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1R1G2E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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