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

SURGE

Yes, SURGE was the Wordle answer on February 12, 2026 (Wordle #1699).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /sɝd͡ʒ//sɜːd͡ʒ/

Noun

A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.

“He felt a surge of excitement.”

Noun

The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation.

Verb

To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.

“Toaster sales surged last year.”

Verb

To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.

“A ship surges forwards, sways sideways and heaves up.”

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: February 12, 2026 (#1699).

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

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How SURGE performs as a guess

SURGE 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 85.1% of games, misses completely in 14.9%, and leaves about 129 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,288 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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.

S___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__G_ S 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 ARIEL TRAIN STALK ALINE
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.13 Entropy (bits)
129 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SURGE 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#5,288 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SURGE ranks #5,288 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
881
4 guesses
1,147
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
22
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:
ERSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
42%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SURGE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

351
222
182
177
125
113
70
65
64
57
53
52
51
43
33
32
32
29
27
27
25
23
22
21
18
17
17
16
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SURGE:

15% chance
Suggested:
TALON
9% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
8% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.9% →
TALON 5.80 bits
9.4% →
DEALT 5.29 bits
7.7% →
ARIEL 3.95 bits
7.5% →
TRAIN 5.13 bits
5.3% →
STALK 4.57 bits
4.8% →
ALINE 4.59 bits
3.0% →
COUNT 4.60 bits
2.8% →
COALY 3.75 bits
2.7% →
SAIST 4.61 bits
2.4% →
GLOAT 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1U1R1G2E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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