5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

URGED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɝd͡ʒd//ɜːd͡ʒd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of urge

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 URGED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts URGED 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 80.3% of games, misses completely in 19.7%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,799 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.

U___D U in the 1st position and D in the 5th position U__E_ U in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__D R in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

COAST SLANT SHALT ROAST LEAST LEANT
Words starting with U Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How URGED 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
#3,799 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, URGED ranks #3,799 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
909
4 guesses
1,175
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
31%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

465
304
157
156
116
107
95
84
54
54
52
51
48
47
34
27
25
23
21
18
18
18
17
17
16
13
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing URGED:

20% chance
Suggested:
COAST
13% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
7% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.7% →
COAST 5.90 bits
12.9% →
SLANT 5.85 bits
6.7% →
COAST 5.38 bits
6.6% →
SHALT 5.03 bits
4.9% →
ROAST 3.62 bits
4.5% →
LEAST 4.71 bits
4.0% →
SLANT 4.73 bits
3.6% →
COAST 4.65 bits
2.3% →
LEANT 4.42 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 4.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1R1G2E1D2
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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