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Five-letter words starting with M and ending in GE (M__GE)

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MANGE MERGE MIDGE

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This pattern has 10 words in the Wordle guess list; 3 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 3 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: MERGE (April 9, 2024); MIDGE (July 23, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter AAHED
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
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1.59 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

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AAHED does not fit this page's clues. MADGE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.

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Pattern guide

What fits M__GE?

All 10 matching words are shown above. 3 are possible answers.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 2nd letter A, E, I, O, U
  • 3rd letter D, N, R
Meanings and answer history

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MANGE

A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

MERGE

To combine into a whole.

“Headquarters merged the operations of the three divisions.”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: April 9, 2024.

MIDGE

Any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: July 23, 2022.

MARGE

Clipping of margarine.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

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MADGE

The barn owl.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

MENGE

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MINGE

The pubic hair and vulva.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

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MODGE

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MUDGE

mud; sludge

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

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MUNGE

To transform data in an undefined or unexplained manner, as for example when data wrangling requires nonsystemic or nonsystematic edits.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

Common questions
How many five-letter words match M__GE?
10 five-letter words match M__GE in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 3 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, MARGE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.16 bits against the possible answers.
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