A GE ending narrows this to 132 words, 38 of which are possible answers.
BADGE is the most familiar word here that could still come up as the answer.
Best First Guesses
Start with one of these. All three are among the 132 words below, and the number beside each is how many would still be left in the worst case.
- RANGE: takes 132 down to 45 at worst. It is on the answer list.
- RIDGE: down to 45. It is on the answer list.
- BADGE: down to 53. It is on the answer list.
What These Words Have in Common
If you need a second letter to test, A (41), D (41) and R (32) appear here more than any others. Roughly one word in six here is everyday English, 15 of the 132. Build a guess from the common letters rather than the unusual words.
Best 5 Letter Words Ending in GE
The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.
- ADAGE
- BADGE
- BARGE
- BILGE
- BINGE
- BUDGE
- BULGE
- DIRGE
- DODGE
- FORGE
- FUDGE
- GAUGE
- GORGE
- GOUGE
- HEDGE
- HINGE
- IMAGE
- JUDGE
- LARGE
- LEDGE
- LIEGE
- LODGE
- LUNGE
- MANGE
- MERGE
- MIDGE
- NUDGE
- PURGE
- RANGE
- RIDGE
- ROUGE
- SIEGE
- SINGE
- STAGE
- SURGE
- USAGE
- VERGE
- WEDGE
5 Letter Words Ending in GE by Starting Letter
5 Letter Words Starting with B and Ending in GE
- BADGE
- BARGE
- BILGE
- BINGE
- BUDGE
- BULGE
- BAGGE
- BANGE
- BAUGE
- BEIGE
- BODGE
- BOUGE
- BOWGE
- BURGE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with B
5 Letter Words Starting with G and Ending in GE
- GAUGE
- GORGE
- GOUGE
- GADGE
- GANGE
- GIGGE
- GINGE
- GREGE
- GUDGE
- GUIGE
- GUNGE
- GURGE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with G
5 Letter Words Starting with L and Ending in GE
- LARGE
- LEDGE
- LIEGE
- LODGE
- LUNGE
- LEGGE
- LIGGE
- LINGE
- LONGE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with L
5 Letter Words Starting with M and Ending in GE
- MANGE
- MERGE
- MIDGE
- MADGE
- MARGE
- MENGE
- MINGE
- MNAGE
- MODGE
- MOLGE
- MUDGE
- MUNGE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with M
5 Letter Words Starting with P and Ending in GE
- PURGE
- PADGE
- PARGE
- PEAGE
- PHAGE
- PINGE
- PLAGE
- PODGE
- POGGE
- PORGE
- PUDGE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with P
5 Letter Words Starting with R and Ending in GE
- RANGE
- RIDGE
- ROUGE
- RADGE
- RINGE
- RODGE
- ROTGE
- RUDGE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with R
5 Letter Words Starting with S and Ending in GE
- SIEGE
- SINGE
- STAGE
- SURGE
- SARGE
- SEDGE
- SEEGE
- SEIGE
- SERGE
- SWAGE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with S
5 Letter Words Starting with A, C, D and other letters and Ending in GE
- ADAGE
- AGOGE
- APAGE
- ARAGE
- CADGE
- CERGE
- CONGE
- CORGE
- DIRGE
- DODGE
- DINGE
- ELOGE
- ENAGE
- ETAGE
- FORGE
- FUDGE
- FADGE
- FIDGE
- FODGE
- FUAGE
- FUNGE
- HEDGE
- HINGE
- HANGE
- HELGE
- HENGE
- HODGE
- HYGGE
- IMAGE
- JUDGE
- JORGE
- KEDGE
- KIDGE
- KLUGE
- NUDGE
- NGEGE
- NIDGE
- ORAGE
- OSAGE
- TARGE
- TEDGE
- TENGE
- TINGE
- USAGE
- VERGE
- VADGE
- VENGE
- VIAGE
- VIRGE
- VOUGE
- WEDGE
- WADGE
- WENGE
- WINGE
- WODGE
- WUDGE
Part of: 5 Letter Words Ending in E
Less Familiar Words Here
A few here appear in puzzles more often than in speech. Worth reading before one of them costs you a guess.
- CADGE: Ask for and get free; be a parasite.
- POGGE: Northern Atlantic sea poacher.
- SWAGE: Form metals with a swage.
- BODGE: Make a mess of, destroy or ruin.
- DINGE: Make dingy.
- TENGE: The basic unit of money in Kazakhstan.
- MINGE: Vulgar term for a woman's pubic hair or genitals.
- PLAGE: The beach at a seaside resort.
- PUDGE: A short fat person.
- DIRGE: A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person. It is on the answer list.
FAQs
Can a Wordle answer end in GE?
Yes. LARGE, RANGE and STAGE all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.
Do any of these use the same letter twice?
Yes. GAUGE and DODGE are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is CONGE really a word?
Yes. Perform a ceremonious bow. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
LARGE. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.
Are all of these accepted as guesses?
Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. WUDGE and VOUGE are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.
Which of these would most players overlook?
DIRGE, MANGE and SINGE. All three are on the answer list, and none is a word you would reach for early, so they are worth remembering once the obvious guesses run out.