GE closes a five letter word with a soft G sound, and Wordle players confirm the pair once both tiles turn green. Those letters fix the last two positions, so the 5 letter words ending in GE leave the opening three unsolved.
D before the ending does more work than any other letter here. It gives you Badge, Budge, Dodge, Hedge, Judge, Ledge, Lodge and Ridge, so a D guess in the middle tests a wide part of the field, while N leads to Binge, Hinge, Lunge and Range.
There are 94 five letter words ending in GE. Large, Range, Stage, Judge and Image are the strongest Wordle guesses because none of them repeat a letter. D in the middle position opens 28 of these words, more than any other letter.
5 Letter Words Ending In GE
G and E take the final two slots as a soft sound, which leaves the first three letters carrying the guess.
| Adage | Agoge | Apage | Badge |
| Barge | Beige | Bilge | Binge |
| Bodge | Bouge | Budge | Bulge |
| Cadge | Cerge | Conge | Dinge |
| Dirge | Dodge | Eloge | Etage |
| Fadge | Fidge | Forge | Fudge |
| Gadge | Gauge | Ginge | Gorge |
| Gouge | Grege | Gunge | Gurge |
| Hedge | Henge | Hinge | Hygge |
| Image | Judge | Kedge | Kidge |
| Kluge | Large | Ledge | Legge |
| Liege | Ligge | Lodge | Longe |
| Lunge | Madge | Mange | Marge |
| Menge | Merge | Midge | Minge |
| Modge | Mudge | Munge | Nudge |
| Parge | Peage | Phage | Plage |
| Podge | Pogge | Porge | Pudge |
| Purge | Radge | Range | Ridge |
| Rouge | Sarge | Sedge | Serge |
| Siege | Singe | Stage | Surge |
| Swage | Targe | Tenge | Tinge |
| Usage | Venge | Verge | Virge |
| Vouge | Wadge | Wedge | Wenge |
| Winge | Wodge |
5 Letter Words Ending In GE By Starting Letter
Six opening letters reach eight GE words or more, and M leads them with ten.
5 Letter Words Ending In GE Starting With B
| Badge | Barge | Binge |
| Beige | Bilge | Budge |
| Bulge | Bodge | Bouge |
5 Letter Words Ending In GE Starting With G
| Gauge | Gorge | Gouge |
| Ginge | Gunge | Gadge |
| Grege | Gurge |
5 Letter Words Ending In GE Starting With L
| Large | Lodge | Ledge |
| Liege | Lunge | Legge |
| Longe | Ligge |
5 Letter Words Ending In GE Starting With M
| Merge | Madge | Mange |
| Marge | Midge | Menge |
| Minge | Mudge | Modge |
| Munge |
5 Letter Words Ending In GE Starting With P
| Purge | Phage | Plage |
| Podge | Pudge | Parge |
| Peage | Pogge | Porge |
5 Letter Words Ending In GE Starting With S
| Siege | Stage | Surge |
| Sarge | Serge | Sedge |
| Singe | Swage |
5 Letter Words Ending In GE By Middle Letter
The middle letter narrows the field faster than the opener. Twenty eight of these words take D in that position.
5 Letter Words Ending In GE With D In The Middle
| Badge | Dodge | Hedge |
| Judge | Lodge | Ridge |
| Wedge | Budge | Fudge |
| Ledge | Madge | Midge |
| Nudge | Bodge | Mudge |
| Podge | Pudge | Sedge |
| Cadge | Fadge | Fidge |
| Gadge | Kedge | Kidge |
| Modge | Radge | Wadge |
| Wodge |
5 Letter Words Ending In GE With N In The Middle
| Binge | Range | Hinge |
| Lunge | Mange | Tinge |
| Dinge | Ginge | Gunge |
| Henge | Longe | Menge |
| Minge | Singe | Tenge |
| Venge | Wenge | Winge |
| Conge | Munge |
5 Letter Words Ending In GE With R In The Middle
| Barge | Forge | Large |
| Merge | Purge | Surge |
| Verge | Gorge | Marge |
| Sarge | Serge | Dirge |
| Targe | Virge | Cerge |
| Gurge | Parge | Porge |
5 Letter Words Ending In GE With A In The Middle
| Image | Stage | Usage |
| Adage | Phage | Plage |
| Swage | Apage | Etage |
| Peage |
5 Letter Words Ending In GE For Wordle
Every word here uses five different letters, so one guess tests five positions at once.
| Large | Range | Stage |
| Judge | Image | Usage |
| Ridge | Lodge | Badge |
| Surge | Forge | Rouge |
| Binge | Purge | Barge |
| Fudge | Hinge | Bulge |
Large and Stage give the widest letter spread. Judge and Usage work better once a vowel is already confirmed.
5 Letter Words Ending In GE For Scrabble
J carries the scoring here, and Judge reaches 14 before any board bonus.
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| Judge | 14 |
| Hygge | 13 |
| Phage | 11 |
| Kidge | 11 |
| Kedge | 11 |
| Wodge | 10 |
| Wedge | 10 |
| Wadge | 10 |
| Kluge | 10 |
| Hedge | 10 |
| Fudge | 10 |
| Fidge | 10 |
| Fadge | 10 |
| Winge | 9 |
| Wenge | 9 |
5 Letter Words Ending In GE And Their Meanings
Twenty of these words with what they mean.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Adage | A short traditional saying |
| Badge | A small emblem worn to show identity |
| Barge | A flat bottomed boat |
| Beige | A pale sandy colour |
| Bilge | The lowest part of a ship’s hull |
| Binge | A short period of excess |
| Budge | To move slightly |
| Bulge | A rounded swelling |
| Dodge | To avoid by moving quickly |
| Forge | To shape metal by heating |
| Fudge | A soft sweet confection |
| Gauge | To measure or estimate |
| Gorge | A narrow steep sided valley |
| Hedge | A row of bushes forming a boundary |
| Hinge | A joint on which a door turns |
| Image | A picture or likeness |
| Judge | A person who decides in court |
| Large | Of great size |
| Ledge | A narrow horizontal shelf |
| Lodge | A small house, or to become fixed |
FAQs
The ones you meet most in everyday English are Large, Range, Stage and Image. Judge, Usage, Ridge and Lodge follow closely behind them.
There are 94 five letter words ending in GE in standard word game dictionaries. Around 43 of those are words most players already recognise.
Twenty eight words take D in the third position. Badge, Budge, Dodge, Hedge, Judge, Ledge, Lodge, Midge, Nudge and Ridge are the strongest of them.
Nine words match both conditions. Badge, Barge, Beige, Bilge, Binge, Budge and Bulge are the ones worth knowing, with Bodge and Bouge filling out the rest.
Try Large. It tests L, A and R alongside the GE pair and uses five different letters. Stage works equally well and swaps in S and T.
The top score is 14 points before any board bonus, which Judge reaches. Hygge scores 13, and Phage and Kidge each reach 11.
Twenty words take N in the third position. Binge, Dinge, Hinge, Longe, Lunge, Mange, Range, Singe and Tinge are the recognisable ones.
Five words open on a vowel. Adage, Image, Usage, Agoge and Apage all qualify, and the first three are everyday words.
