Is BUDGE a Wordle Word?

Yes. BUDGE is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on May 7, 2026 (#1783).

Since February 2026, Wordle sometimes reuses past answers, so it could be the answer again.

What does BUDGE mean?

/bʌdʒ/

To move.“I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but it won’t budge an inch.”
To move.“I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but I can’t budge it.”
To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.“The Minister for Finance refused to budge on the new economic rules.”

2 more verb definitions

(Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa) To cut or butt (in line); to join the front or middle rather than the back of a queue.“Hey, no budging! Don't budge in line!”
To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field.

Definition from Wiktionary, available under the CC BY-SA license.

Starter word rating: WeakIn the top 70% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: U, E
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: E

Hard-mode trap: 6 valid words fit the pattern _UDGE. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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