Is FUDGE a Wordle Word?

Yes. FUDGE is a valid Wordle word.

It is on the original Wordle answer list and has not been an answer yet, so it could be a future answer.

What does FUDGE mean?

/fʌdʒ/

A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream. Often used in the US synonymously with chocolate fudge.“Have you tried the vanilla fudge? It's delicious!”
Light or frothy nonsense.
A deliberately misleading or vague answer.

2 more noun definitions

A made-up story.
A less than perfect decision or solution; an attempt to fix an incorrect solution after the fact.

To try to avoid giving a direct answer.“When I asked them if they had been at the party, they fudged.”
To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty. Always deliberate, but not necessarily dishonest or immoral.“Do you fudge your age?”
To botch or bungle something.

1 more verb definition

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

Starter word rating: WeakIn the top 74% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: U, E
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: E

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