Is GOUGE a Wordle Word?
Yes. GOUGE is a valid Wordle word.
- Valid guess
- Past answer #133 · Oct 30, 2021
It was the Wordle answer on October 30, 2021 (#133).
Since February 2026, Wordle sometimes reuses past answers, so it could be the answer again.
What does GOUGE mean?
/ɡaʊdʒ/
noun
- Senses relating to cutting tools.
- A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp.“The nail left a deep gouge in the tire.”
- (originally United States) An act of gouging.
4 more noun definitions
- A cheat, a fraud; an imposition.
- An impostor.
- Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein of ore.
- Information.
verb
- To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.“Japanese and Chinese printers used to gouge characters in wood.”
- To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.“The company has no competition, so it tends to gouge its customers.”
- To dig or scoop (something) out with or as if with a gouge; in particular, to use a thumb to push or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.
1 more verb definition
- To use a gouge.
Definition from Wiktionary, available under the CC BY-SA license.
GOUGE in Wordle
- Starter word rating
- WeakIn the top 68% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
- Vowels
- O, U, E
- Unique letters
- 4 of 5Repeats G
- Common letters
- O, E
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