Today’s Wordle has that slightly devious feel where a couple of consonants can slip right past your guesses. The good news: this one doesn’t fight you with repeats, and the word meaning gives you a clean “aha” once you lock into the pattern.
Hints
1) Repeats: No letter is used more than once.
2) Vowels: The answer contains two vowels.
3) First letter: It starts with B.
4) Last letter: It ends with E.
5) Meaning: The word means to move slightly or shift position.
If you’re bouncing between puzzles after Wordle, the same “use constraints early” mindset is usually a win for Connections, too—especially when you’re dealing with categories that reward careful patterning. And if you want more general puzzle solving help for today’s set of challenges, including spoilers for Today’s NYT, that can make the whole session feel smoother.
Answers
Today’s Wordle answer: BUDGE
Yesterday’s Wordle answer: LIKEN
Recent Wordle answers:
May 2: BRING
May 3: PUFFY
May 4: RISER
May 5: LATCH
One small solving tip for days like this: when you know the first letter and the word meaning is “move slightly,” it’s often faster to generate candidates that naturally match that shift/adjust idea—then let the vowel count and the final “E” confirm or eliminate quickly. Once you see it, budge is exactly the kind of everyday word Wordle loves.