- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.0 bits
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Five-letter words with H, K and W
Our Wordle guess list has 9 five-letter words containing H, K and W, wherever those letters fall. Use the list when you have yellow tiles but not their positions.
9 matching words
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This list has 9 Wordle guesses; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: WHACK (January 26, 2022); WHISK (September 12, 2023).
AAHED does not fit this page's clues. CHAWK keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Where these letters usually land
You know these letters are in the word (yellow tiles) but not where. Across the 9 matching words, here's where each one tends to sit, which can help place your next guess.
- H most often the 2nd letter (78% of these words), also 1st (22%).
- K most often the 5th letter (78% of these words), also 4th (22%).
- W most often the 1st letter (56% of these words), also 3rd (22%), 4th (22%).
Word notes
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WHACK
The sound of a heavy strike.
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Past Wordle answer: January 26, 2022.
WHISK
A quick, light sweeping motion.
“With a quick whisk, she swept the cat from the pantry with her broom.”
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Past Wordle answer: September 12, 2023.
HAWKS
plural of hawk
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
CHAWK
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
CHOWK
An intersection or roundabout, where tracks or roads cross (often used in place names).
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
HOWKS
third-person singular simple present indicative of howk
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
WHEEK
The squeaking sound made by a guinea pig or other cavy.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
WHELK
Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
WHILK
Alternative form of whelk.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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