- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.0 bits
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Five-letter words with K, W and Y
Our Wordle guess list has 10 five-letter words containing K, W and Y, wherever those letters fall. Use the list when you have yellow tiles but not their positions.
10 matching words
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This list has 10 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: GAWKY (June 29, 2022); WACKY (July 17, 2022).
AARGH does not fit this page's clues. GAWKY 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 10 matching words, here's where each one tends to sit, which can help place your next guess.
- K most often the 4th letter (90% of these words), also 3rd (10%).
- W most often the 1st letter (60% of these words), also 3rd (30%), 5th (10%).
- Y most often the 5th letter (90% of these words), also 1st (10%).
Word notes
Definitions are sourced or editorially reviewed and do not determine word-list status. Corrections.
GAWKY
Awkward, ungainly; lacking grace or dexterity in movement.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: June 29, 2022.
WACKY
Zany; eccentric.
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Past Wordle answer: July 17, 2022.
MAWKY
Maggoty, full of maggots.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
PAWKY
Shrewd, sly; often also characterised by a sarcastic sense of humour.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
WANKY
Like a wanker; foolish or objectionable.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
WICKY
Sheep laurel, a shrub of species Kalmia angustifolia.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
WINKY
Tending to wink; winking.
“a winky smiley face”
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
WONKY
Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
WORKY
Characterized by or pertaining to work.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
YAKOW
An animal that is a hybrid of yak and cow (domestic cattle).
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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