5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching A_K__

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Showing 21 matching words

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Possible answers

ANKLE ASKEW

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This pattern has 21 words in the Wordle guess list; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: ANKLE (March 14, 2026); ASKEW (April 25, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter AAHED
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
1.0 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

Hard Mode Use ACKEE instead.

AAHED does not fit this page's clues. ACKEE 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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Pattern guide

What fits A_K__?

All 21 matching words are shown above. 2 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

E 48% S 48% N 29% L 29% R 29% I 19%

Words with five different letters

71% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ANKLE ASKEW ACKER ALKIE ALKIN

Common letter pairs

KE 10% AS 8% SK 7% AL 6% LK 6%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 14% · two: 71% · three or more: 14%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match A_K__?
21 five-letter words match A_K__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 2 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, ALKIE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.1 bits against the possible answers.

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