5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words starting with B and ending in K (B___K)

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Possible answers

BLACK BLANK BLEAK BLINK BLOCK BREAK BRICK BRINK BRISK BROOK

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 24 words in the Wordle guess list; 10 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 10 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BLACK (April 10, 2022); BLANK (July 20, 2025); BLEAK (October 31, 2023); BLINK (June 30, 2025); BLOCK (January 25, 2024); BREAK (June 12, 2026); BRINK (June 23, 2022); BRISK (September 26, 2022); plus 1 more.

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

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

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ACORN does not fit this page's clues. BLACK keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.6 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: BRI_K

BRICK, BRINK, BRISK differ only in the fourth position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ACORN tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits B___K?

All 24 matching words are shown above. 10 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

R 50% A 46% L 33% O 33% N 29% C 25%

Words with five different letters

83% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BLACK BLANK BLEAK BLINK BLOCK

Common letter pairs

BR 10% BL 7% CK 6% NK 6% AK 5%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 54% · two: 46% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match B___K?
24 five-letter words match B___K in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, BREAK has the highest feedback entropy at 4.77 bits against the possible answers.
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