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Five-letter words starting with C and ending in K (C___K)

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Showing 41 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

41 matching words5 not previously used20 past answers

Position 2H 37%L 32%R 29%A 2%

Position 3O 24%A 22%E 20%I 17%

Position 4C 34%N 27%A 7%E 7%

25 possible answers fit.

Among those candidates, CLOCK produces the smallest worst-case feedback group.

Top-ranked next guess CLOCK

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, H, L, R·3rd letter: A, E, I, O, U·4th letter: A, C, E, L, N, O, R

Possible answers

CAULK CHALK CHECK CHEEK CHICK CHOCK CHUCK CHUNK CLACK CLANK CLERK CLICK

13 more possible answers are in the full list below.

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

CAULK used CHALK used CHECK used CHEEK used CHICK possible CHOCK used CHUCK used CHUNK used CLACK used CLANK possible CLERK used CLICK used CLINK used CLOAK used CLOCK used CLUCK used CLUNK used CRACK possible CRANK used CREAK used CREEK possible CRICK possible CROAK used CROCK used CROOK used CHACK guess CHANK guess CHARK guess CHAWK guess CHINK guess CHIRK guess CHOOK guess CHOWK guess CLECK guess CLEEK guess CLEIK guess CLONK guess CRINK guess CRONK guess CRUCK guess CRUNK guess

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61% possible answers

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: CREAK of the 41 words here

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Useful letters still to test

L 37% H 37% R 37% A 32% N 27% O 24%

Words with five different letters

54% of the matches have no repeated letters.

CAULK CHALK CHUNK CLANK CLERK

Common letter pairs

CH 15/41 words (37%) CK 14/41 words (34%) CL 13/41 words (32%) CR 12/41 words (29%) NK 11/41 words (27%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 76% · two: 24% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match C___K?: 41 five-letter words match C___K in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 25 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, CREAK has the highest feedback entropy at 5.01 bits against the possible answers.

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