Five-letter words starting with P and ending in RKY (P_RKY)

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PERKY

Lively and often cheerful and enthusiastic.

“She answered with a perky smile and bounced off.”

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Past Wordle answer: January 28, 2022.

PARKY

Of, from, or related to a park or parks generally, especially parklike.

“We went to a beautiful parky place over by the river.”

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PORKY

Resembling or characteristic of pork.

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3 five-letter words match P_RKY in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 1 is a possible answer.