5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words starting with S and ending in CK (S__CK)

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What the remaining words have in common

21 matching words5 not previously used9 past answers

Position 2N 19%T 19%H 14%M 14%
Position 3A 33%I 29%O 14%U 14%

Possible answers

SHACK SHOCK SHUCK SLACK SLICK SMACK SMOCK SNACK SNUCK SPECK STACK STICK

2 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

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Can you finish S__CK?

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Shortlist note

How to play this shortlist

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

Previously used by Wordle: SHACK (October 4, 2026); SHUCK (May 23, 2025); SLICK (March 21, 2026); SMOCK (July 28, 2024); SNACK (May 12, 2023); SPECK (July 21, 2024); STACK (October 11, 2025); STICK (September 18, 2022); plus 1 more.

Top-ranked splitter LOATH
Average remaining
1.43
Worst branch
2
Information
3.38 bits

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

Hard Mode Use STACK instead.

LOATH does not fit this page's clues. STACK keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 4.43 (6 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: S_ACK

SHACK, SLACK, SMACK, SNACK, STACK differ only in the second position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; LOATH tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits S__CK?

All 21 matching words are shown above. 14 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

A 38% I 29% N 19% T 19% H 14% O 14%

Words with five different letters

100% of the matches have no repeated letters.

SHACK SHOCK SHUCK SLACK SLICK

Common letter pairs

CK 21/21 words (100%) AC 7/21 words (33%) IC 6/21 words (29%) SN 4/21 words (19%) ST 4/21 words (19%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 95% · two: 5% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match S__CK?
21 five-letter words match S__CK in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 14 are possible answers.