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Five-letter words starting with S and ending in K (S___K)

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Showing 78 matching words

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78 matching words17 not previously used21 past answers

Position 2T 22%H 15%P 14%M 12%

Position 3A 26%I 19%E 17%O 17%

Position 4C 27%N 22%R 13%A 9%

38 of the 78 matches are possible answers.

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Top information guess STARK

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

Possible answers

SHACK SHANK SHARK SHEIK SHIRK SHOCK SHOOK SHUCK SKULK SKUNK SLACK SLEEK

26 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

SHACK possible SHANK used SHARK possible SHEIK possible SHIRK used SHOCK possible SHOOK possible SHUCK used SKULK possible SKUNK used SLACK possible SLEEK used SLICK used SLINK possible SLUNK possible SMACK possible SMIRK used SMOCK used SNACK used SNEAK used SNUCK possible SPANK possible SPARK used SPEAK used SPECK used SPOOK possible SPUNK possible STACK used STALK possible STANK used STARK used STEAK used STICK used STINK used STOCK used STORK used STUCK possible STUNK possible SAICK guess SAMEK guess SCULK guess SEVAK guess SHIOK guess SHMEK guess SHONK guess SHTIK guess SKANK guess SKINK guess SKRIK guess SLANK guess SMAAK guess SMAIK guess SMEEK guess SMEIK guess SMERK guess SMICK guess SNARK guess SNECK guess SNICK guess SNOEK guess SNOOK guess SNOWK guess SPACK guess SPELK guess SPICK guess SPINK guess SPORK guess STEEK guess STEIK guess STIRK guess STONK guess STOOK guess STRAK guess SUBAK guess SUKUK guess SWACK guess SWANK guess SWINK guess

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Splits these words most evenly: STARK of the 78 words here

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Useful letters still to test

A 36% N 33% C 28% I 27% T 23% E 22%

Words with five different letters

82% of the matches have no repeated letters.

SHACK SHANK SHARK SHEIK SHIRK

Common letter pairs

CK 21/78 words (27%) NK 17/78 words (22%) ST 17/78 words (22%) SH 12/78 words (15%) SP 11/78 words (14%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 72% · two: 28% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match S___K?: 78 five-letter words match S___K in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 38 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, STARK has the highest feedback entropy at 4.94 bits against the possible answers.

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