Five-letter words starting with W and ending in LK (W__LK)

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Position 2H 67%A 33%
Position 3E 33%I 33%U 33%
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What fits W__LK?

All 3 matching words are shown above. 0 are possible answers.

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  • 2nd letter A, H
  • 3rd letter E, I, U
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WAULK

to make cloth (especially tweed in Scotland) denser and more felt-like by soaking and beating.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

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WHELK

Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.

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WHILK

Alternative form of whelk.

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How many five-letter words match W__LK?
3 five-letter words match W__LK in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 0 are possible answers.