5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _H__K

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What the remaining words have in common

39 matching words5 not previously used15 past answers

Position 1C 38%S 31%T 18%W 13%
Position 3A 28%I 26%E 15%O 15%
Position 4C 28%N 21%E 10%L 10%

Possible answers

CHALK CHECK CHEEK CHICK CHOCK CHUCK CHUNK SHACK SHANK SHARK SHEIK SHIRK

8 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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Can you finish _H__K?

Set your guesses left, add the feedback you already have, and explore what each next guess could reveal. This planner starts with _H__K as your green-letter clues.

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How to play this shortlist

This pattern has 39 words in the Wordle guess list; 20 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 20 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: CHALK (August 1, 2024); CHECK (March 4, 2025); CHEEK (April 16, 2022); CHOCK (November 28, 2024); CHUCK (May 23, 2026); CHUNK (April 13, 2022); SHACK (October 4, 2026); SHANK (April 16, 2024); plus 7 more.

Top-ranked splitter SAICE
Average remaining
1.4
Worst branch
2
Information
3.92 bits

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

Hard Mode Use SHACK instead.

SAICE does not fit this page's clues. SHACK keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.6 (5 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: CH_CK

CHECK, CHICK, CHOCK, CHUCK differ only in the third position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; SAICE tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _H__K?

All 39 matching words are shown above. 20 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

C 54% S 33% I 31% A 28% N 21% T 21%

Words with five different letters

74% of the matches have no repeated letters.

CHALK CHUNK SHACK SHANK SHARK

Common letter pairs

CH 15/39 words (38%) SH 12/39 words (31%) HA 11/39 words (28%) CK 11/39 words (28%) HI 10/39 words (26%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 82% · two: 18% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _H__K?
39 five-letter words match _H__K in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 20 are possible answers.