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Five-letter words matching _H__K

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Showing 39 matching words

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Possible answers

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

8 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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); SHANK (April 16, 2024); SHIRK (February 2, 2023); plus 6 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.

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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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CHALK used CHECK used CHEEK used CHICK possible CHOCK used CHUCK used CHUNK used SHACK possible SHANK used SHARK possible SHEIK possible SHIRK used SHOCK possible SHOOK possible SHUCK used THANK used THICK used THINK used WHACK used WHISK used CHACK guess CHANK guess CHARK guess CHAWK guess CHINK guess CHIRK guess CHOOK guess CHOWK guess SHIOK guess SHMEK guess SHONK guess SHTIK guess THACK guess THEEK guess THILK guess THUNK guess WHEEK guess WHELK guess WHILK guess

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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 10% SH 8% HA 7% CK 7% HI 6%

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.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, SHARK has the highest feedback entropy at 4.74 bits against the possible answers.

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Best matching test word: SHARK (4.74 bits)

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