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Five-letter words matching _LI_K

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What the remaining words have in common

11 matching words1 not previously used5 past answersBest matching test word: SLINKTight family: _LINK (3)

Position 1C 18%F 18%S 18%A 9%
Position 4C 45%N 36%S 18%

Possible answers

BLINK CLICK CLINK FLICK SLICK SLINK

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

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This pattern has 11 words in the Wordle guess list; 6 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 6 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BLINK (June 30, 2025); CLICK (August 25, 2026); CLINK (January 22, 2026); FLICK (September 3, 2021); SLICK (March 21, 2026).

Top-ranked splitter CACAS
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.58 bits

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

Hard Mode Use SLICK instead.

CACAS does not fit this page's clues. SLICK keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.33 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: _LINK

BLINK, CLINK, SLINK differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; CACAS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _LI_K?

All 11 matching words are shown above. 6 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

C 55% N 36% S 36% F 18% B 9% A 9%

Words with five different letters

82% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BLINK CLINK FLICK SLICK SLINK

Common letter pairs

LI 11/11 words (100%) IC 5/11 words (45%) CK 5/11 words (45%) IN 4/11 words (36%) NK 4/11 words (36%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 91% · two: 9% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _LI_K?
11 five-letter words match _LI_K in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 6 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SLINK has the highest feedback entropy at 4.67 bits against the possible answers.