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Five-letter words matching _L__K

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Showing 54 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

54 matching words6 not previously used23 past answers

Position 1C 24%P 19%F 17%B 13%

Position 3A 24%E 22%I 20%O 19%

Position 4C 39%N 30%E 7%A 6%

29 possible answers fit.

Among those candidates, CLANK produces the smallest worst-case feedback group.

Top-ranked next guess CLANK

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, F, P, S·3rd letter: A, E, I, O, U·4th letter: A, C, E, N, R, S

Possible answers

BLACK BLANK BLEAK BLINK BLOCK CLACK CLANK CLERK CLICK CLINK CLOAK CLOCK

17 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

BLACK used BLANK used BLEAK used BLINK used BLOCK used CLACK used CLANK possible CLERK used CLICK used CLINK used CLOAK used CLOCK used CLUCK used CLUNK used FLACK possible FLANK used FLASK used FLECK possible FLICK used FLOCK used FLUNK used PLANK used PLUCK used PLUNK used SLACK possible SLEEK used SLICK used SLINK possible SLUNK possible ALACK guess ALEAK guess ALECK guess ALICK guess ALURK guess BLOOK guess BLUNK guess CLECK guess CLEEK guess CLEIK guess CLONK guess FLEEK guess FLISK guess GLAIK guess GLEEK guess GLISK guess KLICK guess PLACK guess PLECK guess PLINK guess PLOCK guess PLONK guess PLOOK guess PLOUK guess SLANK guess

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Splits these words most evenly: SLANK of the 54 words here

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Useful letters still to test

C 54% A 35% N 30% I 24% E 22% O 19%

Words with five different letters

74% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BLACK BLANK BLEAK BLINK BLOCK

Common letter pairs

CK 21/54 words (39%) NK 16/54 words (30%) LA 13/54 words (24%) CL 13/54 words (24%) LE 12/54 words (22%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 70% · two: 28% · three or more: 2%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _L__K?: 54 five-letter words match _L__K in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 29 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, SLANK has the highest feedback entropy at 4.87 bits against the possible answers.

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