- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.59 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.
Five-letter words matching _P_K_
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This pattern has 6 words in the Wordle guess list; 3 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 3 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.
Previously used by Wordle: SPIKE (August 5, 2021); SPOKE (December 13, 2022).
ABIDE does not fit this page's clues. SPIKE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Pattern guide
What fits _P_K_?
All 6 matching words are shown above. 3 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 1st letter S
- 3rd letter A, E, I, O
- 5th letter E, S, Y
Meanings and answer history
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SPIKE
A sort of very large nail.
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Past Wordle answer: August 5, 2021.
SPIKY
Of a plant: producing spikes (“ears (as of corn); inflorescences in which sessile flowers are arranged on unbranched elongated axes”).
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
SPOKE
A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
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Past Wordle answer: December 13, 2022.
SPAKE
Alternative form of spoke (of a wheel).
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
SPEKS
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
SPIKS
plural of spik
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match _P_K_?
- 6 five-letter words match _P_K_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 3 are possible answers.
- Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
- Among all matching words, SPAKE has the highest feedback entropy at 4.91 bits against the possible answers.