5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _R_NK

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Possible answers

BRINK CRANK DRANK DRINK DRUNK FRANK PRANK TRUNK

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 17 words in the Wordle guess list; 8 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 8 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BRINK (June 23, 2022); CRANK (January 8, 2022); DRINK (January 11, 2022); DRUNK (April 24, 2026); FRANK (September 18, 2023); PRANK (June 17, 2025).

Top-ranked splitter CUPID
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
3.0 bits

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

Hard Mode Use DRANK instead.

CUPID does not fit this page's clues. DRANK keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.25 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _RANK

CRANK, DRANK, FRANK, PRANK differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; CUPID tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _R_NK?

All 17 matching words are shown above. 8 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

A 35% I 24% C 24% U 24% D 18% P 18%

Words with five different letters

94% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BRINK CRANK DRANK DRINK DRUNK

Common letter pairs

NK 25% RA 9% AN 9% RI 6% IN 6%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 100% · two: 0% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _R_NK?
17 five-letter words match _R_NK in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 8 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, TRANK has the highest feedback entropy at 5.04 bits against the possible answers.
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