5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _U_KY

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Possible answers

BULKY DUSKY FUNKY GUNKY HUNKY HUSKY LUCKY MUCKY MURKY MUSKY SULKY

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 25 words in the Wordle guess list; 11 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 11 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BULKY (January 31, 2024); DUSKY (January 27, 2026); FUNKY (December 15, 2024); GUNKY (March 6, 2026); HUNKY (August 13, 2022); LUCKY (September 9, 2023); MUCKY (January 19, 2023); SULKY (May 2, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter HALMS
Average remaining
1.36
Worst branch
2
Information
3.1 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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HALMS does not fit this page's clues. MUSKY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.18 (5 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: MU_KY

MUCKY, MURKY, MUSKY differ only in the third position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; HALMS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _U_KY?

All 25 matching words are shown above. 11 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

S 32% N 24% C 24% L 16% M 16% D 12%

Words with five different letters

88% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BULKY DUSKY FUNKY GUNKY HUNKY

Common letter pairs

KY 25% US 6% SK 6% UN 6% NK 6%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 96% · two: 4% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _U_KY?
25 five-letter words match _U_KY in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 11 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SULKY has the highest feedback entropy at 4.2 bits against the possible answers.
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