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Five-letter words matching __AK_

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Showing 49 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

49 matching words0 not previously used13 past answers

Position 1S 22%B 12%P 10%K 8%

Position 2E 24%H 14%O 14%R 12%

Position 5E 33%S 27%Y 20%A 8%

13 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess SHAKE

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, D, F, K, L, Q, S·2nd letter: E, H, L, N, R, T, U, W·5th letter: E, I, Y

Possible answers

AWAKE BRAKE DRAKE FLAKE FLAKY KHAKI LEAKY QUAKE SHAKE SHAKY SNAKE SNAKY

1 more possible answer is in the full list below.

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

AWAKE used BRAKE used DRAKE used FLAKE used FLAKY used KHAKI used LEAKY used QUAKE used SHAKE used SHAKY used SNAKE used SNAKY used STAKE used LEAKS guess PEAKS guess ABAKA guess ARAKS guess BEAKS guess BEAKY guess BOAKS guess BRAKS guess BRAKY guess CRAKE guess DHAKS guess FLAKS guess KEAKI guess KIAKI guess KYAKS guess MEAKE guess MEAKS guess MOAKY guess NGAKA guess OTAKU guess PEAKE guess PEAKY guess POAKA guess POAKE guess QUAKY guess RAAKE guess REAKS guess ROAKE guess ROAKY guess SHAKA guess SHAKO guess SHAKT guess SLAKE guess SOAKS guess SPAKE guess TEAKS guess

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Splits these words most evenly: ROAKE of the 49 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

E 53% S 47% Y 22% R 20% O 18% B 14%

Words with five different letters

71% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BRAKE DRAKE FLAKE FLAKY LEAKY

Common letter pairs

AK 49/49 words (100%) KE 17/49 words (35%) KS 13/49 words (27%) EA 12/49 words (24%) KY 11/49 words (22%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 18% · two: 57% · three or more: 25%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __AK_?: 49 five-letter words match __AK_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 13 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, ROAKE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.3 bits against the possible answers.

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