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Five-letter words matching __NK_

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Showing 86 matching words

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86 matching words1 not previously used5 past answers

Position 1P 12%B 8%H 8%T 7%

Position 2I 30%A 27%U 21%O 19%

Position 5S 58%Y 29%O 6%A 3%

6 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess FUNKY

Still undecided: 1st letter: F, G, H, K, L, P·2nd letter: A, I, U

Possible answers

FUNKY GUNKY HUNKY KINKY LANKY PINKY

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

FUNKY used GUNKY used HUNKY used KINKY possible LANKY used PINKY used BANKS guess HANKS guess KINKS guess LINKS guess MONKS guess RANKS guess SINKS guess TANKS guess YANKS guess BANKY guess BINKS guess BINKY guess BONKS guess BUNKO guess BUNKS guess CONKS guess CONKY guess DANKS guess DINKS guess DINKY guess DONKO guess DUNKS guess FANKS guess FENKS guess FINKS guess FUNKS guess GANKS guess GINKS guess GONKS guess GUNKS guess HANKY guess HINKY guess HONKS guess HONKY guess HUNKS guess JANKY guess JINKS guess JUNKS guess JUNKY guess KONKS guess LANKS guess LINKY guess LUNKS guess MANKS guess MANKY guess MINKE guess MINKS guess NUNKS guess NUNKY guess OINKS guess PANKO guess PANKS guess PENKS guess PINKO guess PINKS guess PONKS guess PUNKA guess PUNKS guess PUNKY guess RANKE guess RENKS guess RINKS guess SANKO guess SINKY guess SUNKS guess TANKA guess TANKY guess TINKS guess TONKA guess TONKS guess WANKS guess WANKY guess WINKS guess WINKY guess WONKS guess WONKY guess YONKS guess ZINKE guess ZINKY guess ZONKS guess

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Splits these words most evenly: RANKE of the 86 words here

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Useful letters still to test

S 60% Y 31% I 30% A 29% O 24% U 21%

Words with five different letters

90% of the matches have no repeated letters.

FUNKY GUNKY HUNKY LANKY PINKY

Common letter pairs

NK 86/86 words (100%) KS 50/86 words (58%) IN 26/86 words (30%) KY 25/86 words (29%) AN 23/86 words (27%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 86% · two: 14% · three or more: 0%

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How many five-letter words match __NK_?: 86 five-letter words match __NK_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 6 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, RANKE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.23 bits against the possible answers.

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