5-Letter Words Matching _ _ _ A K

85 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ _ A K, 12 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

12 common words85 valid words

Common Words (12)

Words most likely to be the answer.

croak
break
creak
sneak
freak
steak
bleak
cloak
wreak
tweak
kayak
speak

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (73)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aimak
akiak
aleak
aniak
apeak
asoak
balak
banak
barak
batak
belak
borak
bouak
bulak
cacak
camak
choak
chyak
dayak
eimak
fedak
fleak
gopak
hopak
isaak
izaak
izzak
kaiak
kazak
kerak
kodak
konak
kosak
kulak
lesak
lewak
manak
merak
mirak
muzak
nabak
nanak
novak
oolak
oopak
otyak
panak
perak
polak
pomak
punak
queak
rebak
rojak
sasak
sisak
sjaak
spaak
subak
sumak
talak
tanak
tilak
troak
umiak
ushak
uzbak
wojak
xicak
yarak
yurak
zirak
zohak

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 85 matches.

Most common letters

a85
k85
e22
o21
r17
i14
l14
s14
b14
u12

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 20 with 1 unique vowel
  • 61 with 2 unique vowels
  • 4 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ak · 85 words

Strategy

12 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.

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