5-Letter Words Matching _ _ A K _

55 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ A K _, 13 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

13 common words55 valid words

Common Words (13)

Words most likely to be the answer.

awake
brake
shake
khaki
leaky
stake
snaky
shaky
drake
quake
snake
flake
flaky

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (42)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abaka
alake
alaki
arake
araks
atake
beaks
beaky
blake
braky
chaka
clake
crake
dhaka
dhaks
diaka
glaky
guaka
iraki
kiaki
kyaks
leake
leaks
onaka
osaka
peake
peaks
peaky
quaky
reaks
shaka
shako
shaks
shaku
slake
slaky
soaks
soaky
spake
teaks
weaks
weaky

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 55 matches.

Most common letters

a55
k55
e28
s24
y13
l12
h10
r8
b6
i5

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 14 with 1 unique vowel
  • 40 with 2 unique vowels
  • 1 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ke · 18 words
  • -ky · 12 words
  • -ks · 11 words
  • -ka · 8 words
  • -ki · 4 words

Strategy

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

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