5-Letter Words Matching _ _ C K Y

32 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ C K Y, 6 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

6 common words32 valid words

Common Words (6)

Words most likely to be the answer.

picky
wacky
lucky
rocky
mucky
tacky

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (26)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

backy
becky
bucky
cocky
dicky
ducky
hacky
hicky
hocky
jacky
kecky
kicky
lecky
locky
micky
nicky
pecky
pocky
ricky
rucky
socky
ticky
tucky
vicky
wicky
yucky

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 32 matches.

Most common letters

c32
k32
y32
i10
u7
o6
a5
e4
b3
h3

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 32 with 1 unique vowel
  • 0 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ky · 32 words

Strategy

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

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