5-Letter Words Matching _ _ K E _

172 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ K E _, 11 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

11 common words172 valid words

Common Words (11)

Words most likely to be the answer.

askew

poker

baker

woken

joker

oaken

maker

taken

token

liken

taker

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (161)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

ackee

acker

ackey

aiken

alkes

ankee

anker

asked

asker

baked

baken

bakes

beker

biked

biker

bikes

caked

caker

cakes

cakey

coked

coker

cokes

cokey

cukes

daker

deked

dekes

diked

diker

dikes

dikey

dukes

dukey

dyked

dyker

dykes

dykey

eckel

esker

faked

faker

fakes

fakey

fiked

fikey

fykes

gokey

hakea

hakes

hiked

hiker

hikes

hoked

hoker

hokes

hokey

icken

icker

ickes

inked

inken

inker

inket

irked

jakes

jakey

joked

jokes

jokey

juked

jukes

kiker

kikes

laked

laker

lakes

lakey

liked

liker

likes

loket

luket

lukey

lyken

lykes

makes

mckee

miked

mikel

mikes

mikey

mokes

naked

naker

nikep

nuked

nukes

oakes

ocker

onker

orkey

pekes

piked

pikel

piker

pikes

pikey

poked

pokes

pokey

puked

puker

pukes

raked

rakee

rakel

raker

rakes

rekey

riker

rokee

roker

rokey

ryked

rykes

sakel

saker

sakes

seker

siker

sikes

siket

soken

sokes

sukey

sykes

taked

takeo

takes

tikes

toked

toker

tokes

tsked

tyken

tykes

unked

unken

unket

unkey

waked

waken

waker

wakes

yaker

yikes

yoked

yokel

yoker

yokes

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 172 matches.

Most common letters

k172

e172

s57

a55

r50

i43

d42

y39

o39

n28

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
22 with 1 unique vowel
146 with 2 unique vowels
4 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-es · 45 words
-er · 39 words
-ed · 32 words
-ey · 22 words
-en · 14 words

Strategy

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

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