5-Letter Words Matching _ _ O _ K

61 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ O _ K, 18 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

18 common words61 valid words

Common Words (18)

Words most likely to be the answer.

croak
clock
flock
shock
crock
crook
kiosk
shook
block
stork
frock
stock
smock
cloak
brook
chock
spook
knock

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (43)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

acock
arock
asoak
awork
bjork
boonk
brock
broek
bronk
choak
chonk
chook
chowk
clonk
cronk
drouk
flook
flowk
frosk
krock
plock
plonk
plook
plouk
poock
scouk
slock
slonk
smook
snock
snoek
snook
snork
snowk
spock
stonk
stook
swonk
thock
thokk
troak
trock
tronk

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 61 matches.

Most common letters

o61
k61
c31
s22
r20
n16
l13
h9
t9
a8

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -ck · 21 words
  • -nk · 10 words
  • -ok · 10 words
  • -ak · 5 words
  • -rk · 4 words

Strategy

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

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