5-Letter Words Matching _ _ U _ K
41 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ U _ K, 18 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.
18 common words41 valid words
Common Words (18)
Words most likely to be the answer.
cluck
pluck
caulk
chunk
stuck
snuck
drunk
skulk
chuck
plunk
shuck
trunk
skunk
spunk
flunk
slunk
truck
stunk
Other Valid 5-Letter Words (23)
Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.
adusk
amuck
baulk
blunk
bouak
brunk
brusk
clunk
cruck
crunk
flusk
foulk
gluck
hauck
houck
kluck
klunk
naumk
sculk
shunk
sturk
thunk
whulk
What These Words Have in Common
Letter patterns across all 41 matches.
Most common letters
u41
k41
c18
n18
l17
s14
r8
h8
a7
t6
Vowel distribution
- 0 with no vowels
- 32 with 1 unique vowel
- 8 with 2 unique vowels
- 1 with 3+ unique vowels
Most common endings
- -nk · 16 words
- -ck · 13 words
- -lk · 6 words
- -sk · 3 words
- -ak · 1 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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