5-Letter Words Matching _ E _ K _

81 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ E _ K _, 6 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

6 common words81 valid words

Common Words (6)

Words most likely to be the answer.

perky
leaky
geeky
jerky
pesky
gecko

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (75)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

beaks
beaky
becka
becki
becks
becky
behka
bekki
bekko
berke
berks
berky
celka
decke
decks
dekko
desks
fecks
fenks
gecks
geeks
gekko
hecks
heike
henka
henke
hesky
jelks
jenks
jerks
kecks
kecky
keeks
keiko
kerki
leake
leaks
lecky
leeke
leeks
leeky
lenka
lesko
mecke
meeks
mekka
merks
necks
nerka
neuks
peake
peaks
peaky
pecks
pecky
peeke
peeks
penki
perks
reaks
recks
reeks
reeky
reiko
renky
seeks
teaks
tekke
weaks
weaky
weeks
yelks
yerks
yeuks
yeuky

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 81 matches.

Most common letters

e81
k81
s38
y21
a19
c19
r17
b12
l12
p11

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -ks · 35 words
  • -ky · 18 words
  • -ke · 10 words
  • -ka · 7 words
  • -ko · 7 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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