5-Letter Words Matching _ H _ _ K
48 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ H _ _ K, 20 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.
20 common words48 valid words
Common Words (20)
Words most likely to be the answer.
whack
chunk
cheek
shock
thank
whisk
shook
check
shank
sheik
chuck
shirk
shuck
shack
shark
chalk
chick
thick
think
chock
Other Valid 5-Letter Words (28)
Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.
chack
chank
chark
chauk
chawk
chink
chirk
choak
chonk
chook
chowk
chyak
khalk
shick
shtik
shunk
thack
theek
thilk
thock
thokk
thunk
whank
whauk
whelk
whick
whilk
whulk
What These Words Have in Common
Letter patterns across all 48 matches.
Most common letters
h48
k48
c28
a17
i13
s12
n10
w10
t10
o9
Vowel distribution
- 0 with no vowels
- 44 with 1 unique vowel
- 4 with 2 unique vowels
- 0 with 3+ unique vowels
Most common endings
- -ck · 14 words
- -nk · 10 words
- -lk · 6 words
- -rk · 4 words
- -uk · 2 words
Strategy
20 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.
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_ A _ _ K_ B _ _ K_ C _ _ K_ E _ _ K_ I _ _ K_ K _ _ K_ L _ _ K_ M _ _ K_ N _ _ K_ O _ _ K_ P _ _ K_ R _ _ K_ S _ _ K_ T _ _ K_ U _ _ K_ W _ _ K_ Y _ _ K_ Z _ _ KH _ _ _ K_ _ H _ K_ H _ _ A_ H _ _ B_ H _ _ C_ H _ _ D_ H _ _ E_ H _ _ F_ H _ _ G_ H _ _ H_ H _ _ I_ H _ _ L_ H _ _ M_ H _ _ N_ H _ _ O_ H _ _ P_ H _ _ R_ H _ _ S_ H _ _ T_ H _ _ U_ H _ _ W_ H _ _ X_ H _ _ Y_ H _ _ ZK H _ _ __ H _ K _H in position 2K in position 5Ending in K