5-Letter Words Matching _ L A _ K
19 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ L A _ K, 9 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.
9 common words19 valid words
Common Words (9)
Words most likely to be the answer.
black
flack
slack
blank
flank
plank
clack
clank
flask
Other Valid 5-Letter Words (10)
Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.
alack
blayk
claik
clark
clawk
glack
glaik
plack
slank
slask
What These Words Have in Common
Letter patterns across all 19 matches.
Most common letters
a19
l19
k19
c11
n5
s4
b3
f3
i2
g2
Vowel distribution
- 0 with no vowels
- 17 with 1 unique vowel
- 2 with 2 unique vowels
- 0 with 3+ unique vowels
Most common endings
- -ck · 7 words
- -nk · 5 words
- -ik · 2 words
- -sk · 2 words
- -yk · 1 words
Strategy
9 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.
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_ H A _ K_ N A _ K_ P A _ K_ R A _ K_ T A _ K_ U A _ K_ W A _ K_ _ A L K_ L E _ K_ L I _ K_ L O _ K_ L U _ KA L _ _ K_ L _ A K_ L A _ A_ L A _ B_ L A _ C_ L A _ D_ L A _ E_ L A _ G_ L A _ H_ L A _ I_ L A _ M_ L A _ N_ L A _ O_ L A _ P_ L A _ R_ L A _ S_ L A _ T_ L A _ YK L A _ __ L A K _L in position 2A in position 3K in position 5Ending in K