5-Letter Words Matching _ R _ _ K

73 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ R _ _ K, 29 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

29 common words73 valid words

Common Words (29)

Words most likely to be the answer.

croak
break
crank
drink
prick
creak
brink
brisk
creek
crock
crook
track
frisk
wreck
crick
freak
trick
frock
drunk
drank
prank
trunk
brick
wrack
brook
wreak
frank
truck
crack

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (44)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

arank
areek
arick
arock
brack
brank
breck
breek
brenk
brock
broek
bronk
brunk
brusk
craik
crink
cronk
cruck
crunk
drawk
dreck
drisk
drouk
erick
frack
fraik
freck
frick
frosk
grank
greek
krock
orick
prink
traik
trank
trask
trink
troak
trock
tronk
tryck
ursuk
wrick

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 73 matches.

Most common letters

r73
k73
c36
a27
n21
i20
o17
e15
b15
t12

Vowel distribution

  • 1 with no vowels
  • 56 with 1 unique vowel
  • 16 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ck · 27 words
  • -nk · 21 words
  • -ak · 6 words
  • -sk · 6 words
  • -ek · 5 words

Strategy

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

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