5-Letter Words Matching _ R _ N K

21 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ R _ N K, 8 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

8 common words21 valid words

Common Words (8)

Words most likely to be the answer.

crank
drink
brink
drunk
drank
prank
trunk
frank

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (13)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

arank
brank
brenk
bronk
brunk
crink
cronk
crunk
grank
prink
trank
trink
tronk

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 21 matches.

Most common letters

r21
n21
k21
a8
b5
i5
u4
c4
t4
o3

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 21 with 1 unique vowel
  • 0 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -nk · 21 words

Strategy

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

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