5 letter words with K in position 2

There are 97 five-letter words in English with K in position 2. 15 of them appear on the curated Wordle answer list, so they are the most likely candidates if you hit this pattern in today's puzzle.

Common words (15)

Words from the curated Wordle answer list — the most likely candidates for today’s solution.

skill
skies
skulk
skirt
skate
skull
skins
skimp
eking
skein
skier
skims
skiff
skips
skunk

Other valid words (82)

Five-letter words from the broader English dictionary the game accepts as guesses, but which rarely show up as answers.

akees
akela
akene
aking
akita
akkas
akron
ekkas
ikans
ikats
ikons
nkosi
okapi
okays
okehs
okras
oktas
skags
skail
skald
skank
skart
skats
skatt
skaws
skean
skear
skeds
skeed
skeef
skeen
skeer
skees
skeet
skegg
skegs
skelf
skell
skelm
skelp
skene
skens
skeos
skeps
skers
skets
skews
skids
skied
skiey
skimo
skink
skint
skios
skirl
skirr
skite
skits
skive
skivy
sklim
skoal
skody
skoff
skogs
skols
skool
skort
skosh
skran
skrik
skuas
skugs
skyed
skyer
skyey
skyfs
skype
skyre
skyrs
skyte
ukase

Most likely letters by position

For each slot, the letters that appear most often in these words. Color intensity reflects frequency.

Pos. 1

s80%

a7%

o5%

i3%

e2%

Pos. 2

k100%

Pos. 3

e28%

i26%

a14%

o10%

y8%

Pos. 4

e14%

n12%

l10%

t9%

a9%

Pos. 5

s36%

e9%

l7%

t6%

k5%

Most frequent letters overall

Useful for picking your next guess — frequent letters give you more information per try.

Vowels per word

How many vowels (A, E, I, O, U) these five-letter words contain.

0 vowels

2 (2%)

1 vowel

52 (54%)

2 vowels

37 (38%)

3 vowels

6 (6%)