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5 Letter Words Starting With A and Ending in K
Every five-letter word that fits A _ _ _ K — answer-eligible words are flagged in green, and you can tap any word to play it.
How Many 5-Letter Words Start With A and End in K?
A…K is one of the narrower shapes in the dictionary: 9 five-letter words open with A and close with K, and 1 of them can be the daily answer — ABACK among them. With both ends green you are usually three letters from done.
The second letter stays open here — B is the most common at only 22% (ABACK). Expect to spend a guess narrowing it rather than assuming.
100% of these words carry two or more vowels, so the middle is vowel-rich — test consonants with your next probe.
Green-dotted words are answer-eligible — the everyday vocabulary the daily puzzle actually draws from — while hollow-dotted words are valid guesses you can play but that will never be the solution. Flip on Answers only to focus on the 1 words that could truly win the board.
Best Wordle Guesses That Fit A _ _ _ K
Once A and K are green, the strongest follow-up is a word that both fits the pattern and rules out as many remaining answers as possible. These three score highest, measured across all 2296 possible answers:
- 01 ABACK — eliminates about 80.8% of remaining answers on average.
The Full List, Grouped by Second Letter
Reading by square two: AB·2 AL·2 AP·2 AC·1 AM·1. Tap the group that matches your board rather than scrolling the whole 9-word column.
A···K Words That Have Been Wordle Answers
This shape is rare in the daily puzzle. In 1916 Wordles, only 1 word with A and ending in K has been the answer: ABACK (#110, 2021-10-07). Every answer-eligible word here has already had its turn.
| Puzzle | Date | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| #110 | 2021-10-07 | ABACK |
The other 8 words are valid guesses the game accepts but will never choose as a solution. They are still useful as probes — words you play to expose new letters — but when you are guessing to win, a green-dotted answer word is the smarter pick.
A···K Words by Vowel Count & Second Letter
Vowel structure is the fastest way to narrow the middle three squares. Here is how the 9 A···K words split by how many vowels they contain in total:
| Vowels | Words | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 or fewer | 0 | 0% |
| Exactly 2 | 7 | 78% |
| 3 or more | 2 | 22% |
And the most common second letters among A···K words — handy when a yellow tile hints at the square right after A:
| Pattern | Words |
|---|---|
| AB···K | 2 |
| AL···K | 2 |
| AP···K | 2 |
| AC···K | 1 |
| AM···K | 1 |
| AW···K | 1 |
How to Use These Words to Win Wordle
- Pin the second letter first. The square after A splits the list fastest — AB alone accounts for 2 of the 9 candidates, so fixing that tile drops most of the rest.
- Favor distinct letters early. 3 of the 9 words here use five different letters and 6 repeat one.
Full strategy lives in the how-to-play guide, and you can practice any time on the unlimited Wordle board.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many 5-letter words start with A and end in K?
There are 9 valid five-letter words that start with A and end in K in our Wordle dictionary, and 1 of them can appear as a daily answer. Turn on the "Answers only" filter above to narrow the A···K list to answer-eligible words.
What are the best A···K words for Wordle?
ABACK are the strongest. ABACK eliminates about 80.8% of the answer pool on average, so if a clue has already fixed A and K, guessing ABACK both tests the pattern and rules out the most remaining words. See more best Wordle starting words.
Which A to K words have been Wordle answers?
1 of them, across 1916 puzzles. The most recent was ABACK (#110) on 2021-10-07. Every answer-eligible A···K word has already been used. Browse the full past Wordle answers archive.
Do these A···K words work in hard mode?
Yes. Once A and K are green you must keep them, so this list is exactly your hard-mode candidate set. 3 of the 9 words use five distinct letters and 6 repeat one — worth knowing, because hard mode will not let you drop a confirmed letter to probe elsewhere. See the how-to-play guide.
What is the most common second letter in A···K words?
B — AB accounts for 2 of the 9 words (22%), ahead of AL with 2. With both ends already green, square two is usually the tile worth testing first.
How many vowels do A···K words usually have?
100% of these 9 words carry two or more vowels — 7 have exactly two and 2 have three or more, against 0 with one or fewer. With A and K already fixed, that tells you how much vowel room the three middle squares still need. For a full clue-by-clue solve, send your board to the Wordle Solver.