5-letter words with K as the 4th letter and Y as the 5th letter

A fixed K-Y ending still leaves plenty of choices: lucky, rocky, risky, and funky are familiar examples. The opening letters vary widely, but P leads with 12 words and S follows with 10. Frequency is a different story: only 20 entries count as common, so the full set reaches well beyond everyday vocabulary.

At a glance: the K-Y ending

• The pattern has 108 five-letter matches, all ending in K-Y.
• P is the most frequent first letter, with 12 entries; S comes next with 10.
• Only 20 matches count as common, despite familiar options such as lucky, rocky, and risky.
• Wordle's answer list contains 31 matches, while its allowed-guess list contains 106.
• The set includes words with definitions as well as less familiar game entries.

How many words fit K fourth and Y fifth?

There are 108 matches for this exact letter pattern. Lucky, rocky, and milky are easy to recognize; funky, shaky, and smoky add more familiar choices when you are testing a clue.

The first letter can narrow the search quickly. P starts 12 matches, ahead of S at 10, while B and M each begin 8. If your known letters rule out P and S, the remaining openings are less concentrated.

5-letter words with K as the 4th letter and Y as the 5th letter

For Wordle, 31 words in this pattern appear in the answer list, and 106 are allowed guesses. A matching guess is not automatically a likely answer: only 20 entries count as common, so favor recognizable choices such as lucky or rocky when the clues permit.

The full 108-word count combines entries accepted by at least one of Collins, NWL2023, or ENABLE; the lists do not have identical coverage. Check your game's word list before relying on an obscure match. For scoring, jerky is listed at 19 points and wacky at 17, giving you two concrete options beyond the familiar starters.