5-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and K as the 4th letter

The pattern is _L_K_: ALIKE, BLOKE, FLAKE, FLUKE, and eight other words fit. F is the most common opening letter, appearing in five matches, while eight words end in E. Only four entries rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words, so expect a mix of familiar plays and specialist vocabulary.

Pattern facts at a glance

• Twelve tournament-dictionary words match the pattern _L_K_.
• Collins lists all 12 matches; NWL2023 lists nine, and ENABLE lists seven.
• Five matches appear in the Wordle answer list, and all five are in tournament dictionaries.
• FLAKY and FLUKY tie for the top Scrabble score at 15 points.
• Eight words end in E; the other four end in S or Y.

Which matches are worth trying first?

Start with familiar options such as ALIKE, BLOKE, FLAKE, and FLUKE. FLAKE and FLUKE each score 12 Scrabble points, while BLOKE scores 11. These give you recognizable guesses before you reach for less familiar entries.

For points, FLAKY and FLUKY lead at 15 each; KLIKS follows at 13. FLAKS, FLAKE, and FLUKE each score 12. The average score across the group is 11.8, so the two top words sit well above the pack.

The starting-letter split is unusually lopsided: five words begin with F, and each of A, B, C, G, K, S, and Y starts one. That makes an F opener a strong pattern-based candidate, but it does not identify a Wordle answer by itself.

5-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and K as the 4th letter

The dictionary choice changes which plays are accepted: Collins covers the full group, while NWL2023 and ENABLE include smaller subsets. Check your game's word list before committing to an unfamiliar form such as CLOKE, GLIKE, or YLIKE.

This pattern is much narrower than nearby alternatives. With A in the second position and K fourth, the matching list has 111 words; keeping L second leaves just 12. If your known letters do not fit _L_K_, the five-letter hub or Finder is a better next stop than testing obscure entries.