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

Only 10 tournament-dictionary words fit the pattern _ _ _ S K, so the final two letters narrow the search sharply. BRISK, FLASK, and WHISK are familiar examples; the rest include less common entries such as TORSK and GLISK. Collins includes all 10, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 7.

At a glance: the final SK pattern

• All 10 matches have S in position four and K in position five.
• Three of the 10 entries fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• Collins lists 10 matches; ENABLE and NWL2023 list 7 apiece.
• Five words appear in the Wordle answer list, and all 10 are allowed guesses.
• WHISK leads the recorded scores at 15 points; KIOSK follows at 13.

5-letter words with S fourth and K fifth

Five matches are Wordle answers, but the answer list does not say which five, so treat that as an overlap count rather than a shortlist. All 10 matches are allowed guesses. When S and K are confirmed in the last two slots, use the first three letters to test possibilities such as BRISK, FLASK, WHISK, or KIOSK.

The first letter varies: F begins three matches, B begins two, and A, G, K, T, and W begin one each. That makes the opening letters a quick filter, but it does not make every entry equally familiar. Only three qualify as common by the frequency cutoff, so an unfamiliar candidate is not automatically a mistake.

Dictionary coverage is uneven: Collins has all 10, while ENABLE and NWL2023 accept 7 each. The remaining entries may fail in games using those shorter lists; check your game's word list before relying on a Collins-only possibility.

Which S-K word scores highest?

WHISK tops the recorded scores at 15, ahead of KIOSK at 13. FLASK, FRISK, and FLISK each score 12, while BRISK, BRUSK, and ABASK score 11. The familiar word is not always the strongest play: WHISK gains the lead from its high-value W.

For 5-letter words with S fourth and K fifth, the main surprise is how sparse the set is beside nearby endings. Keeping S fourth and changing the final letter to E gives 151 matches; changing it to T gives 111. The K ending has just 10, so checking the exact final tile matters more than guessing from a broad SK pattern.