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5-letter words ending in NK
There are 42 5-letter words ending in NK in the standard word-game list. The most common are think, thank, drink, frank, drunk, trunk. Every five-letter word here is a valid Wordle guess, and the commonest ones are the likeliest answers.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| think | an instance of deliberate thinking | 12 |
| thank | express gratitude or show appreciation to | 12 |
| drink | a single serving of a beverage | 10 |
| frank | a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century | 12 |
| drunk | stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol) | 10 |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful… | 9 |
| drank | Dextromethorphan. | 10 |
| stink | a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant | 9 |
| blank | (of a surface) not written or printed on | 11 |
| prank | acting like a clown or buffoon | 11 |
| blink | a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly | 11 |
| crank | (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail | 11 |
| flank | the side of military or naval formation | 12 |
| brink | a region marking a boundary | 11 |
| chunk | a compact mass | 14 |
| skunk | a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible | 13 |
| clink | a short light metallic sound | 11 |
| spank | a slap with the flat of the hand | 11 |
| plank | a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes | 11 |
| clank | a loud resonant repeating noise | 11 |
| thunk | a dull hollow sound | 12 |
| spunk | material for starting a fire | 11 |
| shank | a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg | 12 |
| chink | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent | 14 |
| stank | A smell of genitals or sex | 9 |
| flunk | failure to reach a minimum required performance | 12 |
| slink | walk stealthily | 9 |
| clunk | a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) | 11 |
| swank | imposingly fashionable and elegant | 12 |
| plonk | a cheap wine of inferior quality | 11 |
| brank | A metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a scold and restrain the tongue. | 11 |
| clonk | The abrupt sound of two hard objects coming into contact. | 11 |
| plink | A short, high-pitched metallic or percussive sound. | 11 |
| plunk | a hollow twanging sound | 11 |
| prink | dress very carefully and in a finicky manner | 11 |
| reink | To ink again. | 9 |
| skink | alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on… | 13 |
| slunk | An animal, especially a calf, born prematurely or abortively. | 9 |
| swink | Toil, work, drudgery | 12 |
| trank | An oblong piece of skin from which the pieces for a glove are cut. | 9 |