Are you about to solve today’s Wordle? You have discovered that the last four letters are “INKY”, but you cannot find the first letter. The word sounds familiar, but in this case you just can’t remember the first letter. Not that Wordle says an obscure word to you, but nothing comes to mind. With a word list that only contains words ending with those letters, you can narrow down the possibilities and find the word.
If the answer continues to elude you, there are tactics you can use to narrow down the possibilities. This allows you to solve the puzzle while maintaining a certain level of challenge.
What five-letter words end with INKY?
There are nine five-letter words that end with “INKY”, which are:
- lollipop
- Mono
- Hinky
- Curly
- Linky
- little finger
- hollow
- Wink
- Zinc
There are more words than guesses, which means you need to use some tricks to narrow down the possibilities.
- Use words that include the first letter of each word in the list. Words like “Links” will test the words “Kinky”, “Linky”, and “Sinky”. If any of the letters come back as correct (or correct but in the wrong place), that’s a big clue that this is the letter you want. On the other hand, if these letters are all wrong, then no word can be correct.
- Look at the words you’ve already tried and get clues that way. While there are nine different first letters to check out, chances are you’ve tried a few already. See which letters are not correct and remove that word. Since all letters must be correct, even one wrong letter will disqualify that word.
- If you’re out of attempts, try to think of words that would be used often in a sentence. Although it’s not a very common word, some are more common than others. This is probably the answer you are looking for.
It’s not the easiest word list to solve, but you can get today’s Wordle and continue your daily streak.