5-Letter Words Ending With ANK
There are 21 five-letter words ending with ANK, including 12 common puzzle answers. A handy list for Wordle and other five-letter word games.
Popular 5-Letter Puzzle Words Ending With ANK
Common puzzle answers are everyday words of the kind word puzzles choose as solutions, most common first. Plurals and rare words are valid guesses but rarely answers, so they're listed separately below.
- THANK To express gratitude or appreciation to someone
- FRANK Characterized by directness in manner or speech; honest and open
- BLANK Empty or not filled in
- DRANK Past tense of drink; consumed a liquid
- PRANK A playful trick or mischievous act done for amusement
- FLANK The side of something or somebody
- CRANK A handle that is turned to operate a machine or mechanism
- PLANK A long, flat piece of lumber
- SHANK The part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
- STANK Smelled badly and offensively
- CLANK A loud resonant repeating noise
- SWANK Imposingly fashionable and elegant
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common first letter: S (29%), T (14%), C (14%)
- Most common additional vowel: U, in 5% of these words
- Letters that most often appear alongside: R, S, L, T, H
- Most have 1 vowel (90%)
- 5% contain a repeated letter
- 12 of the 21 are common puzzle answers (57%)
Other Valid Words
9 additional dictionary words end with ANK — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- SPANK
- SKANK
- TRANK
- SLANK
- CHANK
- BRANK
- QUANK
- TWANK
- EBANK
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Generated from the TurnWord word database, the dictionary behind the Word Solver and Word Bot. Common puzzle answers are our curated answer list, the everyday words word puzzles tend to use as answers — not the official answer list of any game; every other word is a valid guess. Counts and statistics are computed from this list. Word database updated September 19, 2026.