Pattern size
5 words fit both edges
2 tiles remain unsettled. LARK fills them with A and R, so it is a useful word to compare with the exact letters your board has kept or rejected.
5 real matches in Wurdella
4-Letter Words Starting With L and Ending In K
L at the front and K at the end leave 5 complete answers, running alphabetically from LARK to LUCK. Only the 2 interior tiles can change from one result to the next.
Repeated letters
1 answer repeats a letter
LOOK uses one letter more than once. For a guess with no duplicated tile, compare it with LARK, LICK, and LOCK.
Reading order
LARK to LUCK: the whole shortlist
LARK, LICK, LOCK, LOOK, and LUCK make up the entire result set, so there is no hidden second page of answers.
All 5 matches from LARK to LUCK
5 choices are few enough to verify one by one. Compare LARK, LOCK and LUCK with the same care, then cross out anything that contradicts the board.
- LARK
- LICK
- LOCK
- LOOK
- LUCK
What separates these 5 candidates
C, O, and A appear across the open parts of the list more often than the other movable letters. LARK exposes 2 distinct letters outside the fixed clue: A and R.
Leaders in open positions
- second: O in 2 words
- third: C in 3 words
Movable letters seen most often
- C appears outside the fixed clue in 3 candidates
- O appears outside the fixed clue in 2 candidates
- A appears outside the fixed clue in 1 candidate
- I appears outside the fixed clue in 1 candidate
- R appears outside the fixed clue in 1 candidate
Vowel count across the matches
4 of the 5 matches use 1 vowel. LARK is one concrete example of that shape.
1 vowel: 42 vowels: 1
L and K lock the outside
Compare the inside of LARK
Ignore the already-proven L and K while measuring new information. The middle of LARK contributes A and R. Compare those interior letters with the same positions in the other answers; one yellow or gray clue there can settle a 5-word shortlist quickly.
LARK fits both edges, but that only settles two squares. Its interior A and R must still match the exact positions and letter quantities shown in your round.
Browse solving strategies →Meanings found in this 5-word result set
Every match on this page has a glossary note. The entries for LARK, LICK, and LOCK show the exact sense Wurdella uses, which is worth checking before an unfamiliar spelling costs a turn.
- LARK
- A small songbird often found in open countryside.
- LICK
- To pass the tongue over something.
- LOCK
- A device used to secure something so it can be opened only with a key or other method.
- LOOK
- To direct your eyes toward something.
- LUCK
- Success or failure caused by chance rather than planning.
Keep L and K at the edges, then revise the middle
From 4-Letter Words Starting With L and Ending In K, the nearest alternative is 4-Letter Words Starting With B and Ending In K, currently with 6 matches. Use the links below only when new board feedback changes the constraint you actually know.
6 matches
4-Letter Words Starting With B and Ending In K
Open list →6 matches
4-Letter Words Starting With D and Ending In K
Open list →6 matches
4-Letter Words Starting With P and Ending In K
Open list →5 matches
4-Letter Words Starting With L and Ending In E
Open list →12 matches
4-Letter Words Starting With C and Ending In E
Open list →9 matches
4-Letter Words Starting With H and Ending In E
Open list →Inspect the middle of LARK
Anchor L first and K last, then read only the interior of LARK. If A and R conflict with a fixed, yellow or excluded tile, cross it out and move to the next candidate.