Flunky
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A male servant or attendant who carries out menial or deferential tasks for another person.
“The politician arrived flanked by a flunky carrying his papers and phone.”
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Wordle
Contains the UNK cluster and ends in Y, no repeated letters make this a reliable six-letter guess
Scrabble
Worth 16 points with K and Y, one of the stronger six-letter scorers using common consonants
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