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Updated June 2026
Positions in a hierarchy or organized rows of people or things.
“She rose through the ranks to become a general.”
Contains consonant clusters NK; useful for testing K placement.
Worth 9 points; good use of K with common letters.
Change a single letter of “ranks” to make these 5-letter words — useful for Wordle and crossword clues.
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