5 Letter Words Ending in K
Need five-letter words that end in K? There are 247 valid 5 letter words ending in K, and 82 of them are common everyday words. The most used is think. Use the finder for your Wordle clues, or browse the lists below. To search all words at once, use the 5 letter word finder.
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5 letter words ending in K at a glance
- Valid words
- 247
- Common words
- 82
- Most common
- think
- Top Scrabble score (common)
- quick 20 pts
- Top Scrabble score (all)
- quick 20 pts
- Best Wordle guess in this set
- slack
- The 1st letter is S in 32% of common words.
- The 2nd letter is R in 24% of common words.
- The 3rd letter is A in 33% of common words.
- The 4th letter is C in 41% of common words.
Common 5 letter words ending in K (82)
The words with 5 letters ending in K you're most likely to know, most used first.
- think12
- thank12
- black13
- check16
- break11
- speak11
- track11
- quick20
- stock11
- drink10
- block13
- click13
- stick11
- frank12
- stuck11
- truck11
- drunk10
- trick11
- shock14
- thick14
- clock13
- crack13
- creek11
- knock15
- brick13
- chuck16
- blank11
- shark12
- chick16
- freak12
- shook12
- stack11
- trunk9
- stark9
- clerk11
- sneak9
- spark11
- steak9
- cheek14
- wreck14
- snack11
- brook11
- blink11
- slack11
- slick11
- prank11
- chalk14
- flock14
- chunk14
- flank12
- smack13
- flick14
- malik11
- crank11
- cloak11
- brink11
- plank11
- stalk9
- stink9
- bleak11
- shack14
- whack17
- crook11
- sleek9
- tweak12
- knack15
- kayak16
- brisk11
- flask12
- pluck13
- quirk18
- whisk15
- sheik12
- skunk13
- spank11
- shank12
- quack20
- quark18
- smirk11
- crock13
- speck13
- kiosk13
How to find a five-letter word that ends in a K
Looking for 5 letter words that end with K to solve a Wordle? The finder above already has K in the last green box; add your other clues.
A real example from our word list: the answer is FREAK, and all you know is that it ends in K, which leaves 82 common words. Open with SLACK, the guess that splits this set most evenly.
Guess 1: SLACK K is green and A is yellow, and the rest are grey. That leaves 4 possible answers: break, freak, tweak and kayak.
Guess 2: BREAK R, E, A and K are green, and the rest are grey. That leaves 1 possible answer.
Guess 3: FREAK All five letters are green. Solved in 3.
What comes before the final K?
The most common endings are -CK (41%), -NK (22%) and -AK (11%). If you know the last letter is K, these pairs are the best place to start for the fourth letter.
| Ends in | Number of common words | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| -CK | 34 | black, check, track, quick |
| -NK | 18 | think, thank, drink, frank |
| -AK | 9 | break, speak, freak, sneak |
| -RK | 7 | shark, stark, clerk, spark |
| -SK | 4 | brisk, flask, whisk, kiosk |
| -EK | 3 | creek, cheek, sleek |
What the most common ones mean
- think
- verbjudge or regard
- thank
- verbexpress gratitude or show appreciation to
- black
- adjectivebeing of the achromatic color of maximum darkness
- check
- verbexamine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
- break
- verbterminate
- speak
- verbexpress in speech
- track
- nouna line or route along which something travels or moves
- quick
- adjectiveaccomplished rapidly and without delay
- stock
- nounthe capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
- drink
- verbtake in liquids
- block
- nouna solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- click
- verbmove or strike with a noise
- stick
- nounan implement consisting of a length of wood
- frank
- adjectivecharacterized by directness in manner or speech
- stuck
- adjectivecaught or fixed
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
About 5 letter words ending in K
-CK is the most common ending for 5 letter words that end in K: black, check, stick, truck, clock. -NK (drink, thank, blank) and -RK (shark, spark) follow. If K is green last, testing C and N in the fourth spot covers most of the list.
K ranks 13 out of 26 as a last letter for 5 letter words.
Common endings with K
-CK is the largest family of K-ending words: chick, crack, flock, knock, quick, shock, stack, stock, track and trick. -NK words include blink, drunk, frank, prank, think and trunk. -AK and -EK words include break, freak, sneak, speak, steak, cheek and creek. -RK words include clerk and stark. If K is green last in Wordle, test C and N in the fourth spot first. For K at the start, where KN words are common, see 5 letter words starting with K.
Vowels in 5 letter words ending in K
A is the most common vowel here, appearing in 45% of the common words, followed by I (26%) and E (18%). The least common is U (15%).
73% have just one vowel, like think, thank, black and check.
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
By main meaning (WordNet), there are 52 nouns, 19 verbs and 11 adjectives.
Nouns include track, stock and block. Verbs include think, thank and check. Adjectives include black, quick and frank.
Best Wordle guesses that end in K
Top guesses, with the average number of the 82 common words each leaves: SLACK (5.0), CRANK (5.3), SHACK (5.5), STACK (5.6) and TRACK (5.6).
22% repeat a letter, and 6 have a double letter, like creek, shook, cheek and brook.
Highest-scoring 5 letter words ending in K in Scrabble
Top common words: quick (20), quack (20) and quirk (18). All valid words: quick (20), quack (20) and quirk (18). 26 words reach 15 points or more.
All 247 valid 5 letter words ending in K165 rarer words accepted in Scrabble and Wordle, not shown above. Plurals are marked.
- greek10
- drank10
- brock13
- ebook11
- snuck11
- aback13
- flack14
- wreak12
- frisk12
- erick11
- frock14
- spook11
- stork9
- chock16
- crick13
- stank9
- clank11
- shirk12
- swank12
- snark9
- clink11
- clack13
- thunk12
- fleck14
- smock13
- batik11
- twerk12
- creak11
- snook9
- chowk17
- frack14
- croak11
- stunk9
- slink9
- shuck14
- brack13
- tilak9
- cluck13
- caulk11
- spink11
- taluk9
- cronk11
- clunk11
- crunk11
- wrack14
- aleck11
- flunk12
- chook14
- plonk11
- skink13
- spork11
- plunk11
- baulk11
- sukuk13
- amuck13
- slunk9
- kulak13
- dreck12
- whelk15
- klick15
- skulk13
- plink11
- chirk14
- terek9
- alack11
- trank9
- kapok15
- boink11
- snick11
- stirk9
- swink12
- melik11
- krunk13
- pronk11
- borak11
- gleek10
- snoek9
- bobak13
- kopek15
- plack13
- treck11
- chark14
- clonk11
- rojak16
- talak9
- slank9
- chank14
- stook9
- cleek11
- tarok9
- steek9
- thack14
- chack16
- umiak11
- cruck13
- stonk9
- drack12
- hoick14
- blook11
- acock13
- brank11
- chawk17
- prink11
- samek11
- kamik15
- theek12
- abask11
- apeak11
- apeek11
- awork12
- banak11
- blunk11
- brusk11
- cleck13
- cleik11
- drook10
- drouk10
- flisk12
- glaik10
- glisk10
- gopak12
- gopik12
- hacek14
- haick14
- ibrik11
- kaiak13
- kyack18
- mujik18
- nebek11
- plook11
- plouk11
- pulik11
- quonk18
- reink9
- saick11
- sculk11
- shmek14
- shtik12
- skrik13
- smaak11
- smaik11
- smeek11
- smeik11
- smerk11
- sneck11
- snowk12
- spelk11
- strak9
- swack14
- thilk12
- topek11
- torsk9
- traik9
- troak9
- trock11
- tronk9
- tupek11
- tupik11
- twank12
- uptak11
- waulk12
- whilk15
- wrick14
- yapok14
- yoick14
Questions people ask
How many 5 letter words ending in K are there?
247 valid words; 82 of them are common everyday words.
What is a five-letter word that ends in a K?
The most common is think. Other everyday examples are thank, black and check.
What is the best Wordle guess that ends in K?
slack, leaving about 5.0 possible answers on average.
Which 5 letter word ending in K scores the most in Scrabble?
Among common words, quick scores 20 points. Among all valid words, quick scores 20.
What 5 letter words start with S and end in K?
S is the most common first letter for these words (26 of the common words). Examples: speak, stock, stick and stuck.
Do more 5 letter words end with K or start with K?
247 valid 5 letter words end with K, compared with 364 that start with it. See 5 letter words starting with K.
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