5 Letter Words With K
Here are all 584 5 letter words with K, from a standard word-game dictionary, with everyday words first. 155 of them are common words; the rest are rarer but still valid in most word games. Use the Wordle helper to add the letters you know.
Most of these words start with K, S, B. Good picks with five different letters include think, thank, black, makes.
- Words found
- 584
- Most used
- think
- Most common first letter
- K
Wordle helper: 5 letter words with K
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Common 5 letter words with K
| # | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | think | judge or regard; look upon; judge |
| 2 | thank | express gratitude or show appreciation to |
| 3 | black | being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness |
| 4 | makes | engage in |
| 5 | known | apprehended with certainty |
| 6 | looks | perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards |
| 7 | taken | understood in a certain way; made sense of |
| 8 | check | examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition |
| 9 | asked | inquire about |
| 10 | works | buildings for carrying on industrial labor |
| 11 | weeks | any period of seven consecutive days |
| 12 | break | terminate |
| 13 | takes | carry out |
| 14 | books | a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together) |
| 15 | knows | be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about |
| 16 | speak | express in speech |
| 17 | track | a line or route along which something travels or moves |
| 18 | quick | accomplished rapidly and without delay |
| 19 | stock | the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest... |
| 20 | drink | take in liquids |
| 21 | block | a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides) |
| 22 | broke | lacking funds |
| 23 | click | move or strike with a noise |
| 24 | lucky | occurring by chance |
| 25 | liked | prefer or wish to do something |
| 26 | stick | an implement consisting of a length of wood |
| 27 | frank | characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion |
| 28 | likes | prefer or wish to do something |
| 29 | links | a golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore |
| 30 | banks | English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820) |
| 31 | stuck | put, fix, force, or implant |
| 32 | keeps | keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., |
| 33 | smoke | a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas |
| 34 | truck | an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling |
| 35 | spoke | support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim |
| 36 | talks | a discussion intended to produce an agreement |
| 37 | folks | your parents |
| 38 | kinds | a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality |
| 39 | greek | of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language |
| 40 | marks | English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964) |
5 letter words with k, by first letter
A (14)
- asked
- awake
- alike
- ankle
- awoke
- aback
- alkyl
- askew
- asker
- amuck
- akela
- alack
- alkyd
- ackee
B (44)
- black
- break
- books
- block
- broke
- banks
- brick
- baker
- bucks
- blank
- backs
- brake
- baked
- bikes
- burke
- brook
- blink
- brock
- bloke
- brink
- bleak
- biker
- bulky
- brisk
- barks
- beaks
- bakes
- bunks
- batik
- becks
- biked
- birks
- bucko
- baulk
- balks
- bulks
- basks
- beaky
- bunko
- babka
4 more in the helper above.
C (41)
- check
- click
- clock
- crack
- creek
- chuck
- chick
- clerk
- cheek
- cakes
- choke
- chalk
- cooks
- chunk
- crank
- cloak
- crook
- cocky
- crock
- chock
- crick
- casks
- caked
- clank
- clink
- clack
- corky
- corks
- creak
- cokes
- croak
- cluck
- coked
- caulk
- clunk
- chook
- cakey
- crake
- cooky
- chirk
1 more in the helper above.
D (23)
- drink
- drake
- drank
- ducks
- decks
- docks
- desks
- disks
- dukes
- dykes
- dusky
- dunks
- dicky
- dorky
- ducky
- dinky
- dorks
- dikes
- dirks
- dinks
- darks
- dreck
- dumka
E (5)
- evoke
- eking
- eikon
- esker
- enoki
F (26)
- frank
- folks
- freak
- fucks
- flock
- flank
- flick
- funky
- forks
- faked
- fakes
- flake
- flask
- fluke
- flack
- frisk
- frock
- flaky
- faker
- fleck
- fakir
- flunk
- finks
- folky
- fluky
- funks
G (6)
- greek
- geeks
- geeky
- gecko
- gawky
- gooks
H (22)
- hawks
- hooks
- hicks
- hacks
- hikes
- husky
- hanks
- haiku
- hiked
- hakim
- hiker
- hunky
- hokey
- husks
- hunks
- hanky
- hulks
- hooky
- honks
- hocks
- harks
- hokum
I (4)
- inked
- irked
- inker
- iroko
J (16)
- jokes
- joker
- jacks
- jerks
- joked
- jerky
- jacky
- jocks
- jakes
- jokey
- jinks
- junky
- jukes
- junks
- jocko
- juked
K (109)
- known
- knows
- keeps
- kinds
- kelly
- kings
- knife
- knock
- kills
- knees
- kicks
- kitty
- karma
- kerry
- knots
- kappa
- kudos
- kraft
- kyrie
- knack
- kilos
- kayak
- kneel
- kiddo
- kinks
- khaki
- koala
- kebab
- knobs
- kanji
- kiosk
- kites
- knoll
- keyed
- kiwis
- knelt
- kilns
- karat
- krill
- karts
69 more in the helper above.
L (21)
- looks
- lucky
- liked
- likes
- links
- lakes
- locks
- lacks
- leaks
- licks
- lakhs
- leaky
- laker
- lurks
- lanky
- leeks
- liken
- linky
- larks
- lucks
- liker
M (21)
- makes
- marks
- maker
- masks
- monks
- milky
- murky
- mocks
- mikes
- milks
- musky
- mucky
- minke
- minks
- makar
- miked
- mucks
- macks
- makos
- merks
- musks
N (5)
- necks
- nukes
- nicks
- nooks
- nuked
O (5)
- oaken
- okapi
- ocker
- okays
- oakum
P (39)
- parks
- picks
- poker
- packs
- peaks
- prank
- perks
- plank
- pinky
- picky
- poked
- polka
- pluck
- pesky
- punks
- perky
- pokes
- pinks
- parka
- puked
- pikes
- porky
- peeks
- pokey
- pucks
- peaky
- punky
- pekin
- pecks
- pukes
- plonk
- plunk
- pinko
- pocky
- pukka
- plink
- pekoe
- piker
- pikas
Q (5)
- quick
- quake
- quirk
- quack
- quark
R (15)
- rocks
- risks
- ranks
- rocky
- risky
- racks
- raked
- reeks
- rakes
- ricks
- rinks
- rooks
- rucks
- raker
- rusks
S (99)
- speak
- stock
- stick
- stuck
- smoke
- spoke
- shock
- skill
- shake
- snake
- stake
- seeks
- shark
- skull
- shook
- stack
- socks
- stark
- sneak
- spark
- steak
- skirt
- spike
- skies
- snack
- skins
- skate
- stoke
- slack
- slick
- smack
- sacks
- sinks
- stalk
- stink
- shaky
- shack
- sleek
- smoky
- sykes
59 more in the helper above.
T (35)
- think
- thank
- taken
- takes
- track
- truck
- talks
- trick
- thick
- tanks
- tasks
- trunk
- token
- turks
- ticks
- tweak
- taker
- takin
- tacky
- tusks
- tacks
- tucks
- thunk
- treks
- trike
- tilak
- taluk
- tanka
- talky
- tykes
- tokay
- tikes
- trank
- tokes
- toker
V (2)
- vodka
- vakil
W (20)
- works
- weeks
- walks
- wreck
- wakes
- whack
- woken
- wacky
- whisk
- wreak
- wonky
- wicks
- winks
- wacko
- waken
- wrack
- waker
- waked
- wonks
- whelk
Y (7)
- yikes
- yanks
- yolks
- yucky
- yoked
- yokes
- yokel
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Questions people ask
How many 5 letter words with K are there?
This list has 584, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words seen in real English text.
What are common 5 letter words with K?
think, thank, black, makes, known, looks, taken, check.
Which 5 letter words with K are good Wordle guesses?
think, thank, black, makes, taken, asked use five different letters, so each guess tests more of the alphabet.
Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.