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5 Letter Words With K

584 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

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

    #WordMeaning
    1thinkjudge or regard; look upon; judge
    2thankexpress gratitude or show appreciation to
    3blackbeing of the achromatic color of maximum darkness
    4makesengage in
    5knownapprehended with certainty
    6looksperceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
    7takenunderstood in a certain way; made sense of
    8checkexamine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
    9askedinquire about
    10worksbuildings for carrying on industrial labor
    11weeksany period of seven consecutive days
    12breakterminate
    13takescarry out
    14booksa written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
    15knowsbe cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
    16speakexpress in speech
    17tracka line or route along which something travels or moves
    18quickaccomplished rapidly and without delay
    19stockthe capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest...
    20drinktake in liquids
    21blocka solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
    22brokelacking funds
    23clickmove or strike with a noise
    24luckyoccurring by chance
    25likedprefer or wish to do something
    26stickan implement consisting of a length of wood
    27frankcharacterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
    28likesprefer or wish to do something
    29linksa golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore
    30banksEnglish botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)
    31stuckput, fix, force, or implant
    32keepskeep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,
    33smokea cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
    34truckan automotive vehicle suitable for hauling
    35spokesupport consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
    36talksa discussion intended to produce an agreement
    37folksyour parents
    38kindsa category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
    39greekof or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language
    40marksEnglish 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.

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