5-Letter Words Containing K

634 five-letter words containing the letter K, including 351 common words such as ABACK, DIKES, KINKY, PIKED. Common words come first because they are the likeliest Wordle answers.

Common words (351)

  • aback
  • alike
  • ankle
  • asked
  • askew
  • awake
  • awoke
  • backs
  • baked
  • baker
  • bakes
  • balks
  • banks
  • barks
  • basks
  • beaks
  • biked
  • bikes
  • black
  • blank
  • bleak
  • blink
  • block
  • books
  • brake
  • break
  • brick
  • brink
  • brisk
  • broke
  • brook
  • bucks
  • bulks
  • bulky
  • bunks
  • caked
  • cakes
  • calks
  • casks
  • caulk
  • chalk
  • check
  • cheek
  • chick
  • choke
  • chuck
  • chunk
  • clack
  • clank
  • clerk
  • click
  • clink
  • cloak
  • clock
  • cluck
  • cocky
  • coked
  • cokes
  • cooks
  • corks
  • crack
  • crank
  • creak
  • creek
  • croak
  • crock
  • crook
  • decks
  • desks
  • diked
  • dikes
  • disks
  • docks
  • drank
  • drink
  • drunk
  • ducks
  • dukes
  • dunks
  • dusky
  • eking
  • evoke
  • faked
  • fakes
  • flake
  • flaky
  • flank
  • flask
  • fleck
  • flick
  • flock
  • fluke
  • flunk
  • folks
  • forks
  • frank
  • freak
  • frisk
  • frock
  • gawks
  • gawky
  • hacks
  • harks
  • hawks
  • hicks
  • hiked
  • hiker
  • hikes
  • hocks
  • honks
  • hooks
  • hulks
  • hunks
  • husks
  • husky
  • inked
  • irked
  • jacks
  • jerks
  • jerky
  • joked
  • joker
  • jokes
  • junks
  • karat
  • kayak
  • keels
  • keens
  • keeps
  • keyed
  • khaki
  • kicks
  • kills
  • kilns
  • kilos
  • kilts
  • kinda
  • kinds
  • kings
  • kinks
  • kinky
  • kiosk
  • kited
  • kites
  • kitty
  • kiwis
  • knack
  • knead
  • kneed
  • kneel
  • knees
  • knelt
  • knife
  • knits
  • knobs
  • knock
  • knoll
  • knots
  • known
  • knows
  • koala
  • kudos
  • lacks
  • lakes
  • lanky
  • larks
  • leaks
  • leaky
  • leeks
  • licks
  • liked
  • liken
  • liker
  • likes
  • links
  • locks
  • looks
  • lucks
  • lucky
  • lurks
  • maker
  • makes
  • marks
  • masks
  • miked
  • mikes
  • milks
  • milky
  • minks
  • mocks
  • monks
  • mucks
  • murky
  • naked
  • necks
  • nicks
  • nooks
  • okays
  • okras
  • packs
  • parka
  • parks
  • peaks
  • pecks
  • peeks
  • perks
  • perky
  • pesky
  • picks
  • picky
  • piked
  • pikes
  • pinks
  • plank
  • pluck
  • poked
  • poker
  • pokes
  • pokey
  • polka
  • prank
  • pucks
  • puked
  • pukes
  • punks
  • quack
  • quake
  • quark
  • quick
  • quirk
  • racks
  • raked
  • rakes
  • ranks
  • reeks
  • rinks
  • risks
  • risky
  • rocks
  • rocky
  • rooks
  • sacks
  • seeks
  • shack
  • shake
  • shaky
  • shark
  • shirk
  • shock
  • shook
  • shuck
  • sicks
  • silks
  • sinks
  • skate
  • skein
  • skews
  • skids
  • skied
  • skies
  • skill
  • skimp
  • skims
  • skins
  • skips
  • skirt
  • skits
  • skulk
  • skull
  • skunk
  • slack
  • slake
  • sleek
  • slick
  • slink
  • slunk
  • smack
  • smirk
  • smock
  • smoke
  • smoky
  • snack
  • snake
  • sneak
  • soaks
  • socks
  • spank
  • spark
  • speak
  • speck
  • spike
  • spoke
  • spook
  • spunk
  • stack
  • stake
  • stalk
  • stank
  • stark
  • steak
  • stick
  • stink
  • stock
  • stoke
  • stork
  • stuck
  • stunk
  • sucks
  • sulks
  • sulky
  • tacks
  • tacky
  • taken
  • taker
  • takes
  • talks
  • tanks
  • tasks
  • teaks
  • thank
  • thick
  • think
  • ticks
  • token
  • track
  • treks
  • trick
  • truck
  • trunk
  • tucks
  • tusks
  • tweak
  • vodka
  • waked
  • waken
  • wakes
  • walks
  • weeks
  • whack
  • whisk
  • wicks
  • winks
  • woken
  • works
  • wreak
  • wreck
  • yanks
  • yoked
  • yokel
  • yokes
  • yolks

Less common and rare words (283)

  • akees
  • akene
  • alack
  • alkyd
  • alkyl
  • ankhs
  • ankus
  • apeak
  • araks
  • asker
  • balky
  • batik
  • baulk
  • becks
  • berks
  • biker
  • bilks
  • bloke
  • bonks
  • borak
  • bosky
  • brock
  • bucko
  • burka
  • burke
  • busks
  • carks
  • chirk
  • chock
  • chook
  • cleek
  • clonk
  • clunk
  • conks
  • corky
  • crake
  • crick
  • cronk
  • cruck
  • cukes
  • cusks
  • dekko
  • dinky
  • dirks
  • dorks
  • dorky
  • drake
  • ducky
  • eikon
  • esker
  • faker
  • fakir
  • finks
  • flack
  • fluky
  • frack
  • funks
  • funky
  • gecko
  • geeks
  • geeky
  • gopak
  • gucks
  • gunky
  • hacek
  • haiku
  • hakes
  • hakim
  • hanks
  • hanky
  • hoick
  • hoked
  • hokes
  • hokey
  • hokku
  • hokum
  • hooky
  • hulky
  • hunky
  • inkle
  • jakes
  • jinks
  • jocko
  • jocks
  • jokey
  • kaiak
  • kails
  • kakis
  • kalif
  • kalis
  • kalpa
  • kanji
  • kanzu
  • kaons
  • kaphs
  • kapok
  • kappa
  • kaput
  • karma
  • karst
  • karts
  • kasha
  • kauri
  • kavas
  • kayos
  • kazoo
  • kebab
  • kedge
  • kelly
  • kenaf
  • kendo
  • kente
  • kepis
  • kerbs
  • kerne
  • ketch
  • kevel
  • khans
  • kheda
  • khoum
  • kiang
  • kibes
  • kicky
  • kiddo
  • kinas
  • kines
  • kinin
  • kinos
  • klong
  • kloof
  • klutz
  • knaps
  • knave
  • knell
  • knish
  • knout
  • knurl
  • kobos
  • kohls
  • koine
  • kolas
  • kooks
  • kooky
  • kopje
  • korma
  • koses
  • kotos
  • kraal
  • kraft
  • krait
  • krill
  • krona
  • krone
  • kroon
  • kudus
  • kudzu
  • kukri
  • kulak
  • kurus
  • kvass
  • kyats
  • kyles
  • kylix
  • laker
  • lakhs
  • latke
  • makos
  • manky
  • marka
  • micks
  • mikva
  • minke
  • mokes
  • mucky
  • mujik
  • murks
  • musky
  • muzak
  • naker
  • nakfa
  • narky
  • nocks
  • nooky
  • nuked
  • nukes
  • oaken
  • oakum
  • ocker
  • oinks
  • okapi
  • parky
  • peaky
  • pekan
  • pekes
  • pekoe
  • pikas
  • piker
  • pinko
  • plonk
  • plunk
  • pocks
  • pocky
  • pooka
  • porky
  • prink
  • pucka
  • pukka
  • quaky
  • raker
  • reeky
  • ricks
  • rooky
  • rucks
  • rusks
  • saker
  • sakes
  • sakis
  • sarky
  • shako
  • shank
  • sicko
  • sikas
  • silky
  • skald
  • skean
  • skeet
  • skegs
  • skelp
  • skeps
  • skier
  • skiff
  • skink
  • skint
  • skirl
  • skirr
  • skite
  • skive
  • skoal
  • skosh
  • skuas
  • smoko
  • snaky
  • sneck
  • snick
  • snook
  • souks
  • spake
  • spiky
  • stirk
  • stook
  • swank
  • swink
  • takas
  • takin
  • talky
  • taluk
  • tanka
  • tokay
  • toked
  • tokes
  • torsk
  • trike
  • twerk
  • twink
  • tykes
  • ukase
  • umiak
  • wacke
  • wacko
  • wacks
  • wacky
  • wekas
  • whelk
  • wikis
  • wonks
  • wonky
  • wrack
  • yakka
  • yapok
  • yikes
  • yonks
  • yucky
  • yukky

How to use it

  1. Start with the common words.
  2. Cross out words with letters you've already ruled out.
  3. For green and yellow clues together, use the Wordle solver.

Tips

  • In common 5-letter words with K, the most frequent letter at each position is S · A · K · K · S.
  • Good guesses to test more letters: SNAKE, SNEAK, SLAKE, SNACK.

Questions

How many 5-letter words containing the letter K are there?

634 in this list, 351 of them common.

Which one is today's Wordle answer?

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