5-Letter Words Ending With K — Wordle & Scrabble
Browse every 5-letter word ending with K. From BLACK to QUICK, filter by the letters you know for Wordle, or sort by Scrabble score — K is worth five points.
182 5-letter words · filter for Wordle & Scrabble · Scrabble scores
24 popular 5-letter words — filter above to search all 182.
Highest-scoring 5-letter words ending with K
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends |
|---|---|---|
| QUACK | 20 | 22 |
| QUICK | 20 | 22 |
| KYACK | 18 | 18 |
| MUJIK | 18 | 22 |
| QUARK | 18 | 19 |
| QUIRK | 18 | 19 |
| WHACK | 17 | 17 |
| CHECK | 16 | 17 |
Why are 5-letter words ending in K worth knowing?
Far fewer words end in K than in E, T or Y — which is exactly what makes it useful. A 5-letter word ending with K is a sharp Wordle clue because it narrows the field fast, and in Scrabble that final K is worth five points, so these words carry real value.
Narrow the K list in three moves
Green in the last slot
Every result ends in K. If Wordle gave you a green K at the end, add the rest in Pattern — for example
st__k— to fix the word.Feed in clues
Put yellow letters in Contains and ruled-out letters in Exclude. The finder keeps only five-letter K words that respect every clue.
Score the play
K is worth five points before you add a tile. Sort by score to find the K-ending words that turn that into your highest play.
K words for Wordle and Scrabble
Scarcity is the whole point of a K ending. Because so few words qualify, fixing that last letter does more work than almost any other clue.
The Wordle angle. A green K in the final slot cuts the answer list to a fraction of its usual size. Most candidates live in four clusters — CK, NK, SK and LK — so BLACK, DRINK, WHISK and CHALK are natural guesses. This list is already scoped to K endings; add each clue to Pattern, Contains and Exclude to finish the job.
The Scrabble angle. Five points from the last tile means a K-ending word starts well ahead. Pair it with another scarce letter — QUACK, KNACK, QUIRK — and the score climbs fast. Hand a full rack to the Scrabble word finder when you want the very best placement.
Keep exploring. Compare other endings below, or open the full 5-letter words hub to filter by any clue at once.
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From a rack, not a list?
This page lists every five-letter word ending in K. If you have a fixed set of tiles instead, drop them into the anagram solver or the word unscrambler and filter to length five to see only the K-ending words you can build.
Where do these words come from?
“An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once.”
— “Anagram,” Wikipedia
That rearranging is exactly what these tools do, and every result is checked against a public-domain word list, documented in full on our methodology page. Official tournament play uses different dictionaries, so always confirm against the one your game follows.
- Our word list. The public-domain ENABLE lexicon, merged for the word unscrambler with dwyl/english-words, released under the Unlicense.
- North America. The official authority is the NASPA Word List (NWL2023), maintained by NASPA and effective February 2024, with 196,601 words.
- Rest of the world. Tournament play uses Collins Scrabble Words (CSW24), published by Collins under WESPA, with 280,887 words.
5-letter words ending with K, answered.
How many 5-letter words end with K?
Fewer than 200 in this public-domain word list — the scarcest ending among the common ones. Most cluster in the CK, NK, SK and LK groups, as in BLACK, DRINK, WHISK and CHALK, which makes a final K a very sharp Wordle clue.
What is a good Wordle guess ending in K?
Because so few words end in K, a green K in the last slot narrows the answer quickly. STOCK, BREAK, QUICK and DRANK are common candidates — filter this page with the pattern ____k and add any other clue to shrink the list further.
Which 5-letter words ending in K score well in Scrabble?
K is worth five points, so every K-ending word starts with a solid base. QUACK, KNACK, SKUNK and QUIRK push higher by adding another scarce letter. Each word here shows its Scrabble score so you can sort for the biggest play.
What are the common endings before the K?
Four clusters cover most of them: CK (BLACK, STICK), NK (DRINK, BLANK), SK (WHISK, BRISK) and LK (CHALK, STALK). Learning those four patterns makes K-ending words much easier to guess.
How do I find K-ending words with certain letters?
This page is already limited to words that end in K. Put your green letters in Pattern such as st__k, yellow letters in Contains and greys in Exclude, and the finder keeps only five-letter K words that still fit.