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3-Letter Words Ending in K

There are 43 three-letter words ending in K on Word.ws, from aak to zek. The most common are ask, oak, ink, ark and elk.

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All 43 three-letter words ending in K

A

  • aak7n. A genre of Korean court music.
  • ack9n. The letter A as used in signalling and other types of communications.
  • aik7v. To drive.
  • ark7n. A large box with a flat lid.
  • ask7v. To request (information, or an answer to a question).
  • auk7n. Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae.
  • awk10adj. Awkward; uncomfortable.

B

  • bak9n. A wooden clapper used in Korean courts and rituals.
  • bok9adj. Keen or willing.
  • buk9n. A traditional Korean drum.

C

  • cak9n. A type of string instrument from Indonesia.

D

  • dak8n. A post system by means of transport relays of horses stationed at...
  • dek8n. The subhead of a news story.

E

  • eek7interj. Representing a scream or shriek (especially in comic strips and books).
  • elk7n. Any of the subspecies of the moose (Alces alces, the largest member of...
  • erk7n. A member of the groundcrew in the RAF.

G

  • guk8n. A class of soup-like dishes in Korean cuisine.

H

  • hok10n. A kind of small hut.

I

  • ick9interj. An exclamation of disgust.
  • ilk7adj. Very; same.
  • ink7n. A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.
  • irk7v. To irritate; annoy; bother.

J

  • juk14n. Synonym of congee.

K

  • kak11n. A subdivision of currency, equal to one tenth of a Cambodian riel.

L

  • lek7n. An aggregation of male animals for the purposes of courtship and...

N

  • nak7n. A female yak.
  • nek7n. A col (a dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks).
  • nuk7interj. The sound of a pacifier being suckled on.

O

  • oak7n. A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and...
  • ock9n. A man of Middle Eastern descent that runs a deli or bodega, typically...
  • oik7n. A member of the lower classes.
  • ook7interj. Used to represent the sound of the cry of an ape or monkey.

S

  • ssk7n. A left-leaning decrease stitch.

T

  • tak7v. To take.
  • tek7n. A method of, or procedure for, extracting, synthesizing, freebasing, or...
  • tik7n. Crystal meth or speed.
  • tsk7interj. Used to indicate disapproval, disappointment, or discontent.
  • tuk7n. A Barbadian musical style, based on British regimental music of the...

W

  • wok10n. A large, round-bottomed cooking pan used in East Asian cooking.

Y

  • yak10n. An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Tibet...
  • yuk10interj. An exuberant laugh.

Z

  • zak16n. Money.
  • zek16n. A prisoner at a Russian prison, especially (historical) at a Soviet...

Questions about these words

How many three-letter words ending in K are there?
Word.ws lists 43 three-letter words ending in K.
What are common three-letter words ending in K?
ask, oak, ink, ark, elk, tak, dak and yak.
Which of the three-letter words ending in K has the highest letter score?
zek scores 16 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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