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5-Letter Words Ending in K

There are 228 five-letter words ending in K on Word.ws, from aback to zurek. The most common are think, thank, black, check and break.

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All 228 five-letter words ending in K

A

  • aback13adv. By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage).
  • alack11interj. An expression of sorrow or mourning.

B

  • badak12n. A rhinoceros.
  • baduk12n. An ancient Chinese board game, today also popular in Japan and Korea...
  • batik11n. A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.
  • becak13n. A cycle rickshaw.
  • black13adj. Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
  • blank11adj. Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be...
  • bleak11adj. Without color; pale; pallid.
  • bleck13n. Any black fluid substance, as in blacking for leather, or black grease.
  • blick13v. To shine, gleam.
  • blink11v. To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
  • blisk11n. An aircraft turbine engine rotor that has integral blades.
  • block13n. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
  • blook11n. A book serialized on a blog (weblog) platform.
  • bobak13n. The bobak marmot (Marmota bobak).
  • boink11v. To have sexual intercourse (with); to bonk.
  • borak11n. A cosmetic face powder or paste to protect the face from the sun...
  • botak11adj. Bald.
  • brack13n. An opening caused by the parting of a solid body; a crack or breach.
  • brank11n. A metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a...
  • break11v. To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process...
  • brick13n. A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
  • brink11n. The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank...
  • brisk11adj. Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion...
  • brock13n. A male badger.
  • brook11v. To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.
  • bruck13adj. Broke, out of liquidity.
  • bulak11n. An Indian nose ring usually worn by married women.
  • burek11n. A type of baked or fried filled pastry of the former Ottoman Empire.
  • byock16n. A male ostrich's black and white wing feather.

C

  • caulk11n. Caulking.
  • chack16v. To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of...
  • chalk14n. A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃).
  • chank14n. The large spiral shell of several species of sea conch, much used in...
  • chark14n. Charcoal; coke.
  • check16n. An inspection or examination.
  • cheek14n. The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer...
  • chick16n. A young bird.
  • chink14n. A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
  • chirk14v. To become happier.
  • chock16n. Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a...
  • chook14n. A chicken, especially a hen.
  • chowk17n. An intersection or roundabout, where tracks or roads cross (often used...
  • chuck16n. Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
  • chunk14n. A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick...
  • clack13n. An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects...
  • clank11n. A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.
  • cleek11n. A large hook.
  • clerk11n. One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records...
  • click13n. A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound...
  • clink11n. The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
  • cloak11n. A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape...
  • clock13n. A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time...
  • clonk11n. The abrupt sound of two hard objects coming into contact.
  • cluck13n. The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her...
  • clunk11n. A dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into...
  • crack13v. To form cracks.
  • crank11adj. Hard; difficult.
  • creak11n. The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
  • creek11n. A small inlet, often saltwater, leading to the sea or to the main...
  • crick13n. A painful stiffness in some part of the body, like the neck or back...
  • croak11n. A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.
  • crock13n. A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
  • cronk11v. To honk like a goose.
  • crook11n. A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
  • cruck13n. A sturdy timber with a curve or angle used for primary framing of a...
  • crunk11adj. Crazy and intoxicated.

D

  • doink10v. To have sex with.
  • drank10n. Dextromethorphan.
  • dreck12n. Trash; rubbish; useless or worthless stuff.
  • drink10v. To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
  • drunk10adj. Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by...
  • duduk11n. An Armenian woodwind instrument.
  • durak10n. A traditional Russian card game in which players attempt to shed all of...

E

  • encik11n. Informal term of address for a male warrant officer in the Singapore...

F

  • flack14v. To hang loosely; flag.
  • flank12v. To attack the flank(s) of.
  • flask12n. A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as...
  • fleck14n. A flake.
  • flick14n. A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
  • flock14n. A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used...
  • flunk12v. Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.
  • frack14v. To employ hydraulic fracturing (fracking).
  • frank12adj. Honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not...
  • freak12n. Someone or something that is markedly unusual or unpredictable.
  • freck14n. Synonym of freckle (“a small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on...
  • frisk12n. A little playful skip or leap; a brisk and lively movement.
  • frock14n. A dress, a piece of clothing, which consists of a skirt and a cover for...
  • frunk12n. A trunk (boot, storage compartment) located at the front rather than...

G

  • gleek10n. A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
  • glock12n. A glockenspiel.
  • gluck12v. To flow or cause to flow in a noisy series of spurts, as when liquid is...
  • greek10v. To display a placeholder (instead of text), especially to optimize...
  • gronk10v. Of a floppy disk drive: to produce mechanical sounds of operation.

H

  • hanok12n. A type of traditional Korean house first designed and built in the 14th...

K

  • kamik15n. A mukluk.
  • kapok15n. A silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba...
  • kayak16n. A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the...
  • kiosk13n. A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or...
  • klick15n. A kilometer.
  • knack15n. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something.
  • knock15n. An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against...
  • knuck15n. A knuckle duster.
  • kodak14n. A camera: a device for taking still photographs.
  • konak13n. A palace or other large official residence in Turkey or the Ottoman...
  • kopek15n. A Russian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble.
  • kriek13n. A Belgian beer made by fermenting lambic with sour morello cherries.
  • kulak13n. A prosperous peasant in the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union, who...
  • kunik13n. Synonym of Eskimo kiss.

L

  • lepak11v. To loiter about casually or idly, to hang around unproductively, to...

M

  • malik11n. A tribal chieftain in certain areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan...
  • mamak13n. A roadside stall selling Muslim Tamil or Malay cuisine; by extension, a...
  • melik11n. A member of hereditary nobility in certain Armenian principalities...
  • mirek11n. A unit of measurement for color temperature.
  • modak12n. An Indian sweet consisting of a flour-based outer skin filled with...

N

  • natak9n. A play or dramatic production.

P

  • palak11n. Spinach or similar greens (including Amaranthus species and Chenopodium...
  • pasuk11n. A verse of the Torah.
  • perek11n. A chapter of a religious text.
  • phuck16v. Filter-avoidance spelling of fuck.
  • plack13n. A coin issued by James III of Scotland; also a 15th-16th century...
  • plank11n. A flat piece of wood on which to cook fish, so that the wood provides...
  • pleck13n. A plot of ground.
  • plink11n. A short, high-pitched metallic or percussive sound.
  • plonk11interj. The sound made by something solid landing.
  • pluck13v. To pull something sharply; to pull something out.
  • plunk11n. A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed...
  • prank11n. A practical joke or mischievous trick.
  • prick13n. A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
  • prink11n. The act of adjusting one's dress or appearance; the act of sprucing...
  • prock13n. An imaginary creature similar to the guyascutus or the sidehill gouger.
  • pronk11v. To jump with all four limbs at once.

Q

  • quack20n. The vocalisation made by a duck.
  • quark18n. In the Standard Model, one of a number of elementary subatomic...
  • quick20adj. Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so...
  • quink18n. A hypothetical fundamental particle; a preon.
  • quirk18n. An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, a mannerism; something unusual about...

R

  • rojak16n. A traditional Malaysian and Indonesian salad of mixed raw fruits and...

S

  • salak9n. Any salak palm (Salacca zalacca), native to Indonesia; also called.
  • shack14n. A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.
  • shank12n. The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
  • shark12n. Any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a...
  • shiok12adj. Delightful, pleasurable.
  • shirk12v. To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
  • shock14n. A sudden, heavy impact.
  • shook12n. A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood.
  • shuck14n. The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g....
  • shunk12v. To impact and penetrate something with a heavy sound, like a blade...
  • skank13n. Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.
  • skink13n. A shin of beef.
  • skulk13n. A group of foxes.
  • skunk13n. Any of various mammals of the subfamily Mephitinae, native to North and...
  • slack11n. The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
  • slank9n. A depression, a low place in the ground, especially one at the side of...
  • sleek9adj. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth.
  • slick11adj. Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe...
  • slink9v. To sneak about furtively.
  • slunk9n. An animal, especially a calf, born prematurely or abortively.
  • smack13n. A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
  • smark11n. A fan of professional wrestling who is aware that the matches are...
  • smirk11n. An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied...
  • smock13n. A type of undergarment worn by women; a shift or slip.
  • snack11n. A light meal.
  • snark9n. An attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm.
  • sneak9n. One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or...
  • snick11v. To cut or snip.
  • snoek9n. An edible fish, Thyrsites atun, native to South African (Cape), South...
  • snook9n. A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order...
  • snork9v. To snore.
  • spank11v. To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other...
  • spark11n. A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire, resulting...
  • speak11v. To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
  • speck13n. A tiny spot or particle, especially of dirt.
  • spick13adj. Tidy; fresh.
  • spink11n. The primrose.
  • spook11n. A ghost or phantom.
  • spork11n. An eating utensil shaped like a spoon, the bowl of which is divided...
  • spunk11n. Touchwood; tinder.
  • stack11n. A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom...
  • stalk9n. The stem or main axis of a plant.
  • stank9n. A certain quality, especially to jazz music, which is often desirable...
  • stark9adj. Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).
  • steak9n. Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
  • steck11n. A piece or an item.
  • steek9v. To stitch (sew with a needle).
  • stick11n. A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
  • stink9v. To have a strong bad smell.
  • stirk9n. A yearling cow; a young bullock or heifer.
  • stock11n. A store or supply.
  • stonk9n. A heavy artillery bombardment.
  • stook9n. A pile or bundle, especially of straw.
  • stork9n. A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the order...
  • stuck11adj. Unable to move.
  • subak11n. An ancient Korean barehand martial art.
  • sukuk13n. A bond that generates a return to an investor without infringing...
  • swink12n. Toil, work, drudgery.

T

  • taluk9n. A hereditary estate in parts of India; subsequently, an administrative...
  • tarek9n. Synonym of pearl mullet.
  • thack14v. To strike or thump (someone or something); to thwack.
  • thank12v. To express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something).
  • theek12n. Thatch.
  • thick14adj. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its...
  • think12v. To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
  • thunk12interj. Representing the dull sound of the impact of a heavy object striking...
  • tilak9n. A mark or symbol worn on the forehead by Hindus, ornamentally or as an...
  • track11n. A mark left by something that has passed along.
  • trank9n. An oblong piece of skin from which the pieces for a glove are cut.
  • trick11n. Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
  • trink9n. A kind of fishing net that is attached to a post or anchor; set net.
  • truck11n. A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun carriage.
  • trunk9n. The usually single, more or less upright part of a tree, between the...
  • tweak12v. To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
  • tweek12n. A form of atmospherics (radio interference) produced when the...
  • twerk12n. Synonym of twerking (“a sexually-provocative dance, involving the...
  • twink12v. To twinkle; to sparkle.
  • twonk12n. A stupid person.
  • twunk12n. A muscular twink.

U

  • umiak11n. A large, open boat made of skins stretched over a wooden frame that is...

W

  • whack17n. The sound of a heavy strike.
  • whelk15n. Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of...
  • whisk15n. A quick, light sweeping motion.
  • wrack14n. The remains of something; a wreck.
  • wreak12v. To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injure; to let out...
  • wreck14n. Something or someone that has been ruined.

Y

  • yoink12v. To make an oinking sound.

Z

  • zamak20n. Any of a family of alloys with a zinc base and alloying elements of...
  • zurek18n. Sour cereal soup (a type of sour rye soup, originating from Poland).
163 rare five-letter words ending in K

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How many five-letter words ending in K are there?
Word.ws lists 228 five-letter words ending in K, plus 163 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words ending in K?
think, thank, black, check, break, speak, track and quick.
Which of the five-letter words ending in K has the highest letter score?
zamak scores 20 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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