5-Letter Words Ending in K
180 five-letter words end in K; 86 of them are common words, shown in bold. Common words are where Wordle answers come from.
Best Wordle guesses
Ranked by how many green and yellow tiles each word turns up, on average, against the common words Wordle answers come from.
| # | Word | Green | Yellow |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steak | 0.38 | 1.16 |
| 2 | sneak | 0.38 | 1.11 |
| 3 | break | 0.38 | 1.09 |
| 4 | freak | 0.37 | 1.08 |
| 5 | stark | 0.44 | 0.98 |
| 6 | clerk | 0.36 | 1.06 |
| 7 | speak | 0.37 | 1.01 |
| 8 | tweak | 0.28 | 1.09 |
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182 words ending in K
- thinkcommon
- thankcommon
- blackcommon
- checkcommon
- breakcommon
- speakcommon
- trackcommon
- quickcommon
- stockcommon
- drinkcommon
- blockcommon
- clickcommon
- stickcommon
- frankcommon
- stuckcommon
- truckcommon
- drunkcommon
- greekcommon
- trickcommon
- shockcommon
- thickcommon
- clockcommon
- crackcommon
- creekcommon
- knockcommon
- brickcommon
- chuckcommon
- blankcommon
- sharkcommon
- chickcommon
- freakcommon
- shookcommon
- stackcommon
- trunkcommon
- starkcommon
- clerkcommon
- sneakcommon
- sparkcommon
- steakcommon
- cheekcommon
- wreckcommon
- drankcommon
- snackcommon
- brookcommon
- blinkcommon
- brockcommon
- slackcommon
- slickcommon
- prankcommon
- chalkcommon
- flockcommon
- chunkcommon
- flankcommon
- smackcommon
- flickcommon
- crankcommon
- prickcommon
- cloakcommon
- brinkcommon
- plankcommon
All 180 five-letter words
Starting with A 6
aback acock alack amuck apeak apeek
Starting with B 15
batik baulk black blank bleak blink block brank break brick brink brisk brock brook brusk
Starting with C 31
caulk chalk chark check cheek chick chirk chock chook chuck chunk clack clank cleek clerk click clink cloak clock clonk cluck clunk crack crank creak creek crick croak crock crook cruck
Starting with D 5
drank dreck drink drouk drunk
Starting with F 11
flack flank flask fleck flick flock flunk frank freak frisk frock
Starting with G 2
gleek greek
Starting with H 2
hacek hoick
Starting with K 10
kaiak kamik kapok kayak kiosk knack knock kopek kulak kyack
Starting with M 1
mujik
Starting with P 10
plack plank plink plonk pluck plunk prank prick prink pulik
Starting with Q 4
quack quark quick quirk
Starting with R 1
reink
Starting with S 54
samek sculk shack shank shark sheik shirk shock shook shtik shuck skink skulk skunk slack slank sleek slick slink slunk smack smeek smerk smirk smock snack snark sneak sneck snick snook snuck spank spark speak speck spick spook stack stalk stank stark steak steek stick stink stirk stock stook stork stuck stunk swank swink
Starting with T 19
taluk tarok thack thank thick think thunk tilak torsk track traik trank trick troak trock truck trunk tupik tweak
Starting with U 1
umiak
Starting with W 7
whack whelk whisk wrack wreak wreck wrick
Starting with Y 1
yapok
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Questions people ask
How many five-letter words end in K?
Our list has 180. 86 of them are common everyday words; the rest are rarer words you are more likely to meet in Scrabble or a crossword than in conversation. The list is a public-domain English word list, sorted by how often each word appears in everyday writing.
What are the most common five-letter words that end in K?
THINK, THANK, BLACK, CHECK, BREAK — in that order, by how often they appear in everyday English.
What is the best Wordle guess that ends in K?
STEAK. Against the common five-letter words Wordle draws its answers from, it turns up 0.38 green and 1.16 yellow tiles on average — more than any other word on this list. The method is the same as on our Best Wordle Starting Words page.