5-Letter Words Ending in K
Quick answer: There are 182 valid words that are five letters long and end in K in the ENABLE word list this tool uses. Type your letters into the Word Unscrambler to find the ones your rack can actually play.
A final K almost always sits behind a -CK or -NK cluster, which makes it a very informative Wordle clue.
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Base Scrabble tile scores, before board premiums — the highest-value words that are five letters long and end in K.
aback, acock, alack, amuck, apeak, apeek, batik, baulk, black, blank, bleak, blink, block, brank, break, brick, brink, brisk, brock, brook, brusk, caulk, chalk, chark, check, cheek, chick, chink, 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, drank, dreck, drink, drouk, drunk, flack, flank, flask, fleck, flick, flock, flunk, frank, freak, frisk, frock, gleek, greek, hacek, hoick, kaiak, kamik, kapok, kayak, kiosk, knack, knock, kopek, kulak, kyack, mujik, plack, plank, plink, plonk, pluck, plunk, prank, prick, prink, pulik, quack, quark, quick, quirk, reink, 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, spunk, stack, stalk, stank, stark, steak, steek, stick, stink, stirk, stock, stook, stork, stuck, stunk, swank, swink, taluk, tarok, thack, thank, thick, think, thunk, tilak, torsk, track, traik, trank, trick, troak, trock, truck, trunk, tupik, tweak, umiak, whack, whelk, whisk, wrack, wreak, wreck, wrick, yapok
All 182 matches in the ENABLE open word list. Use the Word Unscrambler with your exact letters to see which of them you can actually play.
Game Strategy
Final-K words are dominated by -CK (BLACK, STICK, TRUCK, CLOCK) and -NK (DRINK, THINK, BLANK, PLANK). Confirming the K points straight at those endings.
Going Deeper
A terminal K rarely stands alone — it follows C (-CK: BLACK, STICK, TRUCK, QUICK, CLOCK) or N (-NK: DRINK, THINK, BLANK, PRANK, PLANK), with a few -SK/-LK exceptions (BRISK, WHISK, STALK). So a green final K plus a yellow C or N tells you almost the whole ending. Set the length filter to 5 and filter ends-with K.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many 5-letter words end in K?
The ENABLE word list has 182 five-letter words ending in K, a compact group with unusually predictable structure. Nearly all of them close with -CK or -NK, which is what makes a final K such an informative clue. The complete list appears on this page. Use the unscrambler with your known letters to narrow it further.
What Wordle answers end in K?
Wordle answers ending in K commonly include BLACK, STICK, DRINK, THINK, TRUCK, QUICK, CLOCK, BLANK and PLANK. Most end in -CK or -NK, so confirming the K nearly gives you the whole ending. The remaining question is usually the vowel in position three. A yellow C means -CK; a yellow N means -NK.
Why does K almost never stand alone at the end?
K rarely stands alone at the end of a five-letter word because English spelling uses -CK after a short vowel and -K after a long one or a consonant. That leaves -CK (BLACK, STICK, CLOCK, TRUCK) and -NK (DRINK, THINK, BLANK, PRANK) covering most of the list, with -SK and -LK exceptions such as BRISK, WHISK, KIOSK and STALK. So a green final K plus a yellow C or N tells you almost the entire ending. Few other letters give away that much.
What should I guess after confirming a final K?
After a green final K, guess a word that tests C and N together in the fourth position, since one of -CK and -NK is nearly always correct. STICK and BLANK make good probes because they also cover common vowels and the S, T, B and L that open these words. Once you know which cluster you are in, only the vowel and the opening consonant remain. That usually leaves a solve within one more guess.