5-Letter Words Ending in K
There are 115 common five-letter words ending in K in Hintwordo's list, and 64 more that are valid but rarely used. The most familiar are THINK, THANK, BLACK, CHECK, BREAK, SPEAK. Words are ranked by how often they appear in real-world writing, so the ones at the top are the likeliest answers in a daily five-letter puzzle.
Apart from the letter in the name, the most common letters in this list are C (in 51% of words), A (43%) and S (37%) — good letters to test next.
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Common words (115)
Type a pattern with ? for unknown letters (s?a?e), or letters the word must contain (ae).
Showing 115 of 115
- very common: think
- very common: thank
- very common: black
- very common: check
- very common: break
- very common: speak
- very common: track
- very common: quick
- very common: stock
- very common: drink
- very common: block
- very common: click
- very common: stick
- very common: stuck
- very common: truck
- very common: drunk
- very common: trick
- very common: shock
- very common: thick
- very common: clock
- very common: crack
- very common: knock
- very common: brick
- very common: blank
- very common: shark
- very common: chick
- very common: freak
- very common: shook
- very common: stack
- very common: trunk
- very common: clerk
- very common: sneak
- very common: spark
- very common: steak
- very common: cheek
- very common: wreck
- very common: drank
- very common: snack
- very common: brook
- very common: blink
- very common: slack
- very common: slick
- very common: prank
- very common: chalk
- very common: flock
- common: chunk
- common: flank
- common: smack
- common: flick
- common: crank
- common: creek
- common: cloak
- common: brink
- common: plank
- common: stalk
- common: stink
- common: bleak
- common: shack
- common: whack
- common: crook
- common: chuck
- common: sleek
- common: tweak
- common: knack
- common: kayak
- common: stark
- common: brisk
- common: flask
- common: pluck
- common: quirk
- common: whisk
- common: skunk
- common: spank
- common: shank
- common: quack
- common: quark
- common: smirk
- common: crock
- common: speck
- common: kiosk
- common: aback
- common: flack
- common: wreak
- common: frisk
- common: frock
- common: spook
- common: stork
- common: chock
- common: stank
- common: clank
- common: shirk
- common: spunk
- common: swank
- common: snark
- common: clink
- common: clack
- common: thunk
- common: fleck
- common: smock
- less common: batik
- less common: creak
- less common: croak
- less common: stunk
- less common: slink
- less common: shuck
- less common: cluck
- less common: caulk
- less common: clunk
- less common: wrack
- less common: flunk
- less common: plonk
- less common: plunk
- less common: crick
- less common: slunk
- less common: whelk
Letter patterns in these words
Most common other letters
- c51%
- a43%
- s37%
- r32%
- n31%
- l30%
Most common letter by position
| Position 1 | Position 2 | Position 3 | Position 4 | Position 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| s32% | l26% | a30% | c39% | k100% |
A strong first guess from this list: snack
Puzzle tips
- Many words ending in K share their last two or three letters. If several fit, pick a guess that tests their different first letters at once.
- Remember that plurals and simple past tenses are rarely used as answers in daily puzzles; they're listed under less common words.
- The solver can suggest a next guess that splits the remaining words as evenly as possible.
Less common valid words (64)
frank · greek · snuck · sheik · brock · snook · tilak · taluk · chook · skink · baulk · amuck · kulak · dreck · skulk · plink · chirk · alack · trank · kapok · snick · stirk · swink · gleek · kopek · plack · chark · clonk · slank · stook · cleek · tarok · steek · thack · umiak · cruck · hoick · acock · brank · prink · samek · kamik · reink · traik · kyack · smeek · brusk · trock · wrick · apeek · yapok · apeak · sculk · tupik · smerk · pulik · sneck · shtik · drouk · kaiak · mujik · troak · torsk · hacek