Words that end with K
There are 2,226 words that end with K in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring are KOLKHOZNIK and WAZZOCK, tied at 34 points. S is the most common first letter among them, with 321, and the average word scores 16.2 points.
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K ends 0.8% of the 269,870 words in the dictionary, the 14th largest share of the 26 letters. With a K already on the board, any of these words can be played through it by finishing on that tile. The longest run to 13 letters (7 words), COUNTERATTACK among them. No two-letter word ends in K, so the shortest here have 3 letters.
Words that end with K in numbers
- Words
- 2,226
- Highest scoring
- KOLKHOZNIK 34 pts
- Average score
- 16.2 pts
- Longest
- COUNTERATTACK 13 letters
- A68
- B204
- C181
- D100
- E34
- F114
- G76
- H115
- I24
- J21
- K59
- L75
- M117
- N55
- O81
- P163
- Q9
- R112
- S321
- T122
- U54
- V7
- W71
- Y27
- Z16
Highest-scoring words that end with k
| Word | Score | Length |
|---|---|---|
| kolkhoznik | 34 | 10 |
| wazzock | 34 | 7 |
| chequerwork | 32 | 11 |
| crackerjack | 32 | 11 |
| bashibazouk | 31 | 11 |
| crackajack | 31 | 10 |
| kibbutznik | 31 | 10 |
| antikickback | 30 | 12 |
| blackjack | 30 | 9 |
| chequebook | 30 | 10 |
Words that end with K (2,226)
These 300 of the 2,226 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every first letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the full list is in the free JSON API.
13-letter words 3
12-letter words 4
11-letter words 19
10-letter words 28
9-letter words 78
8-letter words 65
7-letter words 36
6-letter words 19
5-letter words 19
4-letter words 22
Frequently asked questions
How many words end with K?
2,226 words in Unscrambly's list end with K. 248 of them have five letters, 404 have seven and none have two.
What is the highest scoring word ending in K?
KOLKHOZNIK and WAZZOCK tie at 34 points before bonus squares. Next come CHEQUERWORK (32), CRACKERJACK (32) and BASHIBAZOUK (31). Across all 2,226, the average is 16.2 points.
What two-letter words end in K?
None in Unscrambly's list. The shortest words that end with K have 3 letters, and there are 36 of them.
How many 5 letter words end in K?
248. Five letters is the Wordle length, and every one of them is on the 5 letter words ending in K list, where QUACK scores highest at 20 points.