5 Letter Words Containing K

How to find a five-letter word with a K in Wordle

Looking for 5 letter words that contain K to solve a Wordle? The finder above already has K in "Must contain". If you know its spot, use a green box instead.

A real example from our word list: the answer is SHOOK, and all you know is that it has a K in it, which leaves 150 common words. Open with SLACK, the guess that splits this set most evenly.

Guess 1: SLACK S and K are green, and the rest are grey. That leaves 5 possible answers: shook, stink, sheik, skunk and smirk.

Guess 2: STINK S and K are green, and the rest are grey. That leaves 1 possible answer.

Guess 3: SHOOK All five letters are green. Solved in 3.

Where K appears in the word

In common words with K, the letter sits most often in the fifth spot (55%) and least often in the second (4%). If you've had K come back yellow, try it in the fifth or fourth spot next.

6 of them use K twice, like knock, knack, kayak and skunk.

The letters that appear most often alongside K are A (in 45%), E (in 35%) and C (in 33%).

About 5 letter words with K

K often appears as -CK at the end of a word, as in black, check and stick, or in -NK and -RK, like drink and spark. At the start, KN words have a silent K: knife, known. K is worth 5 points in Scrabble. If K is yellow in Wordle, the last spot is the most likely place for it.

K ranks 19 out of 26 as a letter for 5 letter words.

Where K fits in a word

K appears most often at the end of a word, mostly as -CK or -NK: stock, thank and truck. Fourth-spot K appears before E, as in baker, maker, smoke and spoke. K at the start is less common and includes the silent-K words knife and knock. A yellow K in Wordle is usually best tried last. For K at the end, see 5 letter words ending in K. For K at the start, see 5 letter words starting with K.

Vowels in 5 letter words with K

A is the most common vowel here, appearing in 45% of the common words, followed by E (35%) and I (25%). The least common is U (14%).

56% have just one vowel, like think, thank, black and known. At the other end, awake, alike and quake have three or more.

Nouns, verbs and adjectives

By main meaning (WordNet), there are 87 nouns, 36 adjectives and 26 verbs.

Nouns include track, stock and block. Adjectives include black, known and taken. Verbs include think, thank and check.

Best Wordle guesses with K

Top guesses, with the average number of the 150 common words each leaves: SLACK (5.9), STARK (6.8), CRANK (6.9), SNACK (7.1) and SNAKE (7.1).

21% repeat a letter, and 11 have a double letter, like skill, creek, skull and shook.

Highest-scoring 5 letter words with K in Scrabble

Top common words: quick (20), quack (20) and jerky (19). All valid words: jacky (21), karzy (21) and khazi (21). 148 words reach 15 points or more.