Words with K

There are 12,486 words with K in our word list. 745 of them are common everyday words, such as BACK, KNOW, LIKE and MAKE. They range from 2 to 15 letters, and 8-letter words are the biggest group, with 2,590.

Words: 12,486
Common words: 745
Longest: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; 15 letters
Top score: JAZZLIKE; 37 points

K is often silent before N at the start of a word (KNEE, KNIFE, KNOW). At the end it usually follows C, as in BACK, NECK and QUICK.

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2-letter words (1)

3-letter words (51)

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4-letter words (404)

back
know
like
make
keep
look
take
took
week
work
bank
book
dark
kept
kids
kill
kind
king
knew
mark
okay
park
pick
risk
rock
talk
walk
bike
cake
cook
fake
jack
joke
kick
kiss
lack
lake
link
lock
luck
mike
milk
neck
nick
pack
peak

See all 404 in the word finder

5-letter words (866)

think
asked
black
books
break
check
known
knows
looks
makes
speak
taken
takes
thank
track
weeks
works
banks
block
broke
click
drink
drunk
folks
frank
greek
keeps
kinds
liked
likes
links
lucky
quick
smoke
spoke
stick
stock
stuck
talks
truck
alike
awake
backs
baker
blank
brick

See all 866 in the word finder

6-letter words (1,295)

making
attack
killed
likely
looked
market
taking
thanks
worked
asking
broken
linked
marked
picked
skills
strike
talked
thinks
ticket
turkey
unlike
walked
weekly
alaska
backed
backup
basket
blacks
blocks
booked
breaks
brooks
bucket
checks
cooked
cookie
drinks
hockey
jacket
joking
keeper
kicked
kidney
killer
kindly
knight

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7-letter words (2,066)

looking
network
quickly
talking
working
attacks
checked
chicken
keeping
killing
kingdom
kitchen
knowing
markets
mistake
seeking
smoking
tickets
unknown
walking
weekend
workers
artwork
awkward
backing
banking
blanket
blocked
cookies
cooking
cricket
frankly
kicking
kidding
knights
knocked
lacking
outlook
package
packing
parking
picking
pockets
ranking
remarks
shaking

See all 2,066 in the word finder

8-letter words (2,590)

thinking
attacked
breaking
drinking
speaking
blocking
checking
comeback
darkness
feedback
franklin
freaking
homework
keyboard
kindness
likewise
mistakes
networks
packages
shocking
speakers
sticking
striking
tracking
unlikely
weakness
weekends
workshop
attacker
backbone
backdrop
backlash
backpack
backward
backyard
bankrupt
barracks
blackout
blankets
blockade
brackets
checkout
chickens
clicking
cocktail
cracking

See all 2,590 in the word finder

9-letter words (2,057)

breakfast
knowledge
marketing
attacking
backwards
breakdown
framework
workplace
attackers
awakening
backstage
benchmark
cocktails
filmmaker
fireworks
frankfurt
kidnapped
knowingly
lawmakers
livestock
outskirts
packaging
paperback
paperwork
skeptical
sparkling
spokesman
textbooks
thickness
trademark
undertake
workforce
workshops
awkwardly
backfired
backpacks
bickering
blackjack
blacklist
blackmail
blackness
boardwalk
bookstore
breakaway
brokerage
caretaker

See all 2,057 in the word finder

10-letter words (1,357)

background
basketball
bankruptcy
earthquake
remarkable
blackberry
filmmakers
goalkeeper
kidnapping
kilometers
likelihood
networking
overlooked
remarkably
soundtrack
thankfully
undertaken
weaknesses
benchmarks
blackboard
blacksmith
blackwater
bookstores
breakdowns
checkpoint
cheesecake
cornerback
cricketers
embankment
filmmaking
flashbacks
frameworks
groundwork
heartbreak
kidnappers
linebacker
marketable
mistakenly
overtaking
overworked
rethinking
shockingly
skateboard
skepticism
skyscraper
snowflakes

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11-letter words (897)

acknowledge
backgrounds
earthquakes
marketplace
overlooking
quarterback
supermarket
trafficking
undertaking
aftermarket
awkwardness
backpacking
blockbuster
checkpoints
cockroaches
hardworking
heartbroken
housekeeper
matchmaking
nickelodeon
painkillers
skyscrapers
spokeswoman
stakeholder
sweepstakes
traffickers
unbreakable
unknowingly
unspeakable
unthinkable
woodworking
workmanship
workstation
backcountry
backpackers
blacklisted
blackmailed
blacksmiths
bookkeeping
booksellers
bookshelves
bottlenecks
candlestick
disembarked
drunkenness
exoskeleton

See all 897 in the word finder

12-letter words (500)

acknowledged
thanksgiving
acknowledges
breakthrough
breathtaking
kindergarten
spokesperson
stakeholders
diamondbacks
handkerchief
housekeeping
peacekeeping
quarterbacks
stockholders
supermarkets
unmistakable
backstabbing
backtracking
bankruptcies
blackberries
blackmailing
blockbusters
breaststroke
candlesticks
firecrackers
heartbreaker
interlocking
kaleidoscope
loudspeakers
marketplaces
marksmanship
metalworking
multitasking
overthinking
peacekeepers
racketeering
recklessness
skyrocketing
sleepwalking
troublemaker
undertakings
unmistakably
unremarkable
workstations
backbenchers
backbreaking

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13-letter words (226)

acknowledging
heartbreaking
knowledgeable
breakthroughs
skateboarding
counterattack
handkerchiefs
kindergartens
painstakingly
phytoplankton
troublemakers
blacksmithing
brokenhearted
counterstrike
foreknowledge
groundskeeper
heartbreakers
holidaymakers
housebreaking
kaleidoscopic
knickerbocker
lackadaisical
laughingstock
marketability
skateboarders
spokespersons
swashbuckling
telemarketers
telemarketing
thanksgivings
thunderstruck
anticlockwise
backscattered
balkanization
brinksmanship
cabinetmakers
fingerpicking
huckleberries
kapellmeister
kindergartner
knowledgeably
outspokenness
psychokinesis
psychokinetic
rubbernecking
sportsmanlike

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14-letter words (120)

acknowledgment
groundbreaking
breathtakingly
counterattacks
kindergartners
unacknowledged
backscattering
disembarkation
groundskeepers
kindergartener
knickerbockers
quarterbacking
straightjacket
strikebreakers
electrokinetic
hyperkeratosis
hyperkeratotic
keratinization
leukodystrophy
megakaryocytes
straitjacketed
strikebreaking
acknowledgedly
alkalinization
ankylosauruses
backwardnesses
balkanizations
blackguardisms
blacksmithings
blanketflowers
brackishnesses
breaststrokers
brinksmanships
cabinetmakings
cantankerously
checkerberries
chickenhearted
cockeyednesses
cocksurenesses
counterchecked
counterpickets
countersinking
counterstrikes
counterstrokes
doublespeakers
drinkabilities

See all 120 in the word finder

15-letter words (56)

acknowledgement
musculoskeletal
acknowledgments
heartbreakingly
kindergarteners
pharmacokinetic
unsportsmanlike
counterattacked
phenylketonuria
prekindergarten
cholecystokinin
lackadaisically
telekinetically
unknowledgeable
alkalinizations
ankylostomiases
ankylostomiasis
backscatterings
childlikenesses
counterattacker
counterblockade
counterchecking
counterpicketed
disembarkations
electrokinetics
greensicknesses
heartsicknesses
kaffeeklatsches
keratinizations
kindheartedness
kinesthetically
kittenishnesses
kremlinologists
leukaemogeneses
leukaemogenesis
lickerishnesses
marketabilities
microearthquake
mountebankeries
outspokennesses
persnicketiness
phenylketonuric
phytoplanktonic
plainspokenness
schlockmeisters
stockbrokerages

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Darker borders mark common everyday words. Rarer words follow in each group.

Questions

How many words with K are there?

Our word list has 12,486 words with K. 745 of them are common everyday words.

What is the longest word with K?

The longest have 15 letters, for example ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, MUSCULOSKELETAL and ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

Which word with K scores the most points?

Using standard letter tile values, JAZZLIKE scores 37 points, the most of any word with K in our list.