What is the highest-scoring 5-letter word ending with K?

QUACK scores 20 points, the highest of the 244 valid 5-letter words ending with K in the SOWPODS dictionary.

How many 5-letter words ending with K are there in Scrabble?

There are 244 valid 5-letter words ending with K in the SOWPODS (international) dictionary.

How many points is the letter K worth in Scrabble?

K is worth 5 points on a standard Scrabble tile.

5 Letter Words Ending with K

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July 30, 2026 7 min read Word Finder

5-letter words ending with K: 244 valid plays. K is a mid-to-high value tile worth 5 points. The top scorer is QUACK (20 points). For context, the typical letter in this position gives you around 542 words, so K comes in below that.

Why K at the End Matters

💡 Tile Value

K's 5 points are a reasonable chunk of a 5-letter word's total score without being so rare that plays are hard to find.

Because K lands last, 5-letter words ending with K are naturally suited to hooking: adding K onto a shorter word already on the board to build a new one on your turn.

Notable Words

Highest scorer: QUACK is worth 20 points — K's 5 points plus the rest of the tiles in the word. It's the play to look for if you're building toward a big turn.

Worth memorising first: KLICK (15 points) is one of the lower scorers here, which usually means it's a more familiar word — a safer one to keep in your working vocabulary than the obscure high scorers.

How many options: 244 valid 5-letter words ending with K exist in SOWPODS — fewer than the ~542 typical for this slot, so it's realistic to learn most of the useful ones.

Try This on the Board

🧩 Worked Example

QUACK works as a hook too: if QUAC is already on the board, adding the final K to reach QUACK lets you play across an existing word rather than starting fresh.