Common 4-letter words that end in K
With their Scrabble points and, for the first 16, a short meaning, most used first.
- back★12in or to or toward a former location
- work★11to exert one's powers of body or mind for some purpose
- book★10a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
- link★8to connect
- look★8to use one's eyes in seeing
- week★11a period of seven days
- park★10a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
- talk★8to communicate by speaking
- mark★10to make a visible impression on
- rock★10a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
- bank★10sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
- risk★8to expose to the possibility of injury or loss
- took★8to get possession of
- pack★12to put into a receptacle for transportation or storage
- dark★9having little or no light
- jack★17to raise with a type of lever
All 275 words
4-letter words ending in OK (16)
Top score: JOOK, 15 points. a tavern that has a jukebox
4-letter words ending in AK (13)
Top score: KYAK, 15 points. a kayak (an Inuit canoe)
4-letter words ending in CK (59)
Top score: ZACK, 19 points
4-letter words ending in LK (20)
Top score: WALK, 11 points (tied with eight others). to proceed by moving each leg in turn, touching down with the heel before the toe
4-letter words ending in NK (45)
Top score: ZONK, 17 points. to stupefy
4-letter words ending in RK (42)
Top score: ZERK, 17 points. a grease fitting
4-letter words ending in SK (23)
Top score: FISK, 11 points (tied with four others)
4-letter words ending in UK (15)
Top score: ZOUK, 17 points. a dance music of the French West Indies
4-letter words ending in WK (12)
Top score: HAWK, 14 points (tied with one other). diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
4-letter words ending in IK (15)
Top score: CHIK, 13 points
4-letter words ending in EK (14)
Top score: KEEK, 12 points. to peep
4-letter words ending in BK (1)
Top score: NABK, 10 points
About these words
- 275 of the 5,641 4-letter words end in K (5%).
- 205 are good in NWL2023, 275 in Collins Scrabble Words, 205 in WOW24 and 192 in the Words With Friends list. 69 are everyday words.
- In Scrabble points, zack scores the most (19), then five words on 17.