5 Letter Words Ending in KE (49 Words)

Common 5-letter words that end in KE

With their Scrabble points and, for the first 16, a short meaning, most used first.

smoke★11a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
spoke★11to utter words
broke★11to reduce to fragments
brake★11a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
snake★9limbless scaly elongate reptile
shake★12to move to and fro with short, rapid movements
alike★9having close resemblance
stake★9to fasten with a pointed piece of wood or metal
spike★11a transient variation in voltage or current
quake★18shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement…
drake★10a male duck
awake★12not in a state of sleep
stoke★9to supply a furnace with fuel
choke★14to impede the breathing of
fluke★12to obtain by chance
flake★12to peel off in flakes (flat, thin pieces)

49 of the 12,982 5-letter words end in KE (0.4%).
29 are good in NWL2023, 49 in Collins Scrabble Words, 29 in WOW24 and 28 in the Words With Friends list. 17 are everyday words.
In Scrabble points, quake and zinke share the top score (18), then choke and wacke (14 each), then three words on 13.