Common 5-letter words that end in KS
With their Scrabble points and, for the first 16, a short meaning, most used first.
- books★11a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
- works★12to exert one's powers of body or mind for some purpose
- weeks★12a period of seven days
- looks★9to use one's eyes in seeing
- banks★11sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
- parks★11a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
- tasks★9any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- marks★11to make a visible impression on
- risks★9to expose to the possibility of injury or loss
- links★9to connect
- picks★13to select
- talks★9to communicate by speaking
- folks★12a people or tribe
- rocks★11a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
- packs★13to put into a receptacle for transportation or storage
- seeks★9to go in search of
All 270 words
…OKS
5-letter words ending in OKS (16)
Top score: ZOOKS, 18 points. used as a mild oath
…AKS
5-letter words ending in AKS (12)
Top score: KYAKS, 16 points. a kayak (an Inuit canoe)
…CKS
5-letter words ending in CKS (59)
Top score: ZACKS, 20 points
picks★13rocks★11packs★13socks★11sucks★11racks★11locks★11bucks★13backs★13decks★12kicks★15ducks★12hacks★14lacks★11jacks★18hicks★14sacks★11docks★12ticks★11licks★11jocks★18zacksUK20kacksUK15kecks15fecks14hecks14hocks14hucks14wacks14wicks14wocksUK14yacks14yocks14yucks14becks13bocks13cacksUK13cucksnot in WWF13macks13mecksUK13mocks13mucks13pecks13pocks13pucks13dacksUK12gecks12gucks12lucks11necks11nicks11nocks11recks11ricks11rucks11sicks11tacks11tocksnot in WWF11tucks11
…LKS
5-letter words ending in LKS (20)
Top score: FOLKS, 12 points (tied with eight others). a people or tribe
…NKS
5-letter words ending in NKS (45)
Top score: ZONKS, 18 points. to stupefy
banks★11links★9tanks★9ranks★9hunks★12sinks★9monks★11hanks★12kinks★13zonks18jinks16junks16konks13fanksUK12fenksUK12finks12funks12honks12winks12wonks12yanks12yonksnot in WWF12binksUK11bonks11bunks11conks11minks11penksUK11pinks11ponksUK11punks11danksUK10dinks10dunks10ganksnot in WWF10ginks10gonksUK10gunks10lanksUK9lunks9oinks9rinks9sunksUK9tinksUK9tonksUK9
…RKS
5-letter words ending in RKS (42)
Top score: ZERKS, 18 points. a grease fitting
works★12parks★11marks★11forks★12perks★11zerks18jarksUK16jerks16karksUK13kirks13firksUK12harks12horksnot in WWF12warks12yarksUK12yerks12yirksUK12yorksUK12barks11berksnot in WWF11birks11borksnot in WWF11burksnot in WWF11carks11corks11merks11mirks11murks11porks11darks10dirks10dorks10larks9lirksUK9lurks9narks9nerksUK9norksUK9rarksUK9sarks9serksUK9turks9
…SKS
5-letter words ending in SKS (23)
Top score: HUSKS, 12 points (tied with four others). to remove the outer covering from
…UKS
5-letter words ending in UKS (15)
Top score: ZOUKS, 18 points. a dance music of the French West Indies
…WKS
5-letter words ending in WKS (12)
Top score: HAWKS, 15 points (tied with one other). diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
…IKS
5-letter words ending in IKS (14)
Top score: CHIKS, 14 points
…EKS
5-letter words ending in EKS (11)
Top score: KEEKS, 13 points. to peep
…BKS
5-letter words ending in BKS (1)
Top score: NABKS, 11 points
About these words
- 270 of the 12,982 5-letter words end in KS (2%).
- 200 are good in NWL2023, 270 in Collins Scrabble Words, 200 in WOW24 and 182 in the Words With Friends list. 53 are everyday words.
- In Scrabble points, zacks scores the most (20), then six words on 18.