Common 5-letter words that contain 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 272 words
5-letter words with A (3)
Top score: AMOKS, 11 points. a murderous frenzy
5-letter words with B (29)
Top score: BAWKS, 14 points. an Atlantic seabird
5-letter words with C (13)
Top score: CHIKS, 14 points (tied with two others)
5-letter words with D (19)
Top score: DAWKS, 13 points (tied with one other). transportation by relays of men and horses
5-letter words with F (13)
Top score: FECKS, 14 points. value
5-letter words with G (11)
Top score: GAWKS, 13 points (tied with one other). to stare stupidly
5-letter words with H (19)
Top score: HAWKS, 15 points (tied with one other). diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
5-letter words with J (9)
Top score: JACKS, 18 points (tied with one other). to raise with a type of lever
5-letter words with K (13)
Top score: KYAKS, 16 points. a kayak (an Inuit canoe)
5-letter words with L (19)
Top score: LAWKS, 12 points (tied with one other)
5-letter words with M (17)
Top score: MAWKS, 14 points
5-letter words with N (10)
Top score: NECKS, 11 points (tied with three others). to kiss and caress in lovemaking
5-letter words with O (2)
Top score: OINKS, 9 points (tied with one other). to utter the natural grunt of a hog
5-letter words with P (20)
Top score: PAWKS, 14 points
5-letter words with R (15)
Top score: ROCKS, 11 points (tied with four others). a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
5-letter words with S (15)
Top score: SOCKS, 11 points (tied with four others). hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot
5-letter words with T (14)
Top score: TICKS, 11 points (tied with three others). a metallic tapping sound
5-letter words with V (1)
Top score: VOLKS, 12 points. the Afrikaner people
5-letter words with W (11)
Top score: WICKS, 14 points (tied with two others). a bundle of loosely twisted fibers in a candle or oil lamp
5-letter words with Y (14)
Top score: YACKS, 14 points (tied with two others). to yak
5-letter words with Z (5)
Top score: ZACKS, 20 points
About these words
- 272 of the 12,982 5-letter words contain KS (2%).
- 200 are good in NWL2023, 272 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.
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