9-letter words ending in K

There are 368 9-letter words ending in K, including familiar compounds such as framework, paperwork, and benchmark.

368 wordsTop pick FRAMEWORKHighest score BLACKJACK 30

16 of 368 are everyday words (4%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

Letter
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O
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Q
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S
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X
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Z

S ends the most 9-letter words (16,180); V ends the fewest (1). K ranks #14 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 16 · most-used first

FRAMEWORK₂₁
TRADEMARK₁₆
PAPERWORK₂₀
LIVESTOCK₁₈
PAPERBACK₂₁
BENCHMARK₂₂
FLASHBACK₂₃
UNDERTOOK₁₄
HORSEBACK₂₀
BOARDWALK₁₉
THROWBACK₂₃
CLOCKWORK₂₄
BLACKJACK₃₀
SHIPWRECK₂₃
AUDIOBOOK₁₆
PATCHWORK₂₃

All valid words 368

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

ACIDFREAK₁₉
AFTERDECK₁₉
AFTERPEAK₁₈
AMBERJACK₂₆
ANTIBLACK₁₇
ANTICRACK₁₇
ANTIKNOCK₁₉
ANTIQUARK₂₂
ANTISHARK₁₆
ANTISHOCK₁₈
ANTISTICK₁₅
APPLEJACK₂₆
AUDIOBOOK₁₆
AWESTRUCK₁₈
BACKBLOCK₂₅
BACKCHECK₂₈
BACKTRACK₂₃
BAILIWICK₂₀
BARMBRACK₂₁
BARNBRACK₁₉
BEANSTALK₁₅
BEEFSTEAK₁₈
BENCHMARK₂₂
BERGAMASK₁₈
BERGOMASK₁₈
BILLYCOCK₂₂
BIRCHBARK₂₂
BIRTHMARK₂₀
BLACKBUCK₂₅
BLACKCOCK₂₅
BLACKJACK₃₀
BLADEWORK₁₉
BLOCKWORK₂₄
BOARDWALK₁₉
BOBBYSOCK₂₄
BODYCHECK₂₆
BOLSHEVIK₂₁
BONEBLACK₁₉
BOOMSTICK₁₉
BOOTBLACK₁₉
BOSCHVARK₂₃
BRAINSICK₁₇
BREAKBACK₂₃
BREAKNECK₂₁
BRICKWORK₂₄
BRUSHBACK₂₂
BRUSHMARK₂₀
BRUSHWORK₂₁
BULLWHACK₂₃
BUSHWHACK₂₆
BUTTSTOCK₁₇
CAMELBACK₂₁
CANTABANK₁₇
CARRYBACK₂₂
CELLBLOCK₁₉
CHAINWORK₂₁
CHAPSTICK₂₂
CHEAPJACK₂₉
CHECKBOOK₂₆
CHECKMARK₂₆
CHEMPADUK₂₃
CHINOVNIK₂₁
CHOPSTICK₂₂
CHURNMILK₂₀
CLASSWORK₁₈
CLOCKWORK₂₄
CLOVEPINK₂₀
COACHWORK₂₃
COCKBLOCK₂₅
COOKSHACK₂₄
CORNSTALK₁₅
COUNTBACK₁₉
CRABSTICK₁₉
CRACKBACK₂₅
CRAFTWORK₂₁
CRAMPBARK₂₁
CROOKBACK₂₃
CROOKNECK₂₁
CROSSBUCK₁₉
CROSSJACK₂₄
CROSSTALK₁₅
CROSSWALK₁₈
CROWNWORK₂₁
CYBERPUNK₂₂
DANDYFUNK₂₁
DEADSTOCK₁₇
DISEMBARK₁₈
DOORKNOCK₂₀
DRAWNWORK₂₀
DREADLOCK₁₇
DRUMSTICK₁₈
DUIKERBOK₂₀
DUMPTRUCK₂₀
EAGLEHAWK₂₀
EARTHWORK₁₉
ENTERTOOK₁₃
FALSEWORK₁₉
FANCYWORK₂₄
FEEDSTOCK₁₉
FENUGREEK₁₇
FIELDWORK₂₀
FIGHTBACK₂₄
FIREBREAK₁₈
FIREBRICK₂₀
FIRETRUCK₁₈
FISHYBACK₂₆
FLAGSTICK₁₉
FLAPTRACK₂₀
FLAREBACK₂₀
FLASHBACK₂₃
FLINTLOCK₁₈
FLOODMARK₁₉
FLUSHWORK₂₂
FOOTSTALK₁₆
FOOTSTOCK₁₈
FORECHECK₂₃
FORESHANK₁₉
FORESHOCK₂₁
FORESLACK₁₈
FORESPEAK₁₈
FORETHINK₁₉
FORSWONCK₂₁
FRAMEWORK₂₁
FROSTWORK₁₉
GANGPLANK₁₇
GAOLBREAK₁₆
GEARSTICK₁₆
GEEKSPEAK₂₀
GLASSWORK₁₇
GLOWSTICK₁₉
GOLDBRICK₁₉
GOLDSPINK₁₇
GOLDSTICK₁₇
GOOSENECK₁₆
GOWDSPINK₂₀
GRASSHOOK₁₇
GREENBACK₁₈
GREENSICK₁₆
GRILLWORK₁₇
GUESSWORK₁₇
GUIDEBOOK₁₇
GUNNYSACK₁₉
HAIRYBACK₂₃
HALFTRACK₂₁
HANDIWORK₂₀
HANDYWORK₂₃
HATCHBACK₂₅
HAVERSACK₂₁
HEADSTICK₁₉
HEADSTOCK₁₉
HEARTSICK₁₈
HEATHCOCK₂₃
HINDSHANK₂₀
HOLLYHOCK₂₄
HOOKCHECK₂₇
HORNWRACK₂₁
HORNYWINK₂₂
HORSEBACK₂₀
HOUSELEEK₁₆
HOUSEWORK₁₉
HUCKABACK₂₆
HUNCHBACK₂₅
HYGRODEIK₂₁
HYPERLINK₂₁
INGLENEUK₁₄
INGLENOOK₁₄
INTERBANK₁₅
INTERLINK₁₃
INTERLOCK₁₅
INTERWORK₁₆
JAILBREAK₂₂
KIDDYWINK₂₅
KNOBSTICK₂₁
KNOCKBACK₂₇
KRAKOWIAK₂₄
LAMPBLACK₂₁
LANCEJACK₂₄
LANDSHARK₁₇
LAPSTREAK₁₅
LASERDISK₁₄
LEAFSTALK₁₆
LEASEBACK₁₇
LINTSTOCK₁₅
LIVESTOCK₁₈
MAHLSTICK₂₀
MALLEMUCK₁₉
MARSHBUCK₂₂
MATCHBOOK₂₂
MATCHLOCK₂₂
MATCHMARK₂₂
MAULSTICK₁₇
METALMARK₁₇
METALWORK₁₈
METESTICK₁₇
MINIBREAK₁₇
MINITRACK₁₇
MISSTRUCK₁₇
MOLLYHAWK₂₄
MOLLYMAWK₂₃
MONADNOCK₁₈
MUCKAMUCK₂₅
MULTIBANK₁₇
MULTIDISK₁₆
MULTIPACK₁₉
MULTITASK₁₅
NAMECHECK₂₂
NEWSBREAK₁₈
NICKSTICK₂₁
NIGHTHAWK₂₃
NOGOODNIK₁₅
NONSHRINK₁₆
NOTCHBACK₂₂
ORESTUNCK₁₅
OUTSTRUCK₁₅
OVERCHECK₂₃
OVERCLOCK₂₀
OVERDRANK₁₇
OVERDRINK₁₇
OVERDRUNK₁₇
OVERFRANK₁₉
OVERQUICK₂₇
OVERSTANK₁₆
OVERSTINK₁₆
OVERSTOCK₁₈
OVERSTUNK₁₆
OVERTHICK₂₁
OVERTHINK₁₉
OVERTRICK₁₈
PADDYWACK₂₅
PAINTWORK₁₈
PAPERBACK₂₁
PAPERBARK₁₉
PAPERWORK₂₀
PATCHWORK₂₃
PERITRACK₁₇
PHOTOMASK₂₀
PHRENTICK₂₀
PICKABACK₂₅
PICKAPACK₂₅
PICKTHANK₂₄
PIECEWORK₂₀
PIGGYBACK₂₄
PILLICOCK₁₉
PINCHBECK₂₄
PINCHCOCK₂₄
PIPSQUEAK₂₆
PITCHFORK₂₃
PLACEKICK₂₃
PLAINWORK₁₈
PLATEMARK₁₇
POKERWORK₂₂
PONTIANAK₁₅
POPPYCOCK₂₆
PORTAPACK₁₉
PRACHARAK₂₀
PRESHRANK₁₈
PRESHRINK₁₈
PRESHRUNK₁₈
PRESSBACK₁₉
PRESSMARK₁₇
PRESSWORK₁₈
PRONGBUCK₂₀
PSALMBOOK₁₉
QUILLBACK₂₆
QUILLWORK₂₅
RACETRACK₁₇
RAINCHECK₂₀
RAINSTICK₁₅
RAZORBACK₂₆
REDSTREAK₁₄
REFUSENIK₁₆
RETROPACK₁₇
RICKSTICK₂₁
RIDGEBACK₁₉
RIVERBANK₁₈
ROADBLOCK₁₈
ROOTSTALK₁₃
ROOTSTOCK₁₅
ROUGHBACK₂₁
ROUGHNECK₁₉
SALTCHUCK₂₀
SANDCRACK₁₈
SCALEWORK₁₈
SCRAPBOOK₁₉
SEEDSTOCK₁₆
SEMITRUCK₁₇
SHASHLICK₂₁
SHEEPWALK₂₁
SHEETROCK₁₈
SHELDDUCK₂₀
SHELLBACK₂₀
SHELLBARK₁₈
SHELLDUCK₁₉
SHELLWORK₁₉
SHIFTWORK₂₂
SHIPWRECK₂₃
SHOEBLACK₂₀
SIDECHECK₂₁
SIDETRACK₁₆
SKATEPARK₁₉
SKATEPUNK₁₉
SKINFLICK₂₂
SLAPSTICK₁₇
SLEEPWALK₁₈
SLICKROCK₂₁
SLINGBACK₁₈
SMOKEJACK₂₈
SNOWBLINK₁₈
SNOWFLECK₂₁
SNOWFLICK₂₁
SOLONCHAK₁₈
SPACEWALK₂₀
SPADEWORK₁₉
SPRINGBOK₁₈
STAIRWORK₁₆
STEAMPUNK₁₇
STEELWORK₁₆
STEENBUCK₁₇
STEENKIRK₁₇
STEINBOCK₁₇
STEINKIRK₁₇
STICKWORK₂₂
STOCKLOCK₂₁
STOCKTOOK₁₉
STOCKWORK₂₂
STONEWORK₁₆
STORYBOOK₁₈
STUMPWORK₂₀
STYLEBOOK₁₈
SUNSTRUCK₁₅
SUPERBANK₁₇
SUPERJOCK₂₄
SWASHWORK₂₂
SWEEPBACK₂₂
SWEPTBACK₂₂
TACMAHACK₂₂
TAILSTOCK₁₅
THORNBACK₂₀
THROWBACK₂₃
THUMBTACK₂₂
TOOTHPICK₂₀
TOUCHBACK₂₂
TOUCHMARK₂₀
TOWNSFOLK₁₉
TRADEMARK₁₆
UNBESPEAK₁₇
UNDERCOOK₁₆
UNDERDECK₁₇
UNDERTOOK₁₄
UNDERWORK₁₇
VIDEODISK₁₈
WATERBUCK₂₀
WATERMARK₁₈
WATERWORK₁₉
WHALEBACK₂₃
WHEELWORK₂₂
WHIPSTOCK₂₃
WINDBREAK₁₉
WISECRACK₂₀
WOMENFOLK₂₁
WOODBLOCK₂₁
WOODCHUCK₂₄
WOODSHOCK₂₂
WORDBREAK₁₉
WRISTLOCK₁₈
YARDSTICK₁₉
ZAMBOORAK₂₆
ZUMBOORUK₂₆

Letters by positionIn 51% of these words the 8th letter is C.

2nd letter

O16%
A15%
R11%

4th letter

E16%
S11%
C10%

5th letter

S18%
H10%
T9%

6th letter

B17%
W16%
T13%

7th letter

A35%
O29%
I15%

8th letter

C51%
R20%
N9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 19 in Scrabble; BLACKJACK tops the list with 30. Scores before board bonuses.

1313 points: 3 words
14 points: 5 words
1515 points: 17 words
16 points: 23 words
1717 points: 44 words
18 points: 46 words
1919 points: 50 words
20 points: 39 words
2121 points: 36 words
22 points: 31 words
2323 points: 22 words
24 points: 18 words
2525 points: 13 words
26 points: 14 words
2727 points: 3 words
28 points: 2 words
2929 points: 1 words
30 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
BLACKJACK	30	36	All three
CHEAPJACK	29	33	All three
BACKCHECK	28	31	Collins · NWL
SMOKEJACK	28	32	All three
KNOCKBACK	27	31	NWL only
OVERQUICK	27	30	Collins · NWL
HOOKCHECK	27	27	Collins only
CHECKBOOK	26	28	All three
RAZORBACK	26	28	All three
APPLEJACK	26	32	All three
CHECKMARK	26	28	All three
POPPYCOCK	26	30	All three

That final K gathers an unusually varied set: framework and paperwork are everyday compounds, while blackjack is the standout scorer. Only 16 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so many answers are specialist or infrequent. Counts also depend on the game dictionary: Collins includes 357, compared with 270 in NWL2023 and 198 in ENABLE.

At a glance: 9-letter words ending in K

368 entries meet the nine-letter, final-K pattern across at least one tournament dictionary.
Only 16 qualify as common by the frequency cutoff.
306 entries have a definition.
Collins includes 357, NWL2023 270, and ENABLE 198; these overlapping lists are not additive.

Which ending-K words score highest?

BLACKJACK leads the scoring list at 30 points in Scrabble. CHEAPJACK follows at 29, while BACKCHECK and SMOKEJACK each score 28. KNOCKBACK, OVERQUICK, and HOOKCHECK are next at 27 points apiece.

The top scores favor words with high-value letters, especially J and K. BLACKJACK packs both into one entry; CHECKBOOK scores 26, and RAZORBACK and APPLEJACK also reach 26. These are score-first choices, not a claim that every game dictionary accepts every entry.

Use the first letter to narrow the search

S is the leading first letter, with 55 nine-letter K-ending words; B follows with 37, then P with 35 and C with 33. Start with familiar S compounds such as shipwreck or housework, then check the less crowded initials if those do not fit your rack.

Compound shapes dominate the recognizable examples: framework, trademark, paperwork, and boardwalk all finish with K. Other entries include undertook and bolshevik, so a compound-word guess will miss part of the set. The 16 common entries are only a small slice of 368.

For a game, check the specific dictionary before committing: Collins has 357 matches, but NWL2023 has 270. That gap matters in North American play. The 9-letter words ending in K collection is a tournament-dictionary union, not a promise that every entry works in every ruleset.

Questions people ask

How many 9-letter words end in K?

There are 368 nine-letter words ending in K across the tournament dictionaries represented here. The total includes words found in at least one of ENABLE, Collins, or NWL2023, so dictionary-specific totals differ.

What is the highest-scoring 9-letter word ending in K?

BLACKJACK is the highest-scoring entry, with a Scrabble score of 30 points. CHEAPJACK is next at 29, followed by BACKCHECK and SMOKEJACK at 28 each.

Are all 368 words accepted in NWL2023?

No. NWL2023 includes 270 of the 368 matches, while Collins includes 357 and ENABLE includes 198. These dictionary sets overlap, so their counts do not add up to the overall total.

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