3 letter words with O and K

Our dictionary holds 17 3 letter words with o and k, all exactly 3 letters long. The highest-scoring of them is KOW, worth 10 points in Scrabble.

More of these words begin with K than any other letter — 8 of them, about 47% of the list.

2 appear in the 20,000 most common English words (12%), including oak, kos; the remaining 15 are rarer finds that still count as valid plays.