Words containing K

Our dictionary holds 21,374 words containing k, ranging from 2 to 22 letters. The highest-scoring of them is KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIDES, worth 41 points in Scrabble.

More of these words begin with K than any other letter — 3,263 of them, about 15% of the list.

923 appear in the 20,000 most common English words (4%), including click, like, back, work, make; the remaining 20,451 are rarer finds that still count as valid plays.