5-letter words containing K
Embark on an exploration of 5-letter words that contain the letter K. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate K within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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think | 12 | judge or regard; look upon; judge | I think he is very smart |
thank | 12 | express gratitude or show appreciation to | - |
drink | 10 | propose a toast to | Let's drink to the New Year |
check | 16 | an appraisal of the state of affairs | a check on its dependability under stress |
speak | 11 | exchange thoughts; talk with | - |
break | 11 | (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving | he was up two breaks in the second set |
black | 13 | make or become black | The smoke blackened the ceiling |
taken | 9 | understood in a certain way; made sense of | a word taken literally |
lucky | 14 | presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome | lucky stars |
known | 12 | apprehended with certainty | a known quantity |
quick | 20 | apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity | a quick mind |
works | 12 | the internal mechanism of a device | - |
broke | 11 | lacking funds | - |
drunk | 10 | a chronic drinker | - |
smoke | 11 | a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion | the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles |
stick | 11 | marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking | - |
liked | 10 | found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form | a well-liked teacher |
frank | 12 | a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll | - |
clock | 13 | measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time | he clocked the runners |
stuck | 11 | baffled | this problem has me completely stuck |
truck | 11 | an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling | - |
knock | 15 | a vigorous blow | the sudden knock floored him |
knife | 12 | any long thin projection that is transient | - |
folks | 12 | people in general (often used in the plural) | folks around here drink moonshine |
spoke | 11 | one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder | - |
track | 11 | any road or path affording passage especially a rough one | - |
naked | 10 | having no protecting or concealing cover | naked to mine enemies |
trick | 11 | an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | - |
shake | 12 | move back and forth or sideways | - |
freak | 12 | someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction | a bodybuilding freak |
block | 13 | an obstruction in a pipe or tube | we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe |
bucks | 13 | - | - |
kinda | 10 | to some (great or small) extent | - |
awake | 12 | stop sleeping | - |
chick | 16 | informal terms for a (young) woman | - |
shock | 14 | the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat | the armies met in the shock of battle |
sucks | 11 | - | - |
crack | 13 | a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive | - |
talks | 9 | a discussion intended to produce an agreement | talks between Israelis and Palestinians |
snake | 9 | a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition | - |
chuck | 16 | informal terms for a meal | - |
marks | 11 | English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964) | - |
stock | 11 | the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun | the rifle had been fitted with a special stock |
kelly | 12 | United States circus clown (1898-1979) | - |
prick | 13 | insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | - |
drank | 10 | - | - |
banks | 11 | English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820) | - |
shark | 12 | any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales | - |
thick | 14 | hard to pass through because of dense growth | thick woods |
greek | 10 | the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages | - |
kitty | 12 | young domestic cat | - |
trunk | 9 | a long flexible snout as of an elephant | - |
skull | 9 | the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates | - |
stink | 9 | smell badly and offensively | - |
vodka | 13 | unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia | - |
stake | 9 | mark with a stake | stake out the path |
skirt | 9 | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | she skirted the problem |
alike | 9 | having the same or similar characteristics | all politicians are alike |
kings | 10 | - | - |
sneak | 9 | someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions | - |
steak | 9 | a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish | - |
blank | 11 | a blank gap or missing part | - |
skill | 9 | an ability that has been acquired by training | - |
wreck | 14 | an accident that destroys a ship at sea | - |
rocky | 14 | full of hardship or trials | the rocky road to success |
bloke | 11 | a boy or man | he's a good bloke |
click | 13 | move or strike with a noise | he clicked on the light |
baker | 11 | someone who bakes bread or cake | - |
snack | 11 | eat a snack; eat lightly | She never loses weight because she snacks between meals |
nicky | 14 | - | - |
brick | 13 | a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy | - |
kiddo | 11 | - | - |
poker | 11 | fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire | - |
risky | 12 | involving risk or danger | extremely risky going out in the tide and fog |
backs | 13 | - | - |
cheek | 14 | either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump | - |
brake | 11 | large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan | - |
smack | 13 | deliver a hard blow to | The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved |
kilos | 9 | - | - |
ankle | 9 | a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus | - |
whack | 17 | hit hard | The teacher whacked the boy |
kneel | 9 | supporting yourself on your knees | - |
maker | 11 | a business engaged in manufacturing some product | - |
clerk | 11 | a salesperson in a store | - |
choke | 14 | become stultified, suppressed, or stifled | - |
baked | 12 | dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight | land lying baked in the heat |
punks | 11 | a youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s; in part a reaction to the hippy subculture; dress was optional but intended to shock (plastic garbage bags or old school uniforms) and hair was dyed in bright colors (in Mohican haircuts or sometimes spiked in bright plumes) | - |
spike | 11 | a very high narrow heel on women's shoes | - |
spark | 11 | merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance | he had a sparkle in his eye |
skate | 9 | large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins | - |
creek | 11 | a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) | the creek dried up every summer |
blink | 11 | keep back by blinking | blink away tears |
shook | 12 | a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment | - |
karma | 11 | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation | - |
ducks | 12 | - | - |
stack | 11 | a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated | - |
joker | 16 | a person who does something thoughtless or annoying | some joker is blocking the driveway |
crook | 11 | a circular segment of a curve | a crook in the path |
pinky | 14 | the finger farthest from the thumb | - |
slack | 11 | a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot | - |
prank | 11 | a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement | - |
stark | 9 | without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | stark staring mad |
burke | 11 | United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903) | - |
funky | 15 | (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues | - |
jacky | 21 | - | - |
flock | 14 | an orderly crowd | - |
cocky | 16 | overly self-confident or self-assertive | a very cocky young man |
takin | 9 | large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area | - |
token | 9 | an individual instance of a type of symbol | the word `error' contains three tokens of `r' |
drake | 10 | English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596) | - |
crank | 11 | start by cranking | crank up the engine |
parks | 11 | United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913) | - |
milky | 14 | resembling milk in color; not clear | milky glass |
slick | 11 | having only superficial plausibility | a slick commercial |
links | 9 | a golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore | - |
shack | 14 | small crude shelter used as a dwelling | - |
chalk | 14 | an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | - |
hooks | 12 | large strong hand (as of a fighter) | wait till I get my hooks on him |
woken | 12 | - | - |
snuck | 11 | - | - |
hicks | 14 | - | - |
flick | 14 | look through a book or other written material | - |
cloak | 11 | hide under a false appearance | - |
pluck | 13 | strip of feathers | pluck the capon |
kinky | 16 | (informal) strikingly unconventional | - |
picky | 16 | exacting especially about details | - |
skunk | 13 | American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae | - |
kappa | 13 | the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
kerry | 12 | - | - |
malik | 11 | the leader of a town or community in some parts of Asia Minor and the Indian subcontinent | maliks rule the hinterland of Afghanistan under the protection of warlords |
tacky | 14 | tastelessly showy | - |
brock | 13 | - | - |
flank | 12 | the side of military or naval formation | they attacked the enemy's right flank |
brink | 11 | a region marking a boundary | - |
chunk | 14 | group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side | - |
spank | 11 | give a spanking to; subject to a spanking | - |
quack | 20 | act as a medical quack or a charlatan | - |
jacks | 18 | a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball | - |
corky | 14 | (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin | - |
shaky | 15 | not secure; beset with difficulties | a shaky marriage |
hanks | 12 | United States film actor (born in 1956) | - |
wacko | 14 | a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad | - |
skank | 13 | any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant | - |
kirby | 14 | - | - |
crock | 13 | an earthen jar (made of baked clay) | - |
stalk | 9 | material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds | - |
biker | 11 | a person who rides a bicycle | - |
knack | 15 | a special way of doing something | he had a special knack for getting into trouble |
ducky | 15 | a special loved one | - |
stank | 9 | - | - |
jerky | 19 | meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun | - |
plank | 11 | cover with planks | The streets were planked |
flask | 12 | the quantity a flask will hold | - |
bleak | 11 | providing no shelter or sustenance | the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes |
spook | 11 | a mental representation of some haunting experience | - |
decks | 12 | - | - |
speck | 13 | (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything | - |
awoke | 12 | - | - |
kylie | 12 | an Australian boomerang; one side flat and the other convex | - |
polka | 11 | a Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time | - |
flake | 12 | a crystal of snow | - |
quake | 18 | shake with seismic vibrations | - |
wacky | 17 | ludicrous, foolish | some wacky plan for selling more books |
dicky | 15 | a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt | - |
fluke | 12 | a stroke of luck | - |
kebab | 13 | cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables | - |
croak | 11 | a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) | - |
micky | 16 | - | - |
clink | 11 | a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) | - |
kiosk | 13 | small area set off by walls for special use | - |
dukes | 10 | - | - |
crick | 13 | a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) | - |
sakai | 9 | - | - |
kraut | 9 | offensive term for a person of German descent | - |
brook | 11 | put up with something or somebody unpleasant | - |
silky | 12 | having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light | silky skin |
taker | 9 | one who accepts an offer | - |
stork | 9 | large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage | - |
spunk | 11 | the courage to carry on | he kept fighting on pure spunk |
flunk | 12 | failure to reach a minimum required performance | he got two flunks on his report |
dinky | 13 | small and unimpressive | we stayed in a dinky old hotel |
hanky | 15 | a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory | - |
flack | 14 | artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes | - |
honky | 15 | (slang) offensive names for a White man | - |
chink | 14 | make cracks or chinks in | - |
stoke | 9 | stir up or tend; of a fire | - |
looky | 12 | - | - |
smoky | 14 | marked by or emitting or filled with smoke | smoky rafters |
frock | 14 | a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice | - |
hakim | 14 | a Muslim physician | - |
klutz | 18 | (Yiddish) a clumsy dolt | - |
kendo | 10 | - | - |
sheik | 12 | a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | - |
creak | 11 | a squeaking sound | the creak of the floorboards gave him away |
perky | 14 | characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness | a perky little widow in her 70s |
hooky | 15 | failure to attend (especially school) | - |
frisk | 12 | the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs | he gave the suspect a quick frisk |
kaput | 11 | destroyed or killed | - |
brisk | 11 | become brisk | business brisked up |
clank | 11 | a loud resonant repeating noise | - |
fleck | 14 | a small contrasting part of something | a fleck of red |
kiddy | 14 | informal term for a young child | - |
husky | 15 | deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion | makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky |
murky | 14 | dark or gloomy | a murky dungeon |
kanji | 16 | - | - |
koala | 9 | sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark | - |
skier | 9 | someone who skis | - |
yucky | 17 | highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust | - |
kissy | 12 | - | - |
cluck | 13 | the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks) | - |
porky | 14 | - | - |
khaki | 16 | a sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used especially for military uniforms | - |
clack | 13 | make a rattling sound | - |
stunk | 9 | - | - |
kudos | 10 | an expression of approval and commendation | - |
leaky | 12 | prone to communicate confidential information | - |
shank | 12 | cylinder forming a long narrow part of something | - |
wreak | 12 | cause to happen or to occur as a consequence | wreak havoc |
hunky | 15 | - | - |
knave | 12 | a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel | - |
tweak | 12 | adjust finely | - |
smirk | 11 | smile affectedly or derisively | - |
knelt | 9 | - | - |
bakes | 11 | - | - |
pesky | 14 | causing irritation or annoyance | a pesky mosquito |
sleek | 9 | designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow | - |
flaky | 15 | made of or resembling flakes | flaky soap |
pokey | 14 | small and remote and insignificant | - |
haiku | 12 | an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines | - |
waken | 12 | stop sleeping | - |
gecko | 12 | any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless | - |
bulky | 14 | of large size for its weight | - |
chock | 16 | a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object | - |
smock | 13 | a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles | - |
parka | 11 | a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term) | - |
evoke | 12 | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | evoke sympathy |
skeet | 9 | the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird | - |
spiky | 14 | having or as if having especially high-pitched spots | - |
whisk | 15 | a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes | - |
faker | 12 | a person who makes deceitful pretenses | - |
junky | 19 | someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction | - |
kurta | 9 | a loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama) | - |
skint | 9 | lacking funds | `skint' is a British slang term |
aback | 13 | - | - |
knoll | 9 | a small natural hill | - |
tokay | 12 | Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes | - |
hokey | 15 | artificially formal | - |
clunk | 11 | make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground | - |
shirk | 12 | avoid (one's assigned duties) | The derelict soldier shirked his duties |
thunk | 12 | a dull hollow sound | the basketball made a thunk as it hit the rim |
kraft | 12 | strong wrapping paper made from pulp processed with a sulfur solution | - |
keyed | 13 | set to a key or tone | - |
quirk | 18 | a strange attitude or habit | - |
kooky | 16 | informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | - |
kondo | 10 | - | - |
krill | 9 | shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whales | - |
knead | 10 | make uniform | knead dough |
sitka | 9 | a town in southeastern Alaska that was the capital of Russian America and served as the capital of Alaska from 1867 until 1906 | - |
skiff | 15 | any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor | - |
spick | 13 | (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent | - |
hunks | 12 | - | - |
kayak | 16 | a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos | - |
mucky | 16 | dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck | a mucky stable |
skied | 10 | - | - |
yokel | 12 | a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture | - |
raked | 10 | - | - |
silks | 9 | the brightly colored garments of a jockey; emblematic of the stable | - |
sulky | 12 | depressingly dark | - |
laker | 9 | - | - |
chook | 14 | - | - |
aleck | 11 | - | - |
fakir | 12 | a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man | - |
wonky | 15 | inclined to shake as from weakness or defect | the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky |
kazoo | 18 | a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece | - |
dusky | 13 | lighted by or as if by twilight | The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn |
tilak | 9 | - | - |
oakum | 11 | loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes; when impregnated with tar it was used to caulk seams and pack joints in wooden ships | - |
jocko | 18 | - | - |
akita | 9 | - | - |
skimp | 13 | supply sparingly and with restricted quantities | - |
jinks | 16 | noisy and mischievous merrymaking | - |
karat | 9 | the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold | - |
lanky | 12 | tall and thin and having long slender limbs | a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man |
burka | 11 | a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan | - |
pinko | 11 | a person with mildly leftist political views | - |
quark | 18 | fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet | - |
bucko | 13 | - | - |
askew | 12 | turned or twisted to one side | rugs lying askew |
shuck | 14 | material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds | - |
slink | 9 | walk stealthily | I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey |
peaky | 14 | having or as if having especially high-pitched spots | absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass |
hiker | 12 | a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure) | - |
kiang | 10 | wild ass of Tibet and Mongolia | - |
mekka | 15 | - | - |
cooky | 14 | the cook on a ranch or at a camp | - |
alack | 11 | - | - |
skulk | 13 | avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill | - |
swank | 12 | imposingly fashionable and elegant | a swank apartment |
krone | 9 | the basic unit of money in Norway | - |
skoal | 9 | - | - |
knell | 9 | make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification | - |
likin | 9 | - | - |
manky | 14 | inferior and worthless | - |
amuck | 13 | wildly; without self-control | when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit |
khadi | 13 | a coarse homespun cotton cloth made in India | - |
musky | 14 | resembling the smell of musk | - |
darky | 13 | - | - |
plonk | 11 | set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | - |
kofta | 12 | - | - |
kyrie | 12 | - | - |
korma | 11 | - | - |
snook | 9 | large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and brackish waters; resemble pike | - |
kalam | 11 | - | - |
klick | 15 | a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles) | - |
batik | 11 | a dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted | - |
plunk | 11 | pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion | - |
slake | 9 | satisfy (thirst) | - |
talky | 12 | full of trivial conversation | - |
twink | 12 | - | - |
muzak | 20 | - | - |
kohen | 12 | - | - |
eking | 10 | - | - |
gawky | 16 | lacking grace in movement or posture | a gawky lad with long ungainly legs |
kanga | 10 | - | - |
liken | 9 | consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous | - |
punky | 14 | minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects | - |
hokum | 14 | a message that seems to convey no meaning | - |
jakes | 16 | a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate | - |
knowe | 12 | - | - |
kudzu | 19 | fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long hairy pods containing many seeds; grown for fodder and forage and root starch; widespread in the southern United States | - |
caulk | 11 | a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight | - |
skive | 12 | remove the surface of | skive leather |
spake | 11 | - | - |
spork | 11 | trademark for a plastic eating utensil that has both tines and a bowl like a spoon | - |
knish | 12 | (Yiddish) a baked or fried turnover filled with potato or meat or cheese; often eaten as a snack | - |
asker | 9 | someone who asks a question | - |
plink | 11 | - | - |
rojak | 16 | - | - |
snaky | 12 | resembling a serpent in form | snaky ridges in the sand |
trike | 9 | a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals | - |
kabob | 13 | cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables | - |
klong | 10 | - | - |
ketch | 14 | a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost | - |
snoek | 9 | a large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa | - |
spink | 11 | - | - |
nooky | 12 | slang for sexual intercourse | - |
pekin | 11 | - | - |
folky | 15 | - | - |
kopek | 15 | 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia | - |
kvass | 12 | fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or barley | - |
kasha | 12 | boiled or baked buckwheat | - |
milko | 11 | - | - |
cronk | 11 | cry like a goose | - |
beaky | 14 | - | - |
akela | 9 | - | - |
sarky | 12 | - | - |
slunk | 9 | - | - |
kited | 10 | - | - |
krona | 9 | the basic unit of money in Iceland | - |
karoo | 9 | - | - |
khoja | 19 | - | - |
liker | 9 | - | - |
berks | 11 | - | - |
barky | 14 | resembling the rough bark of a tree | the rattlesnake's barky scales |
alkie | 9 | - | - |
aking | 10 | - | - |
piker | 11 | - | - |
pukka | 15 | absolutely first class and genuine | pukka sahib |
tanka | 9 | a form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables | - |
kafir | 12 | an offensive and insulting term for any Black African | - |
knout | 9 | a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners | - |
kraal | 9 | a pen for livestock in southern Africa | - |
kugel | 10 | - | - |
kente | 9 | - | - |
minke | 11 | - | - |
dukas | 10 | French composer (1865-1935) | - |
bunko | 11 | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property | - |
acock | 13 | - | - |
skein | 9 | coils of worsted yarn | - |
stonk | 9 | - | - |
trank | 9 | - | - |
parky | 14 | appreciably or disagreeably cold | - |
whelk | 15 | gather whelk | - |
wrack | 14 | growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp | - |
hooka | 12 | - | - |
kauri | 9 | tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood | - |
dreck | 12 | merchandise that is shoddy or inferior | - |
bosky | 14 | covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets | `bosky' is a literary term |
choky | 17 | British slang (dated) for a prison | - |
ackee | 11 | red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe | - |
plack | 13 | - | - |
skink | 13 | alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide | - |
shako | 12 | tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions | - |
snick | 11 | a small cut | - |
taluk | 9 | - | - |
oaken | 9 | consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree | the old oaken bucket |
pekoe | 11 | a superior grade of black tea; grown in India and Sri Lanka and Java | - |
eskar | 9 | - | - |
esker | 9 | (geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets | - |
euked | 10 | - | - |
erick | 11 | - | - |
faiks | 12 | - | - |
fakey | 15 | - | - |
faked | 13 | - | - |
fakes | 12 | - | - |
ewked | 13 | - | - |
ekkas | 13 | - | - |
eiked | 10 | - | - |
eikon | 9 | - | - |
dykey | 16 | - | - |
ebook | 11 | - | - |
ensky | 12 | exalt to the skies; lift to the skies or to heaven with praise | - |
enoki | 9 | - | - |
flaks | 12 | - | - |
fisks | 12 | - | - |
firks | 12 | - | - |
finks | 12 | - | - |
fluky | 15 | subject to accident or chance or change | getting that job was definitely fluky |
flisk | 12 | - | - |
fikes | 12 | - | - |
fecks | 14 | - | - |
fanks | 12 | - | - |
fiked | 13 | - | - |
fenks | 12 | - | - |
funks | 12 | - | - |
fykes | 15 | - | - |
fyked | 16 | - | - |
gawks | 13 | - | - |
geeky | 13 | - | - |
geeks | 10 | - | - |
gecks | 12 | - | - |
frack | 14 | - | - |
forks | 12 | - | - |
forky | 15 | - | - |
fucks | 14 | - | - |
gonks | 10 | - | - |
gooky | 13 | - | - |
gooks | 10 | - | - |
gopak | 12 | - | - |
gopik | 12 | - | - |
gouks | 10 | - | - |
gowks | 13 | - | - |
ginks | 10 | - | - |
glike | 10 | - | - |
gleek | 10 | - | - |
glisk | 10 | - | - |
glaik | 10 | - | - |
harks | 12 | - | - |
hasks | 12 | - | - |
hakea | 12 | Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers | - |
hakes | 12 | - | - |
hakus | 12 | - | - |
hakas | 12 | - | - |
hakam | 14 | - | - |
hecks | 14 | - | - |
hawks | 15 | - | - |
gryke | 13 | - | - |
gucks | 12 | - | - |
gucky | 15 | - | - |
grike | 10 | - | - |
groks | 10 | - | - |
haick | 14 | an outer garment consisting of a large piece of white cloth; worn by men and women in northern Africa | - |
haika | 12 | - | - |
haiks | 12 | - | - |
hacek | 14 | a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation | - |
hacks | 14 | - | - |
gunks | 10 | - | - |
gunky | 13 | - | - |
hucks | 14 | - | - |
hulks | 12 | - | - |
hulky | 15 | of great size and bulk | - |
howks | 15 | - | - |
icker | 11 | - | - |
ickle | 11 | - | - |
ikons | 9 | - | - |
ikats | 9 | - | - |
ikans | 9 | - | - |
husks | 12 | - | - |
hykes | 15 | - | - |
hikoi | 12 | - | - |
hiked | 13 | - | - |
hikes | 12 | - | - |
hinky | 15 | - | - |
honks | 12 | - | - |
hocks | 14 | - | - |
hoick | 14 | - | - |
hoiks | 12 | - | - |
holks | 12 | - | - |
hoked | 13 | - | - |
hokes | 12 | - | - |
hokis | 12 | - | - |
hokku | 16 | - | - |
jocks | 18 | - | - |
joked | 17 | - | - |
jokes | 16 | - | - |
jokey | 19 | - | - |
jokol | 16 | - | - |
jerks | 16 | - | - |
kabab | 13 | - | - |
kabar | 11 | - | - |