9-letter words ending with K
Dive into the specific realm of 9-letter words that conclude with the letter K. This focused section reveals the fascinating ways in which words of this particular length, ending with K, contribute to the richness of the English language. Whether it's for expanding your vocabulary, solving puzzles, or simply for the love of words, discover how these terms uniquely blend length and ending sound.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| paperwork | 20 | work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc. | - |
| clockwork | 24 | any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled spring; resembles the works of a mechanical clock | - |
| birthmark | 20 | a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth | - |
| horseback | 20 | on the back of a horse | he rode horseback to town |
| livestock | 18 | any animals kept for use or profit | - |
| roadblock | 18 | a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc. | - |
| housework | 19 | the work of cleaning and running a house | - |
| trademark | 16 | mark with a brand or trademark | - |
| blackjack | 30 | a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship | - |
| shipwreck | 23 | an accident that destroys a ship at sea | - |
| flashback | 23 | an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier) | - |
| checkbook | 26 | a book issued to holders of checking accounts | - |
| racetrack | 17 | a course over which races are run | - |
| hunchback | 25 | an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column | - |
| toothpick | 20 | pick consisting of a small strip of wood or plastic; used to pick food from between the teeth | - |
| piggyback | 24 | on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip | she carried her child piggyback |
| scrapbook | 19 | an album into which clippings or notes or pictures can be pasted | - |
| framework | 21 | a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process | - |
| handiwork | 20 | a work produced by hand labor | - |
| riverbank | 18 | the bank of a river | - |
| guidebook | 17 | something that offers basic information or instruction | - |
| boardwalk | 19 | a walkway made of wooden boards; usually at seaside | - |
| drumstick | 18 | a stick used for playing a drum | - |
| pipsqueak | 26 | - | - |
| bolshevik | 21 | of or relating to Bolshevism | - |
| disembark | 18 | go ashore | The passengers disembarked at Southampton |
| guesswork | 17 | an estimate based on little or no information | - |
| chopstick | 22 | one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with | - |
| crosswalk | 18 | a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other | - |
| paperback | 21 | a book with paper covers | - |
| townsfolk | 19 | the people living in a municipality smaller than a city | - |
| jailbreak | 22 | an escape from jail | - |
| storybook | 18 | a book containing a collection of stories (usually for children) | - |
| womenfolk | 21 | - | - |
| poppycock | 26 | senseless talk | - |
| fieldwork | 20 | a temporary fortification built by troops in the field | - |
| backtrack | 23 | retrace one's course | - |
| pitchfork | 23 | lift with a pitchfork | pitchfork hay |
| throwback | 23 | characteristic of an atavist | - |
| beanstalk | 15 | stem of a bean plant | - |
| undertook | 14 | - | - |
| beefsteak | 18 | a beef steak usually cooked by broiling | - |
| landshark | 17 | - | - |
| matchbook | 22 | a small folder of paper safety matches | - |
| nighthawk | 23 | a person who likes to be active late at night | - |
| awestruck | 18 | having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread | in grim despair and awestruck wonder |
| sleepwalk | 18 | walk in one's sleep | - |
| stonework | 16 | masonry done with stone | - |
| patchwork | 23 | a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together | - |
| yardstick | 19 | a ruler or tape that is three feet long | - |
| interlock | 15 | a device that prevents an automotive engine from starting | car theives know how to bypass the ignition interlock |
| cellblock | 19 | a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) | - |
| watermark | 18 | a line marking the level reached by a body of water | - |
| greenback | 18 | a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) | - |
| chapstick | 22 | - | - |
| raincheck | 20 | - | - |
| haversack | 21 | a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder | - |
| paintwork | 18 | - | - |
| sheetrock | 18 | a kind of plasterboard | - |
| breakneck | 21 | moving at very high speed | a breakneck pace |
| wisecrack | 20 | witty remark | - |
| woodchuck | 24 | reddish brown North American marmot | - |
| sidetrack | 16 | wander from a direct or straight course | - |
| springbok | 18 | a South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air | - |
| gangplank | 17 | a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside | - |
| brushwork | 21 | an artist's distinctive technique of applying paint with a brush | - |
| bushwhack | 26 | wait in hiding to attack | - |
| slapstick | 17 | a boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes | - |
| piecework | 20 | work paid for according to the quantity produced | - |
| interlink | 13 | cause to be interconnected or interwoven | - |
| hatchback | 25 | a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open | - |
| benchmark | 22 | a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point | - |
| bootblack | 19 | a person who polishes shoes and boots | - |
| roughneck | 19 | a cruel and brutal fellow | - |
| heartsick | 18 | full of sorrow | - |
| cyberpunk | 22 | a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism | - |
| fenugreek | 17 | annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry | - |
| gunnysack | 19 | a bag made of burlap | - |
| windbreak | 19 | hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion | - |
| spacewalk | 20 | move in space outside a space craft | - |
| razorback | 26 | a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States | - |
| earthwork | 19 | an earthen rampart | - |
| spadework | 19 | dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking | - |
| undercook | 16 | - | - |
| hollyhock | 24 | any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea | - |
| cornstalk | 15 | the stalk of a corn plant | - |
| feedstock | 19 | the raw material that is required for some industrial process | - |
| flintlock | 18 | a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock | - |
| glasswork | 17 | an article of tableware made of glass | - |
| amberjack | 26 | any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes | - |
| overstock | 18 | stock excessively | - |
| metalwork | 18 | the activity of making things out of metal in a skillful manner | - |
| wristlock | 18 | - | - |
| thumbtack | 22 | a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board | - |
| hyperlink | 21 | a link from a hypertext file to another location or file; typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or icon at a particular location on the screen | - |
| firebreak | 18 | a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire | - |
| goldbrick | 19 | an idle worthless person | - |
| applejack | 26 | distilled from hard cider | - |
| brainwork | 18 | - | - |
| misstruck | 17 | - | - |
| mollyhawk | 24 | - | - |
| mollymawk | 23 | large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight | - |
| monadnock | 18 | - | - |
| multitask | 15 | - | - |
| multibank | 17 | - | - |
| multipack | 19 | - | - |
| muckamuck | 25 | - | - |
| newsbreak | 18 | a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story | - |
| namecheck | 22 | - | - |
| nickstick | 21 | - | - |
| nonshrink | 16 | - | - |
| notchback | 22 | - | - |
| orestunck | 15 | - | - |
| overdrink | 17 | - | - |
| overdrunk | 17 | - | - |
| overfrank | 19 | - | - |
| overcheck | 23 | - | - |
| overdrank | 17 | - | - |
| outstruck | 15 | - | - |
| overtrick | 18 | - | - |
| overstunk | 16 | - | - |
| overstink | 16 | - | - |
| overthink | 19 | - | - |
| overthick | 21 | - | - |
| overstank | 16 | - | - |
| overquick | 27 | - | - |
| paperbark | 19 | - | - |
| paddywack | 25 | - | - |
| maulstick | 17 | a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush | - |
| minitrack | 17 | - | - |
| minibreak | 17 | - | - |
| metalmark | 17 | - | - |
| metestick | 17 | - | - |
| woodblock | 21 | - | - |
| whipstock | 23 | - | - |
| zamboorak | 26 | a camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies | - |
| wordbreak | 19 | - | - |
| woodshock | 22 | - | - |
| zumbooruk | 26 | a camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies | - |
| videodisk | 18 | a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set | - |
| whaleback | 23 | - | - |
| wheelwork | 22 | mechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears) | - |
| waterbuck | 20 | any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus having curved ridged horns and frequenting e.g. swamps and rivers | - |
| waterwork | 19 | - | - |
| scalework | 18 | - | - |
| saltchuck | 20 | - | - |
| sandcrack | 18 | - | - |
| seedstock | 16 | - | - |
| semitruck | 17 | - | - |
| sheepwalk | 21 | farm devoted to raising sheep | - |
| shellback | 20 | - | - |
| shellbark | 18 | North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts | - |
| shellduck | 19 | - | - |
| sheldduck | 20 | - | - |
| shashlick | 21 | - | - |
| sidecheck | 21 | - | - |
| shellwork | 19 | - | - |
| shiftwork | 22 | - | - |
| shoeblack | 20 | a person who polishes shoes and boots | - |
| skatepark | 19 | - | - |
| skinflick | 22 | - | - |
| smokejack | 28 | - | - |
| slickrock | 21 | - | - |
| slingback | 18 | a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel | - |
| solonchak | 18 | - | - |
| snowblink | 18 | - | - |
| snowfleck | 21 | - | - |
| snowflick | 21 | - | - |
| stairwork | 16 | - | - |
| stickwork | 22 | - | - |
| stocklock | 21 | - | - |
| stocktook | 19 | - | - |
| stockwork | 22 | - | - |
| steelwork | 16 | - | - |
| steenbuck | 17 | - | - |
| steenkirk | 17 | - | - |
| steinbock | 17 | - | - |
| steinkirk | 17 | - | - |
| stumpwork | 20 | - | - |
| stylebook | 18 | - | - |
| ridgeback | 19 | - | - |
| rickstick | 21 | - | - |
| rootstalk | 13 | a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure | - |
| rootstock | 15 | a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure | - |
| roughback | 21 | - | - |
| tacmahack | 22 | - | - |
| tailstock | 15 | support consisting of the movable part of a lathe that slides along the bed in alignment with the headstock and is locked into position to support the free end of the workpiece | - |
| thornback | 20 | - | - |
| touchmark | 20 | - | - |
| touchback | 22 | (American football) a play in which the opposing team has kicked the football into your end zone | - |
| unbespeak | 17 | - | - |
| underdeck | 17 | - | - |
| underwork | 17 | - | - |
| sunstruck | 15 | lighted by sunlight | violet valleys and the sunstruck ridges |
| swashwork | 22 | - | - |
| sweepback | 22 | - | - |
| sweptback | 22 | used of hair | - |
| superjock | 24 | - | - |
| superbank | 17 | - | - |
| placekick | 23 | - | - |
| platemark | 17 | - | - |
| plainwork | 18 | - | - |
| pillicock | 19 | - | - |
| pinchbeck | 24 | an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold | - |
| pinchcock | 24 | - | - |
| pokerwork | 22 | - | - |
| pracharak | 20 | - | - |
| pontianak | 15 | - | - |
| portapack | 19 | - | - |
| preshrunk | 18 | - | - |
| pressmark | 17 | a mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location | - |
| presswork | 18 | - | - |
| preshrink | 18 | - | - |
| preshrank | 18 | - | - |
| prongbuck | 20 | fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns | - |
| psalmbook | 19 | - | - |
| quillback | 26 | - | - |
| quillwork | 25 | - | - |
| redstreak | 14 | - | - |
| refusenik | 16 | - | - |
| retropack | 17 | - | - |
| peritrack | 17 | - | - |
| photomask | 20 | - | - |
| pickaback | 25 | on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip | - |
| pickapack | 25 | - | - |
| pickthank | 24 | - | - |
| phrentick | 20 | - | - |
| huckaback | 26 | toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric | - |
| hornwrack | 21 | - | - |
| hornywink | 22 | - | - |
| hookcheck | 27 | - | - |
| houseleek | 16 | - | - |
| hygrodeik | 21 | a wet and dry bulb hygrometer | - |
| interbank | 15 | - | - |
| inglenook | 14 | a corner by a fireplace | - |
| ingleneuk | 14 | - | - |
| interwork | 16 | - | - |
| knobstick | 21 | - | - |
| kiddywink | 25 | - | - |
| lapstreak | 15 | - | - |
| lancejack | 24 | - | - |
| laserdisk | 14 | - | - |
| krakowiak | 24 | - | - |
| lampblack | 21 | a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink | - |
| leafstalk | 16 | the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf | - |
| leaseback | 17 | - | - |
| lintstock | 15 | - | - |
| mahlstick | 20 | a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush | - |
| marshbuck | 22 | - | - |
| matchlock | 22 | an early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge | - |
| matchmark | 22 | - | - |
| mallemuck | 19 | - | - |
| heathcock | 23 | - | - |
| headstick | 19 | - | - |
| headstock | 19 | the stationary support in a machine or power tool that supports and drives a revolving part (as a chuck or the spindle on a lathe) | - |
| hindshank | 20 | a cut of meat from the upper part of a rear leg | - |
| cookshack | 24 | - | - |
| countback | 19 | - | - |
| crabstick | 19 | - | - |
| crackback | 25 | - | - |
| crossjack | 24 | the lowermost sail on a mizzenmast | - |
| crosstalk | 15 | the presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling | - |
| crossbuck | 19 | - | - |
| crookback | 23 | a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine | - |
| crookneck | 21 | yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin | - |
| crownwork | 21 | (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth | - |
| craftwork | 21 | - | - |
| crampbark | 21 | deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries | - |
| dandyfunk | 21 | - | - |
| deadstock | 17 | - | - |
| dreadlock | 17 | one of many long thin braids of hair radiating from the scalp; popularized by Rastafarians | - |
| drawnwork | 20 | ornamental needlework done by drawing threads to form lacelike patterns | - |
| doorknock | 20 | - | - |
| eaglehawk | 20 | - | - |
| duikerbok | 20 | - | - |
| dumptruck | 20 | - | - |
| coachwork | 23 | - | - |
| clovepink | 20 | - | - |
| falsework | 19 | - | - |
| fancywork | 24 | decorative needlework | - |
| fightback | 24 | - | - |
| firetruck | 18 | - | - |
| firebrick | 20 | brick made of fire clay; used for lining e.g. furnaces and chimneys | - |
| floodmark | 19 | - | - |
| flushwork | 22 | - | - |
| flagstick | 19 | - | - |
| fishyback | 26 | - | - |
| flaptrack | 20 | - | - |
| flareback | 20 | - | - |
| forethink | 19 | - | - |
| foreshank | 19 | a cut of meat from the upper part of a front leg | - |
| foreshock | 21 | a tremor preceding an earthquake | - |
| forespeak | 18 | - | - |
| foreslack | 18 | - | - |
| forswonck | 21 | - | - |
| forecheck | 23 | - | - |
| footstock | 18 | - | - |
| footstalk | 16 | - | - |
| frostwork | 19 | - | - |
| gaolbreak | 16 | an escape from jail | - |
| geekspeak | 20 | - | - |
| gowdspink | 20 | - | - |
| grasshook | 17 | - | - |
| glowstick | 19 | - | - |
| gooseneck | 16 | something in a thin curved form (like the neck of a goose) | - |
| goldspink | 17 | - | - |
| goldstick | 17 | - | - |
| greensick | 16 | of or pertaining to or suffering from chlorosis | - |
| grillwork | 17 | a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate | - |
| handywork | 23 | - | - |
| hairyback | 23 | - | - |
| halftrack | 21 | - | - |
| entertook | 13 | - | - |
| barmbrack | 21 | a rich currant cake or bun | - |
| barnbrack | 19 | - | - |
| billycock | 22 | - | - |
| bergomask | 18 | - | - |
| bergamask | 18 | - | - |
| blockwork | 24 | - | - |
| birchbark | 22 | a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree | - |
| bladework | 19 | - | - |
| blackbuck | 25 | common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns | - |
| blackcock | 25 | male black grouse | - |
| boschvark | 23 | - | - |
| brainsick | 17 | affected with madness or insanity | - |
| bobbysock | 24 | a sock that reaches just above the ankle | - |
| bodycheck | 26 | - | - |
| boneblack | 19 | - | - |
| brushback | 22 | - | - |
| brushmark | 20 | - | - |
| breakback | 23 | - | - |
| brickwork | 24 | masonry done with bricks and mortar | - |
| buttstock | 17 | - | - |
| bullwhack | 23 | - | - |
| cantabank | 17 | - | - |
| camelback | 21 | - | - |
| carryback | 22 | - | - |
| chainwork | 21 | - | - |
| chempaduk | 23 | - | - |
| checkmark | 26 | - | - |
| cheapjack | 29 | made of inferior workmanship and materials | cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob |
| chinovnik | 21 | - | - |
| classwork | 18 | the part of a student's work that is done in the classroom | - |
| churnmilk | 20 | - | - |
| audiobook | 16 | - | - |
| backblock | 25 | - | - |
| backcheck | 28 | - | - |
| bailiwick | 20 | a branch of knowledge | - |
| antishark | 16 | - | - |
| antishock | 18 | - | - |
| antiquark | 22 | the antiparticle of a quark | - |
| antistick | 15 | - | - |
| antiknock | 19 | suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines | antiknock properties |
| anticrack | 17 | - | - |
| antiblack | 17 | discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion | - |
| acidfreak | 19 | - | - |
| afterpeak | 18 | - | - |
| afterdeck | 19 | a deck abaft of midships | - |
| leetspeak | 15 | - | - |
| krautrock | 19 | - | - |
| knockback | 27 | - | - |
| permalink | 17 | - | - |
| photodisk | 19 | - | - |
| rainstick | 15 | - | - |
| pressback | 19 | - | - |
| nogoodnik | 15 | - | - |
| multidisk | 16 | - | - |
| multirisk | 15 | - | - |
| muckymuck | 28 | - | - |
| overclock | 20 | - | - |
| skatepunk | 19 | - | - |
| steampunk | 17 | - | - |
| stormcock | 19 | - | - |
| spoonhook | 18 | - | - |
| speedwalk | 19 | - | - |
| riverwalk | 19 | - | - |
| whipcrack | 25 | - | - |
| textspeak | 22 | - | - |
| trunkwork | 20 | - | - |
| tiktaalik | 17 | - | - |
| chalkmark | 24 | - | - |
| chairback | 22 | - | - |
| gearstick | 16 | a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears | - |
| heartsink | 16 | - | - |
| groupwork | 19 | - | - |
| guestbook | 16 | - | - |
| flatstick | 18 | - | - |
| boomstick | 19 | - | - |
