5-Letter Words With K and U
There are 153 five-letter words with K and U in them. The list below ranks them by real-world frequency, so everyday words like QUICK, TRUCK, LUCKY appear before the obscurities.
Every entry comes from the tournament word lists, the kind of list used in Wordle, Scrabble, and Words With Friends, so each one is a genuine dictionary word.
Most common
- quick20
- truck11
- lucky14
- trunk9
- drunk10
- chuck16
- stuck11
- bucks13
- burke11
- funky15
- turks9
- hunks12
- quake18
- skull9
- ducks12
- fucks14
- chunk14
- quark18
- dukes10
- husky15
All 153 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- kudos 10
- haiku 12
- bulky 14
- fluke 12
- skunk 13
- pluck 13
- nukes 9
- punks 11
- murky 14
- quack 20
- ducky 15
- quirk 18
- dusky 13
- junky 19
- kudzu 19
- hunky 15
- snuck 11
- lurks 9
- kraut 9
- tucks 11
- caulk 11
- thunk 12
- dunks 10
- bunks 11
- sucky 14
- pucks 13
- klutz 18
- punky 14
- musky 14
- kurta 9
- sulky 12
- yucky 17
- husks 12
- nuked 10
- tusks 9
- cluck 13
- kauri 9
- kluge 10
- jukes 16
- bunko 11
- shuck 14
- mucky 16
- plunk 11
- kugel 10
- pukka 15
- flunk 12
- burka 11
- stunk 9
- kaput 11
- amuck 13
- puked 12
- clunk 11
- hokum 14
- taluk 9
- junks 16
- pucka 13
- bulks 11
- musks 11
- bucko 13
- hulks 12
- slunk 9
- lucks 11
- rucks 11
- souks 9
- kulak 13
- pukes 11
- gunks 10
- baulk 11
- mucks 13
- skuas 9
- rusks 9
- sulks 9
- skulk 13
- funks 12
- kombu 13
- yukky 19
- dumka 12
- kukri 13
- hucks 14
- azuki 18
- ankus 9
- brusk 11
- busks 11
- cruck 13
- cukes 11
- cusks 11
- drouk 10
- duked 11
- dumky 15
- dusks 10
- fluky 15
- gucks 12
- gunky 13
- hakus 12
- hokku 16
- hulky 15
- jauks 16
- jouks 16
- juked 17
- jukus 16
- kagus 10
- kanzu 18
- kaury 12
- khoum 14
- knaur 9
- knout 9
- knurl 9
- knurs 9
- korun 9
- krubi 11
- kudus 10
- kufis 12
- kumys 14
- kurus 9
- kusso 9
- lunks 9
- mujik 18
- murks 11
- neuks 9
- oakum 11
- pulik 11
- punka 11
- quaky 21
- rakus 9
- sculk 11
- tupik 11
- ukase 9
- umiak 11
- wauks 12
- yeuks 12
- yeuky 15
- yucks 14
- zouks 18
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with K and U in them?
There are 153 five-letter words with K and U in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are QUICK, TRUCK, LUCKY.
What are common five-letter words with K and U in them?
QUICK, TRUCK, LUCKY, TRUNK, DRUNK are the most frequently used. The full list of 153 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Can I play these words in Scrabble?
Yes. The list combines ENABLE and the North American tournament list (TWL), so these words are playable in Scrabble-style games, including Words With Friends.