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Five-letter words ending in KY

80 words, number 10 of 285 two-letter endings

Every five-letter word in ENABLE (a public-domain Scrabble-style list, not any game’s answer list) that ends in KY, slurs removed, common words first. 22 of the 80 are common in English dictionaries (the SCOWL grade), which says nothing about any puzzle’s answer. The letter just before KY is most often CKY (14), NKY (14), RKY (12).

Type a letter twice (EE) to require two copies.

Open the finder with KY in the last two spotsfor yellow and grey letters, or letters in other spots

80 of 80 words shown

Common 22 words, in SCOWL’s small dictionary sizes (35 or less)

  • bulky
  • cocky
  • dusky
  • flaky
  • gawky
  • husky
  • jerky
  • kinky
  • lanky
  • leaky
  • lucky
  • milky
  • murky
  • perky
  • pesky
  • picky
  • risky
  • rocky
  • shaky
  • smoky
  • sulky
  • tacky

Everyday 17 words, SCOWL sizes 40-50

  • balky
  • dinky
  • dorky
  • fluky
  • funky
  • geeky
  • hanky
  • hooky
  • kicky
  • kooky
  • mucky
  • musky
  • silky
  • snaky
  • spiky
  • wacky
  • yucky

Less common 17 words, SCOWL sizes 55-70

  • bosky
  • corky
  • ducky
  • gunky
  • hulky
  • hunky
  • narky
  • nooky
  • peaky
  • pocky
  • porky
  • quaky
  • reeky
  • rooky
  • sarky
  • talky
  • wonky

Rare 24 words, SCOWL sizes 80-95, or not in SCOWL

  • barky
  • beaky
  • braky
  • casky
  • choky
  • conky
  • cooky
  • dicky
  • dumky
  • ensky
  • folky
  • forky
  • jacky
  • junky
  • larky
  • linky
  • mirky
  • pawky
  • pecky
  • pinky
  • punky
  • yeuky
  • yolky
  • zinky

0 inflected forms: no word ending in KY is a plural or an -s, -es or -ed form under the rule on the word-list index, because that rule only ever catches words ending in S or D.