Scrabble Words with K but no A

There are 7,720 valid Scrabble words that contain the letter K but not a single A, ranging up to 15 letters. They're grouped by length below, longest first. Every word is valid in the NWL (NASPA Word List), the official North American Scrabble tournament dictionary.

15-letter words

21 words

childlikenesses25
cholecystokinin29
a gastrointestinal hormone that stimulates the secretion of pancreatic enzymes and the contraction and emptying of the gall bladder; its release is stimulated by the presence of fatty acids and amino acids in the small intestine
counterchecking29
counterpicketed26
counterstricken23
counterstriking22
electrokinetics23
electroshocking27
greensicknesses22
internetworking23
kittenishnesses22
kremlinologists22
lickerishnesses24
monkeywrenchers32
monkeywrenching33
outspokennesses21
persnicketiness23
phenylketonuric29
schlockmeisters28
thunderstricken25
thunderstriking24

14-letter words

56 words

checkerberries27
cockeyednesses26
cocksurenesses22
counterchecked28
counterpickets24
countersinking21
counterstrikes20
counterstrokes20
electrokinetic22
electroshocked26
fecklessnesses23
fingerpickings27
foreknowledges26
gemutlichkeits26
groundskeepers22
homesicknesses25
kettledrummers23
kinesiologists19
knickerbockers32
trousers ending above the knee
knightlinesses22
kremlinologies21
kremlinologist21
leukemogeneses21
leukemogenesis21
leukodystrophy30
lifelikenesses21
lovesicknesses23
lucklessnesses20
monkeywrenched32
monkeywrencher31
monkeywrenches31
outpoliticking23
pickpocketings31
poikilothermic27
of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment
recklessnesses20
recordkeepings24
schlockmeister27
(slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise
shlockmeisters25
shockingnesses24
shuttlecocking26
skillessnesses18
skillfulnesses21
skittishnesses21
skullduggeries21
snickerdoodles22
stockbreedings24
thinkingnesses22
thunderstrikes22
thunderstrokes22
ticklishnesses23
trickishnesses23
unbusinesslike20
unkindlinesses19
unlikelinesses18
unskillfulness21
a lack of cognitive skill
worklessnesses21

13-letter words

113 words

blockbustings24
bluestockings22
bookbinderies22
bookishnesses22
bottlenecking22
buttonhooking23
childlikeness23
chokecherries27
chokersetters22
cockfightings29
counterchecks26
counterpicket23
counterstrike19
make a counterattack
counterstroke19
counterstruck21
crookednesses20
cuckooflowers27
cytoskeletons22
detectivelike23
drunkennesses18
electroshocks24
endoskeletons18
fingerpickers25
fingerpicking26
finickinesses22
folkishnesses23
forecheckings28
foreknowledge25
knowledge of an event before it occurs
freethinkings24
gemutlichkeit25
glockenspiels22
gobbledegooks24
gobbledygooks27
godlikenesses19
greensickness20
iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin
greenskeepers20
groundskeeper21
someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field)
groundstrokes19
housekeepings23
huckleberries24
interknitting18
interknotting18
internetworks20
interworkings21
irksomenesses19
junketeerings25
kettledrummer22
kinesiologies18
kinesiologist18
kinnikinnicks27
kitschinesses22
kittenishness20
klipspringers22
knickerbocker31
knowingnesses21
lickerishness22
locksmithings25
lockstitching25
misknowledges24
misreckonings22

+ 53 more 13-letter words

12-letter words

253 words

besprinkling21
blockbusters22
blockbusting23
bloodsuckers21
bloodsucking22
drawing blood from the body of another
bluestocking21
a woman having literary or intellectual interests
bodychecking30
bookbindings22
bookkeepings25
booksellings19
bootlickings21
bottlenecked21
breechblocks27
brokennesses18
brushstrokes21
bucketmouths25
businesslike18
exhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business
buttonhooked22
checkerberry28
creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil
checklisting24
cheekinesses21
chokeberries23
chokersetter21
chunkinesses21
cockeyedness24
cockfighting28
participation in the sport of matching gamecocks in a cockfight
cockleshells23
cockneyfying30
cocksureness20
total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
computerlike22
computerniks22
corkscrewing24
cornhuskings22
countercheck25
a check that restrains another check
countersinks18
crinkleroots18
cuckooflower26
a bitter cress of Europe and America
cupronickels22
cytoskeleton21
a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence
doublethinks22
doughnutlike21
electroshock23
the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma
endoskeleton17
the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates)
exoskeletons23
fecklessness21
worthlessness due to being feeble and ineffectual
ficklenesses21
fiddlesticks23
fieldworkers23
fingerpicked25
fingerpicker24
flickeringly25
folkloristic21
folksinesses19
folksingings21
forecheckers26
forechecking27
foretokening20
fortresslike19
freethinkers22
freethinking23
the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct

+ 193 more 12-letter words

11-letter words

473 words

beckoningly23
beekeepings20
beknighting22
belsnickles19
besprinkled20
besprinkles19
bewhiskered24
having hair on the cheeks and chin
blitzkriegs27
blockbusted22
blockbuster21
a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block)
blockhouses22
bloodstocks20
bloodsucker20
carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
bodychecked29
bodyworkers24
bookbinders20
bookbindery23
a bookbinder's workshop; a place for binding books
bookbinding21
the craft of binding books
bookishness20
exaggerated studiousness
bookkeepers23
bookkeeping24
the activity of recording business transactions
bookmobiles21
booksellers17
bookselling18
bookshelves23
bootlickers19
bootlicking20
attempting to win favor by flattery
boskinesses17
bottlenecks19
breechblock26
a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing
brickfields23
bridgeworks22
brightworks24
brisknesses17
bristlelike17
resembling a bristle
broomsticks21
brushstroke20
buckbrushes24
bucketmouth24
buckskinned24
bucktoothed23
bulkinesses17
bushworkers23
buttermilks19
buttinskies17
buttonhooks20
checklisted23
checkpoints24
checkrowing26
chequebooks31
chimneylike25
chokecherry28
a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds
chopsockies24
chucklesome24
chucklingly26
cockbilling22
cockinesses19
cockleshell22
a small light flimsy boat
cockneyfied26
cockneyfies25

+ 413 more 11-letter words

10-letter words

772 words

beekeepers18
beekeeping19
the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey
beflecking22
beknighted21
beknotting17
belowdecks22
belsnickle18
berkeliums18
berserkers16
besprinkle18
scatter with liquid; wet lightly
bethinking20
betokening17
bickerings19
billycocks23
biweeklies19
blinkering17
blitzkrieg26
a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment
blockbusts20
blockhouse21
a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire
bloodstock19
thoroughbred horses (collectively)
bobbysocks25
a sock that reaches just above the ankle
bodychecks27
bodyworker23
bookbinder19
a worker whose trade is binding books
bookending18
bookkeeper22
someone who records the transactions of a business
bookmobile20
a van with shelves of books; serves as a mobile library or bookstore
bookseller16
the proprietor of a bookstore
bookstores16
boomsticks20
bootlicked19
bootlicker18
someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect
bottleneck18
a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
brickfield22
a place where bricks are made and sold
brickkilns22
brickworks25
bridgework21
a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth
brightwork23
brokenness16
brokerings17
brooklimes18
broomstick20
the handle of a broom
brushworks22
bucketfuls21
bucketsful21
buckhounds22
bucklering19
buckthorns21
buckytubes23
bullnecked19
having a thick short powerful neck
bumpkinish23
bunkhouses19
bushworker22
buttermilk18
residue from making butter from sour raw milk; or pasteurized milk curdled by adding a culture
buttinskis16
buttonhook19
a hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole
buttstocks18
cellblocks20
checkbooks27
checkboxes30

+ 712 more 10-letter words

9-letter words

1,234 words

beckoners17
beckoning18
bedecking19
bedskirts16
beekeeper17
a farmer who keeps bees for their honey
beflecked21
bekissing16
beknights19
beknotted16
bellylike18
bemocking20
benedicks18
berkelium17
a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding americium with helium
berrylike18
resembling a berry
berserker15
one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury
berserkly18
besmoking18
betokened16
bickerers17
bickering18
a quarrel about petty points
billhooks18
billycock22
bitstocks17
blesbucks19
blinkered16
blockbust19
blockiest17
blockings18
bloodlike16
bluebooks17
blueticks17
bobolinks17
bodycheck26
bodyworks22
bonteboks17
bookended17
bookishly21
booklores15
booklouse15
minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers
bookrests15
bookshelf21
a shelf on which to keep books
bookshops20
bookstore15
a shop where books are sold
bookworks22
bookworms20
boomstick19
boondocks18
a remote and undeveloped area
bootlicks17
boschboks22
boskiness15
bousoukis15
bouzoukis24
boychicks25
brewskies18
brickiest17
brickkiln21
a kiln for making bricks
bricklike21
brickwork24
masonry done with bricks and mortar
briskness15
liveliness and eagerness
brokering16

+ 1,174 more 9-letter words

8-letter words

1,574 words

beckoned17
beckoner16
bedecked18
bedrocks17
bedskirt15
bedsocks17
bedticks17
beflecks19
bekissed15
bekisses14
beknight18
belleeks14
bemocked19
benedick17
a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor)
berserks14
besmoked17
besmokes16
bespoken16
(of clothing) custom-made
bethinks17
betokens14
bibcocks20
bickered17
bickerer16
biforked18
bigstick17
bikinied15
billhook17
a long-handled saw with a curved blade
birdlike15
bitstock16
a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
bittocks16
biweekly20
a periodical that is published twice a week or every two weeks (either 104 or 26 issues per year)
blesboks16
blesbuck18
blinkers14
blinking15
a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
blockers16
blockier16
blocking17
the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
blockish19
resembling a block in shape
blokeish17
blokiest14
bluebook16
bluetick16
a very fast American hound; white mottled with bluish grey
bobolink16
migratory American songbird
bodywork21
the exterior body of a motor vehicle
boltlike14
bonnocks16
bontboks16
bontebok16
bookends15
bookfuls17
bookings15
booklets14
booklice16
booklore14
bookrest14
bookshop19
a shop where books are sold
bookwork21
bookworm19
a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
boomkins16

+ 1,514 more 8-letter words

7-letter words

1,370 words

beckets15
becking16
beckons15
bedecks16
bedlike14
bedrock16
principles from which other truths can be derived
bedsock16
bedtick16
beelike13
befleck18
beknots13
belleek13
bemocks17
berserk13
one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury
besmoke15
bespoke15
(of clothing) custom-made
bethink16
cause oneself to consider something
betoken13
be a signal for or a symptom of
beyliks16
bibcock19
biblike15
bickers15
bikinis13
bilkers13
bilking14
birkies13
bittock15
blesbok15
blinked14
blinker13
a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn
blocked16
closed to traffic
blocker15
a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process
blokier13
bodkins14
bokkens17
bonkers13
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
bonking14
bonnock15
bontbok15
bookend14
a support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table)
bookers13
bookful16
bookies13
booking14
employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
bookish16
characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading
booklet13
a small book usually having a paper cover
bookmen15
bookoos13
boomkin15
borking14
boshbok18
boskets13
boskier13
bowknot16
a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
bowlike16
boxlike20
resembling a box in rectangularity
boychik21
brekkie17
brewski16
bricked16

+ 1,310 more 7-letter words

6-letter words

891 words

becked15
becket14
(Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170)
beckon14
appear inviting
bedeck15
decorate
bekiss12
beknot12
belike12
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
bemock16
treat with contempt
betook12
beylik15
bicker14
a quarrel about petty points
bikers12
originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s; wore black leather jackets and jeans and boots; had greased hair and rode motorcycles and listened to rock'n'roll; were largely unskilled manual laborers
bikies12
biking13
bikini12
a woman's very brief bathing suit
bilked13
bilker12
birkie12
blinks12
small Indian lettuce of northern regions
blocks14
blocky17
resembling a block in shape
blokes12
blokey15
bodkin13
a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
bokehs15
bokken16
bonked13
booked13
reserved in advance
booker12
someone who engages a person or company for performances
bookie12
a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)
bookoo12
borked13
bosker12
bosket12
breeks12
bricks14
bricky17
brinks12
brisks12
brocks14
broken12
(especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded
broker12
a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
brooks12
United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)
bubkes14
bucked15
bucker14
bucket14
a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
buckle14
a shape distorted by twisting or folding
buckos14
bulked13
bulker12
bumkin14
bunked13
bunker12
a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground
bunkie12
bunkos12
bunkum14
unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
bupkes14
bupkis14
bupkus14

+ 831 more 6-letter words

5-letter words

617 words

becks13
berks11
biked12
biker11
bikes11
bikie11
bilks11
birks11
bisks11
blink11
a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
block13
(computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
bloke11
a boy or man
bocks13
bokeh14
bonks11
books11
borks11
bosks11
bosky14
covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets; ; ; - Jack Beatty
brick13
a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy
brink11
a region marking a boundary
brisk11
become brisk
brock13
broke11
lacking funds
brook11
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
brusk11
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
bucko13
bucks13
bulks11
bulky14
of large size for its weight
bunko11
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
bunks11
burke11
British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
burks11
busks11
check16
(chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
cheek14
an impudent statement
chick16
informal terms for a (young) woman
chink14
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
chirk14
make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird
chock16
a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
choke14
a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
choky17
British slang (dated) for a prison
chook14
chuck16
a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
chunk14
a compact mass
cleek11
clerk11
a salesperson in a store
click13
a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
clink11
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)
clock13
a timepiece that shows the time of day
clonk11
cluck13
the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks)
clunk11
a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
cocks13
cocky16
overly self-confident or self-assertive
coked12
cokes11
conks11
conky14

+ 557 more 5-letter words

4-letter words

304 words

beck12
a beckoning gesture
berk10
a stupid person who is easy to take advantage of
bike10
a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame
bilk10
cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
birk10
bisk10
bock12
a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring
bonk10
have sexual intercourse with
book10
a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game
bork10
bosk10
a small wooded area
buck12
United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)
bulk10
the property of something that is great in magnitude
bunk10
a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers
burk10
United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)
busk10
play music in a public place and solicit money for it
cock12
adult male bird
coke10
Coca Cola is a trademarked cola
coky13
conk10
informal term for the nose
cook10
English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)
cork10
(botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
cuke10
cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
cusk10
elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
deck11
a pack of 52 playing cards
deke9
desk9
a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
dick11
obscene terms for penis
dike9
(slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
dink9
a couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids)
dirk9
a relatively long dagger with a straight blade
disk9
(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
dock11
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
dork9
a dull stupid fatuous person
drek9
duck11
(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
duke9
a British peer of the highest rank
dunk9
a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket
dusk9
the time of day immediately following sunset
dyke12
(slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
eked9
ekes8
elks8
feck13
filk11
fink11
someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
folk11
a social division of (usually preliterate) people
fork11
an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs
funk11
United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967)
fyke14
geck11
geek9
a carnival performer who does disgusting acts
gink9
gook9
(slang) a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War)
gowk12
grok9
get the meaning of something
guck11
any thick, viscous matter
gunk9
any thick, viscous matter
heck13
hick13
a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

+ 244 more 4-letter words

3-letter words

40 words

eek7
eke7
elk7
common deer of temperate Europe and Asia
ick9
ilk7
a kind of person
ink7
a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
irk7
irritate or vex
kef10
keg8
small cask or barrel
ken7
range of what one can know or understand
kep9
kex14
key10
(basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
khi10
the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet
kid8
English dramatist (1558-1594)
kif10
kin7
a person having kinship with another or others
kip9
a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright
kir7
kis7
kit7
a case for containing a set of articles
kob9
an orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa
koi7
kop9
kor7
an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs
kos7
(in India) a unit of length having different values in different localities
kue7
kye10
lek7
the basic unit of money in Albania
oik7
oke7
ski7
narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
sky10
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
suk7
tsk7
utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
uke7
a small guitar having four strings
wok10
pan with a convex bottom; used for frying in Chinese cooking
yok10
yuk10
zek16