Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 5-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like KES often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: bakes, bikes, cakes.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| bakes | 5 | 2 | |
| bikes | 5 | 2 | |
| cakes | 5 | 2 | |
| cokes | 5 | 2 | |
| cukes | 5 | 2 | |
| dekes | 5 | 2 | |
| dikes | 5 | 2 | |
| dukes | 5 | 2 | |
| dykes | 5 | 2 | |
| fakes | 5 | 2 | |
| fykes | 5 | 2 | |
| hakes | 5 | 2 | |
| hikes | 5 | 2 | |
| hokes | 5 | 2 | |
| jakes | 5 | 2 | |
| jokes | 5 | 2 | |
| jukes | 5 | 2 | |
| kikes | 5 | 2 | |
| lakes | 5 | 2 | |
| likes | 5 | 2 | |
| makes | 5 | 2 | |
| mikes | 5 | 2 | |
| mokes | 5 | 2 | |
| nukes | 5 | 2 | |
| pekes | 5 | 2 | |
| pikes | 5 | 2 | |
| pokes | 5 | 2 | |
| pukes | 5 | 2 | |
| rakes | 5 | 2 | |
| rykes | 5 | 2 | |
| sakes | 5 | 2 | |
| sikes | 5 | 2 | |
| sokes | 5 | 2 | |
| sykes | 5 | 2 | |
| takes | 5 | 2 | |
| tikes | 5 | 2 | |
| tokes | 5 | 2 | |
| tykes | 5 | 2 | |
| wakes | 5 | 2 | |
| yikes | 5 | 2 | |
| yokes | 5 | 2 |
What’s typical about KES-ending words?
KES often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.