Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 5-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like KY often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: balky, barky, beaky.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| balky | 5 | 2 | |
| barky | 5 | 2 | |
| beaky | 5 | 2 | |
| bosky | 5 | 2 | |
| braky | 5 | 2 | |
| bulky | 5 | 2 | |
| casky | 5 | 2 | |
| choky | 5 | 2 | |
| cocky | 5 | 2 | |
| conky | 5 | 2 | |
| cooky | 5 | 2 | |
| corky | 5 | 2 | |
| darky | 5 | 2 | |
| dicky | 5 | 2 | |
| dinky | 5 | 2 | |
| dorky | 5 | 2 | |
| ducky | 5 | 2 | |
| dumky | 5 | 2 | |
| dusky | 5 | 2 | |
| ensky | 5 | 2 | |
| flaky | 5 | 2 | |
| fluky | 5 | 2 | |
| folky | 5 | 2 | |
| forky | 5 | 2 | |
| funky | 5 | 2 | |
| gawky | 5 | 2 | |
| geeky | 5 | 2 | |
| gunky | 5 | 2 | |
| hanky | 5 | 2 | |
| hinky | 5 | 2 | |
| honky | 5 | 2 | |
| hooky | 5 | 2 | |
| hulky | 5 | 2 | |
| hunky | 5 | 2 | |
| husky | 5 | 2 | |
| jacky | 5 | 2 | |
| janky | 5 | 2 | |
| jerky | 5 | 2 | |
| junky | 5 | 2 | |
| kicky | 5 | 2 | |
| kinky | 5 | 2 | |
| kooky | 5 | 2 | |
| lanky | 5 | 2 | |
| larky | 5 | 2 | |
| leaky | 5 | 2 | |
| linky | 5 | 2 | |
| lucky | 5 | 2 | |
| milky | 5 | 2 | |
| mirky | 5 | 2 | |
| mucky | 5 | 2 | |
| murky | 5 | 2 | |
| musky | 5 | 2 | |
| narky | 5 | 2 | |
| nooky | 5 | 2 | |
| pawky | 5 | 2 | |
| peaky | 5 | 2 | |
| pecky | 5 | 2 | |
| perky | 5 | 2 | |
| pesky | 5 | 2 | |
| picky | 5 | 2 | |
| pinky | 5 | 2 | |
| pocky | 5 | 2 | |
| porky | 5 | 2 | |
| punky | 5 | 2 | |
| quaky | 5 | 2 | |
| reeky | 5 | 2 | |
| risky | 5 | 2 | |
| rocky | 5 | 2 | |
| rooky | 5 | 2 | |
| sarky | 5 | 2 | |
| shaky | 5 | 2 | |
| silky | 5 | 2 | |
| smoky | 5 | 2 | |
| snaky | 5 | 2 | |
| spiky | 5 | 2 | |
| sucky | 5 | 2 | |
| sulky | 5 | 2 | |
| tacky | 5 | 2 | |
| talky | 5 | 2 | |
| wacky | 5 | 2 | |
| wonky | 5 | 2 | |
| yeuky | 5 | 2 | |
| yolky | 5 | 2 | |
| yucky | 5 | 2 | |
| zinky | 5 | 2 |
What’s typical about KY-ending words?
KY often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.