How many words with KE are there?

This page lists 3821 words with KE from our dictionary, each shown with its Scrabble score.

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Words With KE

All 3821 words in our dictionary that contain KE — sorted by Scrabble score.

3821 words · number = Scrabble score · sorted highest score first · showing top 1200

jazzlike37 microearthquake35 blackjacked33 crackerjacks33 pizzalike33 chickenpoxes32 crackerjack32 knickerbockers32 straightjackets32 highjacked31 knickerbocker31 quarterbacked31 straightjacket31 chickenpox30 handkerchieves30 hokeypokeys30 jayhawkers30 johnnycakes30 skyjacked30 skyjackers30 youthquakes30 bodychecked29 bushwhacked29 bushwhackers29 checkmarked29 chickenhearted29 handkerchiefs29 hokeypokey29 jayhawker29 johnnycake29 jukeboxes29 phenylketonuric29 skyjacker29 smokejacks29 straitjacketing29 switchbacked29 youthquake29 bushwhacker28 checkerberry28 chokecherry28 counterchecked28 gadzookery28 handkerchief28 hunchbacked28 hydrocracked28 hydrocrackers28 hyperkeratotic28 keratinizations28 microquakes28 pickabacked28 smokejack28 stockbrokerages28 straitjacketed28 backpacked27 backpackers27 checkerberries27 checkerboards27 chokecherries27 earthquakes27 gadzookeries27 hydrocracker27 jawbreakers27 jaywalked27 jaywalkers27 jukebox27 keratinization27 microquake27 motherfuckers27 neckerchieves27 omphaloskepses27 omphaloskepsis27 phenylketonuria27 phoenixlike27 pickpockets27 piggybacked27 pocketknives27 skeletonizing27 spokesmanships27 stockbrokerage27 wickerworks27 zombielike27 backbreakers26 backpacker26 backtracked26 blanketflowers26 bluejackets26 checkerboard26 chickenshits26 cockeyednesses26 coffeemakers26 counterpicketed26 crookbacked26 dezincked26 donkeyworks26 earthquake26 forechecked26 forecheckers26 friezelike26 gemutlichkeits26 hitchhiked26 hitchhikers26 holidaymakers26 humpbacked26 hyperkeratoses26 hyperkeratosis26 hypermarkets26 jawbreaker26 jaywalker26 jockeying26 keratinizing26 keypunching26 motherfucker26 neckerchiefs26 pickpocket26 pitchforked26 placekicked26 placekickers26 pocketknife26 quackery26 quickening26 shipwrecked26 skeletonized26 skeletonizers26 sketchbooks26 skyrocketing26 sphinxlike26 spokesmanship26 straitjackets26 strikebreakings26 wickerwork26 archdukedoms25 backbreaker25 blanketflower25 bluejacket25 bookkeepings25 cakewalking25 carjackers25 chickenshit25 childlikenesses25 chimneylike25 cockeyedly25 cocksuckers25 coffeecakes25 coffeemaker25 dockworkers25 donkeywork25 duckwalked25 equivokes25 fingerpicked25 flickeringly25 flyspecked25 forechecker25 gemutlichkeit25 gimcrackery25 hijacked25 hijackers25 hitchhiker25 hitchhikes25 holidaymaker25 hypermarket25 jockeyed25 keffiyehs25 keratinized25 keratinophilic25 keypunched25 keypunchers25 moonquakes25 neckerchief25 pickerelweeds25 placekicker25 pocketbooks25 pockmarked25 pumpernickels25 quackeries25 quickened25 quickeners25 rejacketing25 shellshocked25 shuttlecocked25 sjamboked25 skeletonizer25 skeletonizes25 sketchbook25 skyrocketed25 squawked25 squawkers25 straitjacket25 strikebreaking25 swaybacked25 thumbtacked25 thunderstricken25 trackwalkers25 watchmakers25 zookeepers25 archdukedom24 basketworks24 bewhiskered24 bookkeeping24 cakewalked24 cakewalkers24 carjacker24 chameleonlike24 chokeberry24 cockeyedness24 cocksucker24 coffeecake24 counterattacked24 counterpickets24 craftsmanlike24 dockworker24 dropkickers24 equivoke24 gimcrackeries24 headshrinkers24 hijacker24 hitchhike24 keffiyeh24 keratinizes24 keypuncher24 keypunches24 lickerishnesses24 mafficked24 makeweights24 marketability24 matchmakers24 monkeyshines24 moonquake24 mountebankery24 mythmakers24 okeydokey24 oxpeckers24 paperbacked24 peacekeepings24 physicked24 pickerelweed24 pocketbook24 prechecked24 pumpernickel24 quaylike24 quickener24 rejacketed24 rekeyboarding24 schipperkes24 shellcrackers24 skeletonize24 skewbacks24 speakerphones24 squawker24 stockbrokers24 stockkeepers24 strikebreakers24 tchotchkes24 trackwalker24 watchmaker24 workbaskets24 workmanlike24 yokefellows24 zookeeper24 backstrokes23 basketwork23 blacksnakes23 bookkeepers23 bookmarkers23 brokenhearted23 cabinetmakers23 cakewalker23 cantankerously23 chatchkes23 childlikeness23 chokeberries23 counterattacker23 counterpicket23 daydreamlike23 detectivelike23 doohickeys23 doublespeakers23 dropkicker23 exoskeletons23 factorylike23 farmworkers23 firecrackers23 gauzelike23 graywackes23 handpicked23 headshrinker23 housekeepings23 hummocked23 jacketing23 jacketless23 jellylike23 jewellike23 jockeys23 keratinize23 kerchiefed23 kerfuffles23 keystroking23 knapsacked23 lickerishly23 lockkeepers23 lukewarmnesses23 makeweight23 marketabilities23 matchmaker23 mazelike23 medevacked23 monkeyshine23 mountebankeries23 musculoskeletal23 mythmaker23 nightwalkers23 oxpecker23 ozokerites23 peacekeeping23 peckerwoods23 persnicketiness23 phrasemakers23 pieceworkers23 plainspokenness23 powerbrokers23 quacked23 quickens23 quickest23 rekeyboarded23 rubbernecked23 rubberneckers23 safecrackers23 schipperke23 shellcracker23 skewback23 skyrockets23 smokestacks23 spacewalked23 spacewalkers23 spaghettilike23 speakerphone23 speakerships23 spokeshaves23 stockbroker23 stockkeeper23 strikebreaker23 tchotchke23 ticktacked23 ticktocked23 tomahawked23 trafficked23 traffickers23 unsportsmanlike23 upchucked23 wakefulnesses23 whickering23 wisecracked23 wisecrackers23 woodpeckers23 workbasket23 yokefellow23 zincked23 backstroke22 bivouacked22 blacksnake22 bookkeeper22 bookmakers22 bookmarker22 buttonhooked22 cabinetmaker22 cakewalks22 cankerworms22 chatchke22 checkering22 cheesecakes22 cherrylike22 chickening22 coldcocked22 computerlike22 crowkeepers22 cupronickels22 cytoskeletons22 doohickey22 doublespeaker22 earthshakers22 exoskeletal22 exoskeleton22 farmworker22 firecracker22 floorwalkers22 forcepslike22 freethinkers22 glockenspiels22 goldbricked22 graywacke22 groundbreakers22 groundskeepers22 handworkers22 hawkeyed22 hawklike22 heartbreakers22 hoodwinked22 hoodwinkers22 housebreakers22 housekeeping22 jackeroos22 jacketed22 jockettes22 jockey22 junglelike22 kebbocks22 kebbucks22 kenspeckle22 kerchieves22 kerfuffle22 kerplunking22 kerygmatic22 keyboarding22 keyboardists22 keypunch22 keystroked22 lickerishness22 lockkeeper22 lukewarmly22 machinelike22 makeshifts22 mammocked22 marketplaces22 merrymakers22 miskicked22 moneymakers22 monkeypods22 moviemakers22 muckraked22 muckrakers22 nickeliferous22 nightwalker22 outpoliticked22 ozokerite22 pawnbrokers22 peacekeepers22 peckerwood22 persnickety22 phantomlike22 phrasemaker22 pieceworker22 pikestaffs22 powerbroker22 premarketings22 puppylike22 quicken22 quicker22 rejackets22 rubbernecker22 safecracker22 safekeepings22 schnorkeling22 seaquakes22 shopkeepers22 shylocked22 skeptically22 sketchinesses22 skyrocket22 smokestack22 spacewalker22 speakership22 spinachlike22 spokeshave22 spokespeople22 spokeswoman22 spokeswomen22 squeaked22 squeakers22 tearjerkers22 thunderstrikes22 thunderstrokes22 trafficker22 wageworkers22 wakefully22 whickered22 wickednesses22 windbreakers22 wisecracker22 woodpecker22 woodworkers22 aftermarkets21 barebacked21 bechalked21 beflecked21 blanketlike21 bloodsuckers21 bookmaker21 bottlenecked21 breadbaskets21 bucketfuls21 bucketsful21 cakewalk21 cankerworm21 checkered21 cheesecake21 cherublike21 chickened21 chukkers21 clocklike21 crowkeeper21 cupronickel21 cytoskeletal21 cytoskeleton21 disembarked21 disfrocked21 doughnutlike21 earthshaker21 filmmakers21 floorwalker21 foxlike21 freethinker21 gimmicked21 glockenspiel21 greenbackers21 griddlecakes21 groundbreaker21 groundskeeper21 halterbroken21 handbaskets21 handshakes21 handworker21 havocked21 havockers21 haymakers21 heartbreaker21 henpecked21 hokeynesses21 homemakers21 hoodwinker21 housebreaker21 housekeepers21 jackeroo21 jawlike21 jockette21 junketeers21 junketing21 kebbock21 kebbuck21 keratoplasty21 kerchiefs21 kerplunked21 keyboarded21 keyboarders21 keyboardist21 keystrokes21 kingmakers21 kittiwakes21 knackery21 knobkerries21 latchkeys21 leukemogeneses21 leukemogenesis21 leukemogenic21 lifelikenesses21 lukewarmness21 makeshift21 marketplace21 marlinespikes21 merrymaker21 metalworkers21 moneymaker21 monkeypod21 mossbacked21 mountebanked21 moviemaker21 muckraker21 muckrakes21 multitracked21 needleworkers21 outspokennesses21 overdecked21 overstocked21 overworked21 papermakers21 pawnbroker21 peacekeeper21 peacemakers21 pernickety21 picketboats21 pikestaff21 pinpricked21 playmakers21 pocketfuls21 pocketsful21 porcelainlike21 postcardlike21 premarketing21 quirked21 rechecked21 rejacket21 rekeyboards21 resketching21 roadblocked21 safekeeping21 schnorkeled21 seaquake21 shadowlike21 shakedowns21 shopkeeper21 shrimplike21 sickeningly21 skepticisms21 sketchily21 skylarked21 skylarkers21 sleepwalked21 sleepwalkers21 spokespersons21 sportsmanlike21 squeaker21 sylphlike21 tearjerker21 telemarketings21 thickenings21 thunderstrike21 thunderstroke21 thwacked21 thwackers21 timekeepings21 troublemakers21 unchecked21 unchildlike21 unlikelihoods21 wageworker21 wakefulness21 wastebaskets21 watermarked21 waxlike21 wheylike21 whiskery21 whiskeys21 wickedly21 wideawakes21 windbreaker21 witchlike21 woodworker21 aftermarket20 antileukemic20 awestricken20 bakeshops20 basketlike20 beefcakes20 beekeepings20 bikeways20 blackenings20 bloodsucker20 boilermakers20 boxlike20 breadbasket20 breaststrokers20 bucketful20 caseworkers20 chukker20 cockeyed20 cocklike20 cornhuskers20 counterstrikes20 counterstrokes20 crookednesses20 defrocked20 dominickers20 dwarflike20 enkephalins20 fatherlike20 filmmaker20 flackery20 flickering20 flickery20 flowerlike20 footlockers20 forelocked20 foretokening20 friedcakes20 gamekeepers20 gentlemanlike20 glassworkers20 godforsaken20 greenbacker20 greenskeepers20 griddlecake20 hallmarked20 halterbroke20 handbasket20 handshake20 handspikes20 havocker20 hawkeys20 haymaker20 heartbroken20 homemaker20 hormonelike20 housebroken20 housekeeper20 hymnlike20 jacked20 jackers20 jackets20 jokesters20 junketed20 junketeer20 junketers20 keratoplasties20 kerchief20 kerseymeres20 keyboarder20 keystroke20 keyways20 kingmaker20 kittiwake20 knackered20 knackeries20 knifelike20 knobkerrie20 latchkey20 lawbreakers20 lawyerlike20 lemminglike20 marchlike20 marlinespike20 marlinspikes20 metalworker20 muckrake20 needleworker20 okeydoke20 orchidlike20 ostrichlike20 outkicked20 outspokenly20 overbooked20 overcooked20 overmilked20 oversmoked20 pacemakers20 paddocked20 papermaker20 peacemaker20 peacocked20 picketboat20 picnicked20 picnickers20 pigsticked20 pigstickers20 playmaker20 pocketable20 pocketful20 pokeberry20 powderlike20 prefranked20 prepacked20 preshrunken20 puppetlike20 quaked20 quakers20 racetrackers20 racewalkers20 rainbowlike20 rekeyboard20 resketched20 ropewalkers20 schnecken20 scorekeepers20 shakedown20 sharklike20 shellacked20 shirtmakers20 skepticism20 sketchiness20 skylarker20 sleepwalker20 smokehouses20 snowflakes20 sparrowlike20 spokesperson20 stakeholders20 streetwalkers20 supermarkets20 sweepstakes20 telemarketing20 thickening20 thickety20 thwacker20 timekeeping20 timeworkers20 troublemaker20 unbracketed20 unbusinesslike20 unlikelihood20 unmarketable20 unprovoked20 unpuckering20 vandyked20 velvetlike20 wastebasket20 whacked20 whackers20 whickers20 whiplike20 whiskered20 whiskey20 wickedness20 wideawake20 willowlike20 wraithlike20 zonked20 antitakeover19 archdukes19 artichokes19 bakeshop19 basketballs19 basketfuls19 basketsful19 bedarkening19 beefcake19 beekeeping19 bemocked19 bethanked19 bikeway19 blackening19 bladderlike19 boilermaker19 bootlicked19 bootlickers19 bracketing19 breakevens19 breaststroker19 breaststrokes19 buckeyes19 bullnecked19 bulwarked19 canvaslike19 capmakers19 caseworker19 checked19 checkers19 chickees19 chickens19 childlike19 chocked19 chucked19 clambakes19 cockeyes19 cokeheads19 cornflakes19 cornhusker19 counterstrike19 counterstroke19 cowpokes19 cricketing19 crockery19 crookedly19 deadlocked19 dominicker19 dovekeys19 downstrokes19 enkephalin19 enokidakes19 fairylike19 flackeries19 flickered19 folklike19 footlocker19 forespoken19 foretokened19 forkedly19 forklike19 fortresslike19 fossicked19 fossickers19 friedcake19 frolicked19 fruitcakes19 gamekeeper19 gatekeeping19 glassworker19 godlikenesses19 goosenecked19 greenkeepers19 greenskeeper19 gridlocked19 gutbuckets19 handspike19 hawkey19 heathlike19 helmetlike19 hemplike19 hickeys19 hockeys19 hokeyness19 hooklike19 housebroke19 housekeeps19 husklike19 icebreakers19 interworked19 jacker19 jacket19 jokester19 jokey19 junketer19 kakemonos19 kayaked19 kayakers19 keckling19 keelhauling19 keepsakes19 keratotomy19 kerplunks19 kerseymere19 kerygmata19 ketchups19 keyboards19 keybuttons19 keyway19 keywords19 lackeying19 lawbreaker19 lifelikeness19 likelihoods19 linebackers19 lipsticked19 loudspeakers19 makeready19 mapmakers19 markednesses19 marlinspike19 masterstrokes19 mimicked19 mimickers19 miskeeping19 misstricken19 mistakenly19 monkeying19 motorbiked19 newmarkets19 nickelodeons19 nutcrackers19 offkey19 outspokenness19 overbaked19 oversmokes19 pacemaker19 padlocked19 peakednesses19 pickeering19 picnicker19 pigsticker19 pikestaves19 plainspoken19 platemakers19 pokeberries19 pokeweeds19 politicked19 politickers19 postmarked19 printmakers19 quaker19 quakes19 racetracker19 racewalker19 racketeering19 ragpickers19 rakehelly19 rathskellers19 reawakening19 reembarked19 resketches19 ropewalker19 schnecke19 schnorkels19 scorekeeper19 sheaflike19 shelflike19 shikkers19 shirtmaker19 shoemakers19 shortcakes19 shrewlike19 shunpiked19 shunpikers19 sidetracked19 skedaddling19 sketchiest19 sketching19 sketchy19 skewbalds19 slickensides19 smokehouse19 smokelike19 snowflake19 snowmakers19 spikelike19 stakeholder19 statesmanlike19 steelworkers19 sticklike19 streetwalker19 supermarket19 swoopstake19 telemarketers19 thickened19 thickeners19 thicketed19 timekeepers19 timeworker19 topworked19 trademarked19 trailbreakers19 trumpetlike19 turtlenecked19 unfrocked19 unpuckered19 vandykes19 wapentakes19 weekending19 whacker19 whalelike19 whicker19 wickedest19 wigmakers19 winemakers19 archduke18 artichoke18 askewnesses18 autoworkers18 barkeepers18 barracked18 barrackers18 basketball18 basketful18 beaklike18 becloaked18 bedarkened18 bedecked18 bedmakers18 beekeepers18 berkeliums18 berrylike18 bickering18 biforked18 blackened18 blackeners18 bootlicker18 bracketed18 breakeven18 breaststroke18 brokennesses18 bucketing18 buckeye18 businesslike18 canebrakes18 cantankerous18 capmaker18 checker18 chickee18 chicken18 chokey18 clambake18 cockering18 cockeye18 cokehead18 comblike18 convoked18 convokers18 corklike18 corncrakes18 coworkers18 cowpoke18 cricketed18 cricketers18 crickey18 crockeries18 crocketed18 crookedness18 cupcakes18 dislikeable18 doorkeepers18 doughlike18 dovekey18 downstroke18 dressmakers18 drugmakers18 drunkennesses18 endoskeletons18 enokidake18 fawnlike18 fingerlike18 firedrakes18 fishlike18 flunkeys18 forespoke18 fossicker18 fruitcake18 gatekeepers18 glassmakers18 goalkeepers18 goatsuckers18 greenkeeper18 grubstaked18 grubstakers18 gutbucket18 hatmakers18 hearkening18 heatstrokes18 hickey18 hockey18 hooflike18 housekeep18 housekept18 humanlike18 icebreaker18 interlocked18 ironworkers18 jauked18 jerked18 jerkers18 jetlike18 jinked18 jinkers18 jouked18 junked18 junkers18 junkets18 kakemono18 kayaker18 kecking18 keckled18 keelhaling18 keelhauled18 keepsake18 keeshonden18 kephalins18 keratotomies18 kerplunk18 ketchup18 kettledrums18 keyboard18 keybutton18 keycards18 keyholes18 keyword18 kishkes18 knacked18 knackers18 knickers18 knoblike18 knocked18 knockers18 kylikes18 lackeyed18 landlocked18 lawmakers18 leatherlike18 leechlike18 lickerish18 likelihood18 linebacker18 lookalikes18 loudspeaker18 magicked18 makefasts18 makeovers18 makereadies18 malarkeys18 mapmaker18 markedly18 marketable18 masklike18 masterstroke18 mickeys18 mimicker18 minibikers18 miscooked18 mismarked18 misyoked18 mockery18 monkeyed18 mosaicked18 mosaiclike18 motorbikes18 mouthlike18 muskellunge18 necklike18 newmarket18 nickelodeon18 nitpicked18 nitpickers18 nutcracker18 oddsmakers18 outflanked18 outthanked18 overbakes18 overlooked18 oversmoke18 oversoaked18 overstrikes18 overtalked18 overtasked18 packeting18 parklike18 peaklike18 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Why KE words matter

Words containing KE are handy for Scrabble, Words with Friends and word puzzles — filter the list above by length to find the play you need.

What the numbers say

The shape of this list: 3821 entries between 3 and 15 letters long, peaking at 8 letters with 761 words. Five-letter picks number 192 and seven-letter picks 711. Nothing here outscores JAZZLIKE — 37 points from 8 tiles on plain squares.

The five biggest scorers on the page: JAZZLIKE (37), MICROEARTHQUAKE (35), BLACKJACKED (33), CRACKERJACKS (33), PIZZALIKE (33). The longest entry is CHILDLIKENESSES at 15 letters, and the average word here is worth about 16 points. The most useful tiles to hold for this list are K, E and R, which appear in 3821, 3821 and 2037 of the words respectively.

Three easy picks from this list

When the rack looks hopeless, AKELAS (6 letters, 10 points) is the kind of quiet play that keeps a game moving.
AKENES is easy to keep in memory: 6 letters, 10 points, and no awkward tiles to hunt for.
ALKENE — 6 letters for 10 points; every tile in it is a common draw, so it shows up rack after rack.

Five more everyday options from the same list: ALSIKE (10), ANANKE (10), ASKERS (10), ESKERS (10), INKERS (10).

KE as a vocabulary shortcut

Letter chunks like KE are how vocabulary compounds: learn the pattern once and every word built on it gets easier to recall and to spell. Read down this list and you will see the same rhythm repeat across lengths — that repetition is exactly what makes these words stick for spelling bees, ESL study and crossword pattern-matching alike.

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