4-letter words containing k, r
- raki — a spirituous liquor distilled from grain, grapes, plums, etc., in southeastern Europe and the Near East.
- raku — a thick-walled, rough, dark lead-glazed Japanese earthenware used in the tea ceremony.
- rank — Otto [awt-oh] /ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1884–1939, Austrian psychoanalyst.
- rask — Rasmus Christian [ras-muh s kris-chuh n;; Danish rahs-moo s krees-tyahn] /ˈræs məs ˈkrɪs tʃən;; Danish ˈrɑs mʊs ˈkris tyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1787–1832, Danish philologist.
- reck — to have care, concern, or regard (often followed by of, with, or a clause).
- reek — a strong, unpleasant smell.
- reik — Theodor [thee-uh-dawr,, -dohr;; German tey-aw-dawr] /ˈθi əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr;; German ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1888–1969, U.S. psychologist and author, born in Austria.
- renk — unpleasant; horrible
- rick — a male given name, form of Eric or Richard.
- rink — a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- risk — exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.
- rock — rock the boat, Informal. to disrupt the smooth functioning or routine of something: Don't rock the boat by demanding special treatment from management.
- roke — a seam or scratch filled with scale or slag on the surface of an ingot or bar.
- roky — steamy or smoky
- rook — one of two pieces of the same color that may be moved any number of unobstructed squares horizontally or vertically; castle.
- rs6k — RISC System/6000
- ruck — a fold or wrinkle; crease.
- ruok — are you OK?
- rusk — (David) Dean, 1909–94, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1961–69.
- sark — one of the Channel Islands, E of Guernsey. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- sker — to scour
- skry — to have spiritual visions (most commonly using a crystal ball or smooth body of water)
- skyr — a Scandinavian dairy product made from curdled milk
- trek — to travel or migrate, especially slowly or with difficulty.
- turk — a native or inhabitant of Turkey.
- ukr. — Ukraine
- uruk — an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq, near the Euphrates, important before 2000 b.c.: exclusive archaeological excavations, notably of a ziggurat and of tablets with very early Sumerian script.
- wark — (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Pain; ache.
- werk — Obsolete form of work.
- wkra — Western Kentucky Recreation Association
- work — Henry Clay, 1832–84, U.S. songwriter.
- yark — (transitive, UK dialectal) To make ready; prepare.
- yerk — to strike or whip.
- york — a member of the royal house of England that ruled from 1461 to 1485.
- zerk — A type of grease fitting.
- zikr — dhikr.
- zork — (games) /zork/ The second of the great early experiments in computer fantasy gaming; see ADVENT. Zork was originally written on MIT-DM during the late 1970s, later distributed with BSD Unix as a patched, sourceless RT-11 Fortran binary (see retrocomputing) and commercialised as "The Zork Trilogy" by Infocom. The Fortran source was later rewritten for portability and released to Usenet under the name "Dungeon". Both Fortran "Dungeon" and translated C versions are available from many FTP archives.