5-letter words with E as the 3rd letter and K as the 4th letter

The E-K pair leaves only the first two letters and final letter open. Eleven of these 16 words finish with S, but the remaining endings include Y, A, E, and I. Just three rank among common English words, so a familiar-looking pattern can still lead to an obscure play.

The E-K pattern at a glance

• Sixteen five-letter matches put E third and K fourth.
• WEEKS, SEEKS, GEEKS, and PEEKS are familiar S-ending examples.
• Eleven matches end in S; GEEKY and REEKY end in Y.
• OZEKI scores 18 points, the top score among these words.
• One match is a Wordle answer, and all 16 are allowed guesses.

Which E-K words score the most?

OZEKI reaches 18 points, with CHEKA next at 14. GEEKY and KEEKS each earn 13, while WEEKS and WEEKE score 12. The top two are less familiar than WEEKS, so a strong rack score may come at the cost of a word opponents do not expect.

The familiar options do not tell the whole story: 12 of the 16 words have definitions, but only three count as common by frequency. GEEKS and PEEKS are easier to recognize than OZEKI, DOEKS, or SPEKS. Treat the rarer forms as game-specific candidates, not everyday vocabulary.

Collins accepts all 16 matches; ENABLE and NWL2023 each accept 11. That split matters if you move between word games: an entry allowed in Collins may be rejected in a North American game. Check your game's word list before relying on one of the less familiar forms.

5-letter words with E as the 3rd letter and K as the 4th letter

With E and K fixed, use the final square to narrow your guesses. S is the strongest ending by count, with 11 choices; WEEKS, SEEKS, GEEKS, and PEEKS are good examples to test against crossing letters. For Y, the pair is GEEKY and REEKY.

The starting letters offer less guidance. D, G, R, S, and W each begin two matches, so several openings tie rather than one letter dominating. Check your known crossings before choosing a first letter; guessing from the start alone leaves too many possibilities.

One of these matches appears among Wordle answers, while all 16 can be entered as allowed guesses. That makes the pattern more useful for testing a solve than for naming the answer outright. Compare other fixed-letter patterns if the remaining squares are still uncertain.