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

K sits one slot from Y, which gives the group an average score of 15.1 even though no entry counts as a common English word. Every match scores at least 12 points. Eleven build the KEY suffix, leaving tokay and yukky as the two outliers.

What the K-third, Y-fifth group holds

• 13 five-letter words carry K third and Y fifth.
• Eleven finish in KEY; tokay and yukky break the pattern.
• jokey, jakey and yukky tie at 19 points, and hokey and fakey reach 15.
• Every match scores 12 or more, and the average is 15.1.
• No entry ranks inside the top 25,000 words by frequency.

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

Thirteen five-letter words hold K third and Y fifth. Eleven of them build the suffix KEY, which turns the set into a spelling family rather than a scattered list: hokey, pokey, jokey, cakey and jakey all follow the same frame.

The two exceptions stand apart. Tokay ends in KAY and yukky doubles a K, so neither fits the KEY mould. Compare the same third letter with other tails: K third plus S fifth holds 95 matches and K third plus D fifth holds 46, which makes the Y ending the scarcest of the three.

Why does such a rare list score so well?

The average of 15.1 comes from two high tiles in fixed places: K is worth five and Y four, so every match banks nine points before the other three letters. Add an E and you reach 10; add a J and you reach 19. None of the 13 is a common word, though.

Rekey and tokay sit at the low end with 12 points each, still ahead of most five-letter plays. When a K lands on your rack, searching the KEY family is a cheap way to keep the score moving without burning a premium tile.