5-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and K as the 4th letter

The pattern is _ O _ K _, and its endings are especially lopsided: 71 words finish with S, while 23 end in Y. Just 17 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so expect many unfamiliar options. P, H, B, and C lead the first-letter choices.

The pattern at a glance

• The pattern _ O _ K _ matches 107 tournament-dictionary words.
• WORKS, BOOKS, FOLKS, and ROCKS show the common S ending.
• P begins 13 matches, more than any other first letter; H begins 11.
• JOCKY scores 21 points, the top score among the listed words.
• Three matches are Wordle answers, and all 107 are allowed guesses.

Which endings and examples are most common?

S dominates the final position: 71 words end in S, compared with 23 ending in Y. That makes WORKS, BOOKS, FOLKS, and ROCKS strong examples to test when your final tile is unknown. The remaining endings are much rarer: A appears seven times, O three times, E twice, and U once.

The everyday cluster includes COOKS, HOOKS, DOCKS, LOCKS, SOCKS, and FORKS. ROCKY, COCKY, and DORKY show how a Y ending changes the feel of the pattern. Only 17 matches count as common by frequency, so a complete game list will include plenty of specialist vocabulary.

5-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and K as the 4th letter

Dictionary coverage differs: Collins includes 104 matches, NWL2023 has 79, and ENABLE has 69. Those counts overlap, so they are not separate piles to add together. For Scrabble, JOCKY leads at 21 points; JOCKS, JOCKO, ZOOKS, ZOUKS, and ZONKS each score 18.

A useful solving move is to try S before cycling through unlikely endings: it accounts for most matches. But don’t assume every candidate is familiar or accepted in your game; only 17 are common, so check your game’s word list when an obscure guess matters. For a nearby pattern, O in the second spot with E fourth has 436 matches.