5-letter words with P as the 1st letter and K as the 4th letter

The pattern is P _ _ K _, so the K is fixed near the end while the second, third, and final letters vary. Nine of these entries rank among the 25,000 most common English words, which makes parks and packs easier to recognize than specialist picks such as pakka. Dictionary coverage also differs: Collins lists 48, NWL2023 lists 35, and ENABLE lists 29.

The P-K pattern at a glance

• All 50 matches start with P and place K in the fourth position.
• The most frequent final letter is S, with 20 words ending that way.
• Y is next with 12 endings; A follows with 10.
• Six words match the Wordle answer list, while all 50 are allowed guesses.
• The average score is 12.4; pawky leads the high scorers at 17.

How many 5-letter words with P first and K fourth?

There are 50 tournament-dictionary matches for this exact pattern. The ending breakdown is unusually concentrated: S, Y, and A account for 42 words together, leaving just 8 that end in E, I, or O. That makes the final tile a strong clue once P and K are known.

For recognizable options, start with parks, picks, packs, peaks, and perks. The common-word count is only 9, so many entries are less familiar than those examples. If a candidate looks unusual, the dictionary split matters: Collins has 48 matches, compared with 35 in NWL2023 and 29 in ENABLE.

Which P-K words score highest?

Pawky scores 17, the top value among these words; picky, pocky, and pecky each score 16. Pakka and pukka reach 15, while pinky, pesky, perky, and porky score 14. The high values cluster around less common spellings, so a playable word may be easier to spot than the scoring leader.

Six matches are Wordle answers, but the full set is broader than an answer list. For board games, check your game's dictionary: Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE accept different numbers of these words. The 5-letter words with P first and K fourth include both everyday choices and entries whose acceptance depends on the word list.