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

With S fixed in slot three and K in slot four, the pattern is _ _ S K _. The matches split sharply at the final letter: 22 end in S, 11 in Y, and one in A. Familiar choices such as RISKS, TASKS, MASKS, and DESKS sit beside less common forms such as BOSKY and PASKA.

At a glance: the endings and top scores

• Thirty-four words match this pattern across tournament dictionaries.
• Thirty-three have a definition, while eight count as common by word frequency.
• Twenty-two end in S, eleven in Y, and PASKA is the only A-ending match.
• HUSKY scores 15; PESKY, MUSKY, BOSKY, and BUSKY each score 14.

How many 5-letter words have S third and K fourth?

There are 34 5-letter words with S third and K fourth in the full set, but dictionary coverage varies. Collins accepts 33, NWL2023 accepts 27, and ENABLE accepts 25.

RISKS, TASKS, and MASKS are recognizable examples; RISKY, HUSKY, and PESKY show the Y-ending branch. Only eight matches rank among common English words by frequency, so the full group is much less familiar than its everyday examples suggest.

Among five-letter patterns that keep K fourth, R third has 65 matches, compared with 21 when U takes the third slot. Changing just that one letter can sharply expand or narrow your options while preserving the K placement.

Choosing a word for Wordle or a board game

Wordle's answer list contains five matches, and all five also appear in tournament dictionaries. The pattern has 34 allowed guesses, so an accepted guess is not automatically an answer.

For Scrabble, HUSKY leads at 15 points, followed by PESKY, MUSKY, BOSKY, and BUSKY at 14. Check the dictionary for your game before playing: Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE do not accept exactly the same number of these words.

When a clue fixes S in the third position and K in the fourth, compare endings first. The 22 S-ending options outnumber the 11 Y-ending choices, while the single A-ending word is PASKA.