6-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and K as the 5th letter

The pattern is _A__K_, so the second and fifth letters are fixed while the first, third, fourth, and final positions vary. That still leaves a compact, unusual group: none of its entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. Recognizable examples include kayaks and kabuki; many others are specialist or less familiar terms.

The pattern at a glance

• There are 51 tournament-dictionary entries matching _A__K_.
• Collins includes 46 matches, compared with 33 in NWL2023 and 24 in ENABLE.
• Paczki leads the score list at 23 points; qapiks follows at 21.
• No matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.

Which matching words score the most?

Paczki is the scoring standout at 23 points, with qapiks at 21 and jansky at 20. Jamoke follows at 19. Those unusual spellings carry much of the list’s scoring punch; familiar kayaks scores 17, tying jataka and wakiki.

Kabuki, kabaka, and markka each score 16. Keep the letter values in mind when choosing among candidates: the fixed A and K do not make every word equally valuable. A premium letter square can change a play’s total, so check the board before settling on a word.

Which endings dominate this pattern?

S is the most common final letter, appearing in 20 matches; A comes next with 13, and I appears in seven. Kayaks, taluks, and maliks show the S ending, while manuka and taluka end in A. The first letter varies too: K leads with 11 entries, ahead of M with seven and T with six.

The 51 six-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and K as the 5th letter are not a list of everyday vocabulary: 41 have definitions, but the group has no common entries by the frequency measure. Some options also differ across Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE, so check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar term.