6-letter words with E as the 2nd letter and K as the 4th letter

With E fixed in slot two and K in slot four, this pattern has 80 tournament-dictionary matches, but just 9 count as common. Weekly, leaked, and weaker are recognizable starting points; many other matches are less familiar. The opening and final letters make the remaining candidates easier to scan once those two anchors are in place.

The E-and-K pattern at a glance

• 80 tournament-dictionary words match the E _ _ K _ _ pattern.
• Only 9 count as common by our word-frequency measure.
• Weekly, leaked, and weaker are among the familiar examples.
• R opens 12 matches, ahead of W with 10.
• D closes 23 matches, more than any other final letter.

Which letters appear around the fixed E and K?

R is the most common opening letter, with 12 matches; D is the leading ending, with 23. Try the pattern as R E _ K _ D for candidates such as recked, or W E _ K _ Y for weekly and weakly.

The endings also give you a quick sorting rule: 23 words finish in D, while 14 finish in R and 13 in N. If your final tile is fixed, check that group first instead of scanning every match.

The E-second, K-fourth pattern has fewer matches than several nearby choices. Changing the second letter to A gives 190 matches, while keeping E and changing the fourth letter to I gives 383.

Use the fixed letters to narrow your rack

Treat the two known letters as anchors, then test the first and last positions against your rack. Weekly and weaker show how the same opening can lead to different endings; leaked and peaked share a different ending while changing the first letter.

For a score-focused play, kecksy leads at 19 points; jerked and feckly each score 18. Those are word scores before board premiums, so check whether a premium square changes the value of your placement.

The 80 6-letter words with E as the 2nd letter and K as the 4th letter do not all travel across game dictionaries: Collins includes 79, NWL2023 includes 53, and ENABLE includes 46. Some matches are also uncommon, so verify the word list for your game before relying on an unfamiliar entry.