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

The pattern fixes two tiles but leaves the first, third, fourth, and final letters open. That still produces a compact group: seven entries start with R, while 11 end in E. Familiar verbs such as remake and retake sit beside less familiar options, so check your game's dictionary before playing an unfamiliar one.

6-letter words with E second and K fifth at a glance

• 17 entries meet the pattern across at least one tournament dictionary.
• R is the most common first letter, appearing in seven matches.
• 11 words end in E; five end in S, and one ends in A.
• Four entries meet the common-word frequency threshold.
• Collins includes 16 matches, compared with 13 in NWL2023 and 12 in ENABLE.

Which matching words are familiar, and which score well?

Remake, retake, revoke, and rebuke are recognizable choices among the matches. Their shared opening, RE, reflects the strong R pattern: seven of the 17 entries begin with that letter, more than any other starting letter.

Revoke scores 13 points in Scrabble, tied with medaka, decoke, gepiks, rewake, and rewoke. Remake, rebuke, belike, and betake score 12. The highest-scoring options are not necessarily the most familiar, so weigh the board position as well as the face value.

The endings narrow the search further. Eleven matches finish with E, including several of the familiar examples; five finish with S. Only one ends in A, making that final letter a particularly restrictive clue.

Dictionary coverage is uneven: Collins has 16 entries, NWL2023 has 13, and ENABLE has 12. The combined total does not mean every word is accepted in every game, especially if your group follows one specific list.

How should you narrow this letter pattern?

• Keep E fixed in the second slot and K in the fifth; test the remaining positions against your known letters.
• Try R first when the opening letter is unknown: seven matches begin with R.
• Use the final tile as a filter: E is the leading ending, with 11 matches.
• For a less common ending clue, check the five S-ending entries or the single A-ending entry.