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6-letter words with I as the 3rd letter and K as the 4th letter

Six-letter words with I 3rd and K 4th number 38, and 17 of them share the -AIK- shape.

38 wordsTop pick SPIKESHighest score ZAIKAI 19

2 of 38 are everyday words (5%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With I in 3rd place, N is the most common 4th letter (250 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 38 · most-used first

  • SPIKES12
  • SPIKED13
  • CRIKEY15
  • MEIKLE12
  • SPIKEY15
  • DAIKON11
  • SPIKER12
  • TRIKES10
  • HAIKUS13
  • DUIKER11
  • SHIKAR13
  • KAIKAI14
  • SHIKSA13
  • HAIKAI13
  • BHIKHU18
  • SHIKSE13
  • HOIKED14
  • GRIKES11
  • TAIKOS10
  • LAIKAS10
  • SHIKRA13
  • MAIKOS12
  • SAIKEI10
  • LAIKER10
  • CHIKOR15
  • DAIKER11
  • DHIKRS14
  • FAIKED14
  • FAIKES13
  • GLIKES11
  • KAIKAS14
  • LAIKED11
  • PAIKED13
  • RAIKED11
  • REIKIS10
  • SEIKER10
  • ULIKON10
  • ZAIKAI19
All valid words 38

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • BHIKHU18
  • CHIKOR15
  • CRIKEY15
  • DAIKER11
  • DAIKON11
  • DHIKRS14
  • DUIKER11
  • FAIKED14
  • FAIKES13
  • GLIKES11
  • GRIKES11
  • HAIKAI13
  • HAIKUS13
  • HOIKED14
  • KAIKAI14
  • KAIKAS14
  • LAIKAS10
  • LAIKED11
  • LAIKER10
  • MAIKOS12
  • MEIKLE12
  • PAIKED13
  • RAIKED11
  • REIKIS10
  • SAIKEI10
  • SEIKER10
  • SHIKAR13
  • SHIKRA13
  • SHIKSA13
  • SHIKSE13
  • SPIKED13
  • SPIKER12
  • SPIKES12
  • SPIKEY15
  • TAIKOS10
  • TRIKES10
  • ULIKON10
  • ZAIKAI19
Letters by positionIn 50% of these words the 5th letter is E.
1st letter
  1. S26%
  2. D11%
  3. H8%
2nd letter
  1. A45%
  2. H18%
  3. P11%
5th letter
  1. E50%
  2. A16%
  3. O13%
6th letter
  1. S32%
  2. R18%
  3. D16%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 13 in Scrabble; ZAIKAI tops the list with 19. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1010 points: 8 words
  2. 11 points: 7 words
  3. 1212 points: 4 words
  4. 13 points: 9 words
  5. 1414 points: 5 words
  6. 15 points: 3 words
  7. 1616 points: 0 words
  8. 17 points: 0 words
  9. 1818 points: 1 words
  10. 19 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
ZAIKAI1919All three
BHIKHU1818Collins only
CRIKEY1515All three
SPIKEY1515All three
CHIKOR1515Collins only
KAIKAI1414Collins only
HOIKED1413Collins only
FAIKED1414Collins only
KAIKAS1414Collins only
DHIKRS1413NWL only
SPIKED1314All three
HAIKUS1313Collins · NWL

K pays 5 points, and this small set leans on it hard. The list runs from the SPIKE spellings SPIKED, SPIKES and SPIKER to a tight -AIK- group and the everyday CRIKEY. The average score is 12.5, and ZAIKAI tops everything on 19.

What 38 I-and-K matches look like

  • 38 matches put I in slot three and K in slot four.
  • Seventeen of them carry A in slot two, the -AIK- spine.
  • Four matches are SPIKE forms: SPIKED, SPIKES, SPIKER and SPIKEY.
  • The average score is 12.5, with ZAIKAI on 19 and BHIKHU on 18.
  • Only SPIKED and SPIKES count as common; Collins keeps 35, ENABLE 15.

The -AIK- words do nearly half the work

Seventeen matches place A in slot two, among them DAIKER, DAIKON, ZAIKAI, HAIKAI, KAIKAI, LAIKAS, MAIKOS and TAIKOS. One vowel turns a scattered list into a recognisable family.

S opens 10 of the 38, and the -AIK- group hides inside that: DAIKON and DAIKER sit under D, while PAIKED and FAIKED split between P and F. Only SPIKED and SPIKES reach the common band, so 36 of the 38 matches sit outside it.

Scoring on a five-point letter

ZAIKAI reaches 19 on a Z and two Ks. BHIKHU follows on 18, and CRIKEY, SPIKEY and CHIKOR each land on 15. SPIKEY is the friendliest of those, since it keeps the familiar SPIKE stem.

Collins carries 35 of the 38, but ENABLE keeps only 15, a 23-word gap that no other I-third frame comes close to. The words ENABLE drops include HOIKED, LAIKER, GRIKES and every -AIK- form built on Hawaiian or Scots spelling. KAIKAI and HAIKAI look like plausible plays, yet both need Collins or NWL2023 to count.

Playing the -AIK- spine

Tip

Try the -AIK- shape before anything else. Nearly half the list runs _AIK__, and ZAIKAI alone turns those four letters into 19 points.

Questions people ask

How many 6-letter words have I third and K fourth?
Thirty-eight. Seventeen place A in slot two, four are SPIKE forms, and the average score is 12.5. Only SPIKED and SPIKES count as common, so tournament vocabulary fills most of the list.
What is the highest score in this set?
ZAIKAI leads on 19 points with a Z and two Ks. BHIKHU follows on 18, and CRIKEY, SPIKEY and CHIKOR each reach 15. K alone is worth 5 points, so every match here starts with a decent base.
Do these words work in every dictionary?
No. Collins lists 35 of the 38, but ENABLE keeps only 15. That 23-word gap takes in HOIKED, LAIKER and GRIKES along with the Hawaiian and Scots -AIK- spellings.

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