6-letter words with K as the 1st letter and E as the 4th letter

Read the pattern as K _ _ E _ _: K is fixed in slot one, while E sits fourth. The 32 matches are unusually obscure: the frequency measure assigns zero to its common-word group, although 27 have definitions. Dictionary coverage overlaps rather than adding up, with Collins containing 28, NWL2023 16, and ENABLE 11.

At a glance: the K _ _ E _ _ pattern

• Exactly 32 tournament-dictionary words match K _ _ E _ _.
• None ranks as common in the frequency measure.
• Twenty-seven of the 32 matches have a definition.
• Collins includes 28 matches; NWL2023 includes 16 and ENABLE includes 11.
• The average score is 12.5; KAMEEZ leads at 21.

Why do half of these matches end in S?

Sixteen of the 32 matches end in S, so the most frequent final letter accounts for exactly half. KNEELS, KOPEKS, KITERS, and KUGELS show how often a plural or inflected ending appears in this small pattern.

The other endings are E (5), A (3), K and O (2 each), and G, T, or U (1 each). The imbalance is striking: every match begins with K, yet the final letter is usually S.

A same-pattern comparison puts the rarity in perspective: 230 six-letter words start with S and have E fourth. The K version has a much tighter pool.

6-letter words with K as the 1st letter and E as the 4th letter

KAMEEZ is the scoring leader at 21, followed by KOPECK at 18; KOPEKS and KAPEEK each score 16. The 12.5 average confirms that the highest result is not the only contributor. Those four words give you the strongest scoring anchors in a quick scan.

Familiarity is the catch. Zero matches fall in the common-word group, even though 27 have definitions, so recognition alone is a poor filter. Treat the fixed letters as the main constraint, then verify a candidate against the dictionary your game uses; coverage differs across Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE.

Length changes the count only modestly: the same K-and-E placement yields 36 five-letter matches and 30 seven-letter matches, compared with 32 here. The six-letter pattern sits between its neighboring lengths.