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

The pattern is K _ _ N _ _: K opens every word, and N holds the fourth position. Examples include KIDNEY, KERNEL, KIDNAP, and KENNEL, though just four matches count as common. Treat this as a tight clue list rather than a broad vocabulary bank; several entries are specialist forms, and a word’s acceptance depends on your game’s dictionary.

How many words fit K-first, N-fourth?

• 34 six-letter matches fit the pattern in Collins.
• ENABLE includes 21 matches; NWL2023 includes 22.
• Four entries meet the frequency cutoff for common words.
• 27 matches have definitions; seven do not have a definition here.
• S is the most common final letter: nine words end in S, while D and R each end five.

Which examples are easiest to recognize?

Start with KIDNEY, KERNEL, KIDNAP, and KENNEL as recognizable examples of K _ _ N _ _. The fixed N narrows the search, but the remaining slots still allow very different words. KENNET and KRONER also fit, while KWA... is not the pattern: KWANZA has N in the fourth slot.

For a score-first play, KWANZA leads at 22 points, followed by KRANTZ at 19. KHANUM scores 15, and KIDNEY scores 14. Those values make the unusual letter combinations worth checking, but a strong score does not guarantee that a word is accepted in your game.

How does the dictionary coverage compare?

Dictionary coverage is uneven: Collins has all 34 matches, compared with 22 in NWL2023 and 21 in ENABLE. That gap matters when you are playing across different word lists. Check your game’s dictionary before relying on an unfamiliar entry; the full set is not equally playable everywhere.

The last-letter pattern offers another way to sort candidates: nine end in S, five in D, and five in R. For a nearby positional clue, the K-first, L-fourth pattern has 31 matches, while the K-first, O-fourth pattern has 32. Compare those lists when your fourth-letter clue changes.