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

The pattern is K??T??, which catches familiar choices such as KITTEN, KETTLE and KNOTTY alongside less everyday entries. Just 40 words fit, far fewer than the 193 six-letter words that start with S and put T fourth. That small pool makes each remaining letter worth checking carefully.

The K-first, T-fourth pattern at a glance

• Forty tournament-dictionary words match K??T??.
• Only two matches rank among the commonest English words.
• KITTEN, KETTLE and KNOTTY are recognizable examples.
• KLUTZY leads the score list at 22 points.
• Thirty-two matches have definitions.

Which 6-letter words have K first and T fourth?

KITTEN, KETTLE and KNOTTY are straightforward pattern matches: each begins with K, places T fourth, and has six letters. KILTER and KITTED also fit, while KRATOM and KIRTAN show how quickly the remaining letters can make the answer less familiar.

Dictionary coverage is not identical across games. The 40-word total includes entries from ENABLE, Collins and NWL2023; their source counts are 21, 38 and 25, respectively, so those counts overlap.

Only two entries are common by frequency, and 32 have definitions. Check your game’s word list before playing an unfamiliar form.

How to use 6-letter words with K first and T fourth

Ending letters offer another useful filter: R appears most often, with seven matches, followed by S with six. That makes a confirmed final R a better narrowing clue than a vague hunch about which word feels familiar.

KLUTZY scores 22, well above the average of 11.7; KVETCH follows at 18. Use the final letter too: R appears seven times, one more than S.

• Try KITTEN or KETTLE when the final letters suggest a common word.
• Keep KILT—no, KILTER—in mind if the fifth letter is E and the last is R.
• For a score-first play, compare KLUTZY with the 18-point KVETCH.