6-letter words with K as the 3rd letter and O as the 5th letter

The pattern _ _ K _ O _ leaves only 16 tournament-dictionary entries, and none ranks among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. INKPOT and UNKNOT are the easiest to recognize; SUKKOT, MIKVOS, and DIKKOP show why dictionary choice matters. Close spelling pairs cluster around -os and -ot endings.

At a glance what this letter pattern returns

• All 16 matches have K third and O fifth; the final two letters vary.
• INKPOT and UNKNOT are recognizable entries; DIKKOP leads the score table at 17.
• 12 entries have definitions, and the average score is 13.1.
• All 16 appear in Collins, while 10 are in NWL2023 and 7 in ENABLE.
• S is the most common opening letter with 4 entries; M starts 3.

Which six-letter words have K third and O fifth?

Only 16 words fit, compared with 143 when N replaces K in the third slot and O stays fifth. That gap makes the third letter the real bottleneck; changing the fifth letter while keeping K third yields 68 matches with N and 49 with E. For a clue that fixes both positions, avoid treating nearby K patterns as interchangeable.

Endings cluster too: 6 entries finish in T and 4 in S. Two end in N; the final four each end in I, O, P, or W. That gives you a quick checking order: test T and S first, then consider the singletons only if crossing letters support them.

Choosing among the rare forms

DIKKOP leads the score list at 17; ACKNOW, DEKKOS, MIKVOS, and MIKVOT each score 15. SUKKOT, SUKKOS, SAKKOI, and SAKKOS score 14, while INKPOT scores 12. The less familiar forms, not the recognizable INKPOT, carry the strongest totals.

None of these entries falls within the top 25,000 English words by frequency, and only 12 of the 16 have definitions. Collins contains all 16; NWL2023 lists 10 and ENABLE lists 7. The 6-letter words with K as the 3rd letter and O as the 5th letter therefore need a dictionary check before you risk a play.