6-letter words with K as the 4th letter and A as the 5th letter

Only 48 entries fit this pattern, and none qualify as common by our frequency measure. The opening letters cluster around P: ten matches start there, while T follows with four. JACKAL and HOOKAH are recognizable footholds in a set that otherwise leans toward specialist vocabulary.

At a glance: the K-A pattern

• All 48 matches place K fourth and A fifth in a six-letter word.
• P leads the opening letters with ten matches; T is next with four.
• Twenty-five matches end in S, the most common final letter.
• Collins lists 45 matches, NWL2023 lists 28, and ENABLE lists 18.

Which words stand out in this pattern?

JACKAL and HOOKAH are two recognizable options, while VODKAS, PARKAS, BURKAS, and POLKAS show how often familiar plural forms appear among the examples. The openings vary widely: P supplies ten words, but A, B, D, H, K, and M each contribute three.

PICKAX tops the Scrabble scores at 21 points. JACKAL, ZAIKAI, and PUKKAH each score 19, so the leading word has a two-point edge over that trio. The score ranking rewards the X in PICKAX; it is not simply a contest between the most familiar words.

6-letter words with K 4th and A 5th: how to narrow

The fifth letter changes the size of this pattern dramatically. With K fourth, E fifth yields 501 matches, compared with 48 for A and 93 for I. For A, start by checking P-initial possibilities, then narrow by the final letter: S accounts for 25 matches.

Dictionary coverage is uneven: the combined set has 48 words, while the source counts are 45 in Collins, 28 in NWL2023, and 18 in ENABLE. Those counts overlap, so adding them does not give the total. Because no matches qualify as common, check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar entry.