6-letter words with K as the 4th letter and D as the 6th letter

The pattern fixes K in slot four and D at the end, leaving the first three letters open. Familiar matches include worked, looked, picked, walked, and talked; 39 entries meet the common-word frequency threshold. Many recognizable options use an -ed ending, but the fixed positions—not a verb rule—define the search.

A quick count of the K-and-D pattern

• 206 qualifying words fit the exact six-letter pattern.
• 179 matches have definitions; 39 rank among common English words by frequency.
• Collins includes 199; NWL2023 includes 157, and ENABLE includes 144. The dictionary groups overlap.
• B begins 21 matches, the largest opening group; S follows with 18.
• P contributes 16, Y 15, and H and L 14 each, so openings are spread across several letters.

6-letter words with K as the 4th letter and D as the 6th letter

Start with the ending, then lock K into slot four: the pattern is ___K_D. That leaves three opening positions to test, and worked, looked, picked, walked, and talked show how the final D often belongs to an -ed form. The suffix is a clue, not a rule about meaning or part of speech.

Opening-letter counts offer another way to narrow your search. B leads with 21 matches, followed by S at 18 and P at 16; Y contributes 15, while H and L each contribute 14. For an S start, familiar options include sacked and soaked.

The nearby L-fourth-and-D pattern has 207 matches, while T-fourth-and-D has 273. At 206, the K pattern sits just below the L group and well below the T group, despite sharing the same final letter.

Which matches score well, and what should you check?

Jacked, zonked, quaked, and zinked each score 20 points, the highest score in this group. Jerked and junked score 18 apiece, so a high-value letter can lift a word built around the familiar -ked ending.

For 6-letter words with K as the 4th letter and D as the 6th letter, dictionary coverage is the main limitation: 199 matches are in Collins, 157 in NWL2023, and 144 in ENABLE, against 206 words accepted by at least one list. Those totals overlap. Check your game's word list before playing a less familiar entry.