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

Every answer has K in position four and finishes with Y, so the pattern is unusually easy to verify. Familiar entries include WEEKLY, TURKEY, HOCKEY, MONKEY, and DONKEY. Only 10 of the 63 words are classed as common, making this a short, recognizable core surrounded by less familiar options.

The pattern at a glance

• There are 63 tournament-dictionary words with K fourth and Y last.
• All 63 matches end in Y; none finish with another letter.
• Collins includes 61 matches, compared with 48 in NWL2023 and 44 in ENABLE.
• JOCKEY, ZONKEY, and JACKSY tie for the top listed Scrabble score at 22 points.
• D begins 10 words, while H begins eight.

How many 6-letter words have K fourth and Y sixth?

There are 63 6-letter words with K as the 4th letter and Y as the 6th letter across the counted tournament dictionaries. The dictionary totals overlap, so their individual counts do not add up to 63. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.

The set is smaller than several nearby patterns: 181 words have E in the fourth position and Y last, while 143 have I there. For the K-fourth pattern, changing the final letter to D yields 206 matches, more than three times this Y-ending group.

Which words are easiest to recognize or score?

WEEKLY, TURKEY, HOCKEY, and MONKEY are the clearest everyday examples. The trickier entries matter for scoring: JOCKEY reaches 22 points, while HOCKEY scores 18, so a familiar word is not automatically the top scorer.

• For a likely familiar answer, start by checking WEEKLY, TURKEY, or HOCKEY.
• When score matters, compare the JOCKEY tie with the other 22-point entries.
• Treat obscure spellings cautiously; only 10 matches fall in the common-word group.
• A familiar pattern still has a narrow common core: only 10 of the 63 matches count as common.