6-letter words with K as the 5th letter and E as the 6th letter

This pattern leaves K in position five and E at the end, but the words vary sharply in familiarity. Strike, stroke, and intake are easy to recognize; jamoke and kishke are less likely everyday plays. Only 10 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so a matching pattern does not guarantee a familiar answer.

K fifth and E last at a glance

• There are 45 six-letter matches, and every one ends in E.
• Strike, unlike, and stroke are recognizable examples among the matches.
• S begins 8 entries; U begins 7, while A and R each begin 6.
• The list has 10 common words and 33 entries with definitions.
• Jamoke and quooke tie for the top score at 19 points.

Which words fit K fifth and E sixth?

Start with familiar choices: strike, stroke, intake, remake, invoke, retake, uptake, revoke, and rebuke all fit the pattern. Unlike and unmake show how often U supplies the opening letter, while strike and stroke make S the leading first letter overall.

The final E is fixed, so the useful search is through the first four letters. Try an opening S, U, A, or R first: those letters are the four most frequent openings. A notable comparison is the L-in-fifth, E-in-sixth pattern, which has 501 matches, far more than this K pattern.

Not every match is a familiar word. Strake, belike, and betake are among the less common examples, while ashake, peruke, and matoke are further options when a board or clue points to an unusual opening.

6-letter words with K as the 5th letter and E as the 6th letter

For high-scoring plays, jamoke and quooke lead at 19 points each; kishke, axlike, and oxlike score 17. Pikake and ywroke reach 16, so a rare entry can outscore a familiar word even before premium squares change the board total.

The limitation is clear: only 10 matches are common, and the dictionary totals differ. Collins includes 44, NWL2023 includes 31, and ENABLE includes 29 of the 45. Treat unusual candidates as possibilities, then check your game's word list before playing.