6-letter words with M as the 1st letter and K as the 5th letter

The pattern is tighter than many letter-position searches: just 13 tournament-dictionary entries match. None ranks among the 25,000 most common English words, so expect unfamiliar plays rather than everyday vocabulary. The endings offer a useful clue: four words finish in A, four in S, and the remaining five end in E, O, U, or Y.

At a glance: the M-and-K pattern

• All 13 matches begin with M and place K in position five.
• MUZAKY is the top Scrabble scorer at 24 points; MUZAKS follows at 21.
• Four matches end in A and four end in S, tied for the most common final letter.
• The source counts are 11 in Collins, 7 in NWL2023, and 4 in ENABLE; those groups overlap.

Which matching words score highest?

MUZAKY tops the scoring list at 24 points, with MUZAKS next at 21. Both pack a Z into a pattern that already demands K, making them standouts when you can place the letters.

MUJIKS scores 19, while MARKKA reaches 16. Those four lead the named scorers; MOPOKE, MAMAKO, and MAMAKU each score 14, a step below the 16-point mark.

For a more familiar-looking option, MANUKA scores 12 and MEDAKA scores 13. They trail the high scorers, but their spellings may be easier to recognize than MUZAKY or MUJIKS.

What defines the M-K pattern?

Only 13 match this pattern, compared with 100 six-letter words beginning with S and placing K fifth, and 64 beginning with C in the same position. The M group is a narrow slice of that letter-position family.

The fifth letter is K, not the final letter: endings split evenly between A and S, with two ending in E and one each in O, U, and Y. Most matches are uncommon, and 11 have definitions; check your game's word list before playing.