6-letter words with P as the 1st letter and K as the 4th letter

P first and K fourth gives 69 tournament-list words, with 11 common entries and 51 defined forms. PICKED, POCKET, PACKED and PICKUP make the frame approachable; PICKAX is the high scorer at 21 points. The last letter divides the set efficiently: D and S are the leading endings.

At a glance P first, K fourth

• 69 matches put K fourth in a P-starting word.
• 11 entries are common by frequency.
• D ends 16 words; S ends 15.
• PICKAX scores 21, ahead of PUKKAH at 19.

Which words score highest?

The middle K appears in a mix of everyday verbs and nouns: PICKED, PACKED, PARKED, POCKET, PACKET, PICKLE and PICKUP. Ending clues divide the list neatly. D is most common at 16, S follows at 15, and R appears in nine, so those three endings cover 40 of the 69 matches.

The fourth-position K is easy to confirm in each familiar anchor: PICKED, POCKET, PACKED and PICKUP all carry K in that slot. Beyond those, PARKER, PARKED and PARKAS show that the surrounding letters do not have to form PICK. Checking the exact position prevents a tempting near-match from slipping into your answer.

Use endings to sort the list

PICKAX leads at 21 points, with PUKKAH at 19 and PACKLY at 17. PICKUP reaches 16; PICKED, PACKED and PECKED score 15 each. A practical mistake is to assume the pattern is all forms of PICK: POCKET, PARKER and PARKAS share the fixed K position without that spelling family.

Collins includes 65 of the 69 entries, while NWL2023 has 46 and ENABLE has 38. The sets overlap; the counts are not exclusive categories. This broad pattern has enough familiar words for clue solving, but 51 entries have definitions against only 11 common words, so tournament play reaches much further than everyday vocabulary.

Every word shares a strong K position