6-letter words with R as the 2nd letter and K as the 5th letter

The pattern fixes R in slot two and K in slot five, leaving four positions to distinguish entries such as breaks, tracks, and trunks. The pool is broader than its familiar examples suggest: 58 words have definitions, while 17 meet the common-word cutoff. Endings cluster heavily on S: 49 entries finish that way, compared with 18 ending in Y.

At a glance: the shape of this word pattern

• 70 entries match the R _ _ _ K _ pattern across the tournament dictionaries.
• 49 end in S, 18 end in Y, and only 3 end in A.
• C leads the first-letter choices with 17 words, ahead of B with 13 and T with 12.
• BREKKY scores 19, one point above DREKKY at 18 in the letter-value ranking.

How many 6-letter words have R second and K fifth?

Seventy entries fit, but dictionary coverage differs: 52 appear in ENABLE, 67 in Collins, and 56 in NWL2023. Those totals overlap, so they are not separate batches to add; a word accepted in one list may be absent from another. Check the word list used by your game before relying on a less familiar entry.

Common choices include breaks, tracks, drinks, trucks, and tricks. Brooks and cracks keep familiar consonants, while troika breaks the dominant S-or-Y ending pattern with its final A. Only 17 matches meet the common-word cutoff, so expect many less familiar options among the full set.

Which endings and scores stand out?

For 6-letter words with R second and K fifth, the letter-value leaders are outliers rather than everyday plays: brekky scores 19, drekky 18, and cracky and bricky 17 each. Familiar tricky reaches 15, while freaky and frisky both score 16. That gap rewards checking the rack instead of scanning only for familiar vocabulary.

The first letter offers another quick filter: C begins 17 matches, while E begins just one. Once you know the starting tile, prioritize that uneven distribution rather than spending equal time on every possible opening. For the ending, an S remains likelier than Y or A in this particular pattern.