6-letter words with T as the 1st letter and K as the 3rd letter

Pinning T in the opening slot and K in the third narrows the field to 19 tournament-dictionary words. TAKING, TOKENS, and TAKERS are easy to recognize; TSKTSK and TYKISH are less obvious. Just three entries are common by the frequency measure, while 16 have definitions.

6-letter words with T as the 1st letter and K as the 3rd letter

• The pattern has 19 matches across the tournament dictionaries.
• TAKING, TOKENS, and TAKERS are recognizable examples.
• TYKISH leads the scoring examples at 16 points before board bonuses.
• Eight matches end in S; G is the next most common ending, with three.
• Collins includes 19 matches, compared with 13 in NWL2023 and 11 in ENABLE.

Which T-K words score the most?

TYKISH earns 16 points before board bonuses. TIKKAS, TSKTSK, and TEKKIE each score 14, while TAKAHE, TOKAYS, and TAKHIS reach 13. That leaves TYKISH two points clear of the field.

Familiar TAKING and TOKING score 11 apiece, below those unusual high scorers. Dictionary coverage differs too: Collins has all 19 matches, NWL2023 has 13, and ENABLE has 11.

How does the T-K pattern compare with other clues?

Changing K in the third slot to R, while keeping T first, expands the six-letter set from 19 words to 154. Keeping K but starting with A gives 28 matches; P gives 27.

The ending pattern is lopsided: eight words finish in S, while G appears three times and E twice. Still, only three entries are common, so an unfamiliar spelling may be hard to recall during play.

TYKISH is the top scorer, but its unusual form makes dictionary coverage important. Confirm that your game's word list accepts it before playing; TAKING is a more familiar option when you need a recognizable word.