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7-letter words with A as the 1st letter and K as the 5th letter

7-letter words with A first and K fifth total 12 matches, led by ADZUKIS at 21 points.

12 wordsTop pick ALASKASHighest score ADZUKIS 21

With A in 1st place, I is the most common 5th letter (301 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 12 · most-used first

  • ALASKAS11
  • ANANKES11
  • ANGAKOK16
  • ADSUKIS12
  • ADZUKIS21
  • AKEAKES15
  • ALFAKIS14
  • ALSIKES11
  • ANGEKOK16
  • APHAKIA16
  • ASLAKED12
  • ASLAKES11
All valid words 12

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • ADSUKIS12
  • ADZUKIS21
  • AKEAKES15
  • ALASKAS11
  • ALFAKIS14
  • ALSIKES11
  • ANANKES11
  • ANGAKOK16
  • ANGEKOK16
  • APHAKIA16
  • ASLAKED12
  • ASLAKES11
Letters by positionIn 67% of these words the 7th letter is S.
2nd letter
  1. L25%
  2. N25%
  3. D17%
3rd letter
  1. A17%
  2. S17%
  3. G17%
4th letter
  1. A50%
  2. U17%
  3. S8%
6th letter
  1. E42%
  2. I33%
  3. O17%
7th letter
  1. S67%
  2. K17%
  3. A8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
ADZUKIS2122All three
ANGAKOK1618All three
ANGEKOK1618Collins only
APHAKIA1616Collins only
AKEAKES1515Collins only
ALFAKIS1415All three
ADSUKIS1213Collins · NWL
ASLAKED1213Collins only
ALASKAS1112All three
ANANKES1113All three
ALSIKES1112All three
ASLAKES1112Collins only

A opens every entry, while K is locked into the fifth slot. The pool is unusually thin: the same K position has 142 S-starting matches, while swapping the fifth-place K for I yields 301. None of these words falls in the common-word group, so expect specialist vocabulary rather than everyday guesses.

The pattern at a glance

  • All 12 matches begin with A and place K fifth.
  • Eight entries end in S; only two end in K.
  • ADZUKIS leads the score list at 21 points.
  • Collins includes all 12; ENABLE includes six and NWL2023 seven.

Which 7-letter words have A first and K fifth?

The matches are ALASKAS, ANANKES, ANGAKOK, ADSUKIS, ADZUKIS, AKEAKES, ALFAKIS, ALSIKES, ANGEKOK, APHAKIA, ASLAKED and ASLAKES. ADZUKIS is the scoring standout at 21; ANGAKOK, ANGEKOK and APHAKIA each reach 16. The score leader is not an everyday play, and unfamiliar vocabulary is the main obstacle.

Endings narrow the search further: eight entries finish in S, but just two finish in K. Once A and the fifth-position K are fixed, an S ending is a stronger first check than a K ending. The remaining endings are A and D, one word apiece, so the set is sharply concentrated rather than evenly spread.

Dictionary overlap is another practical filter. All 12 belong to Collins, compared with six in ENABLE and seven in NWL2023; acceptance in one list does not guarantee acceptance in another. Check the rules used at your table before building a play around an unfamiliar entry, especially one of the specialist forms.

The neighboring patterns show how restrictive the fifth slot is: A with I fifth has 301 matches, compared with 12 here. Changing the first letter to S while keeping K fifth gives 142. Lock both known letters before testing loose rack tiles; scanning every A-starting word first wastes time.

How to narrow the rack search

Tip

For 7-letter words with A first and K fifth, lock those positions, then scan endings in this order: S first, K next, and A or D last. That sequence follows the actual 8-to-2-to-1-and-1 split.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words start with A and have K fifth?
There are 12 matches in the tournament-dictionary count. Every entry begins with A and puts K in position five; the group includes Collins, ENABLE and NWL2023 words, with overlap between those lists. None falls in the common-word group, so familiar everyday guesses are unlikely.
Which A-first, K-fifth word scores the most?
ADZUKIS is highest at 21 points. ANGAKOK, ANGEKOK and APHAKIA follow at 16 each, putting them in a shared second tier. Those are word scores before board premiums; letter and word squares can change the final game total.
Are any of these A-and-K words common?
No entries meet our common-word frequency cutoff. ADZUKIS may be recognizable, but many of the other matches are specialist forms. Familiarity and dictionary acceptance are different tests, so check the word list your game uses before relying on an obscure match.

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