7-letter words with A as the 3rd letter and K as the 6th letter

This is a tight letter pattern, not a list of everyday vocabulary: none of its entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. The endings are more predictable than the beginnings, though. Nine words finish with E, while just two finish with A.

The pattern at a glance

• Fourteen tournament-dictionary entries put A third and K sixth.
• Collins lists all 14; NWL2023 accepts 10 and ENABLE accepts 7.
• None fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• Nine end in E, three in S, and two in A.

Why are there only 14 words in this pattern?

The fixed middle letters leave only three open slots before K and one after it. That constraint produces a small set: compare it with 42 matches when T replaces A in the third position. The ending split is lopsided too, with E accounting for nine of these words.

Some entries are easier to recognize than others. TEACAKE is familiar, and REAWOKE and REAWAKE show a shared word-building pattern. THANGKA and CHACHKA are less likely to come to mind during a quick rack search, so check the game’s dictionary before relying on an unfamiliar candidate.

Which words score best, and how should you use them?

CHACHKA leads the scoring list at 21 points, followed by CHABUKS at 18. THANGKA, PRANCKE, and PRANCKS each score 15. Those unusual consonant combinations give the top entries their value; TEACAKE scores 13 and is easier to spot.

For a seven-tile Scrabble play, a bingo earns a 50-point bonus, so a full-rack play can matter more than chasing a high letter total. This pattern has no common-frequency entries, however, and dictionary acceptance differs: NWL2023 includes 10 of the 14 matches.