7-letter words with A as the 4th letter and K as the 5th letter

The fixed middle letters produce a compact set, but the endings vary sharply: 29 words finish in S and 22 in D. Familiar matches include speaker, sneaker, tweaked, and breakup. Only four entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so expect plenty of less familiar plays alongside recognizable words.

The A-K pattern at a glance

• The pattern has 88 seven-letter matches across tournament dictionaries.
• NWL2023 has 62 matches and ENABLE 60, against 87 in Collins.
• U begins the most matches, with 15; R is next, with 11.
• S is the most common final letter, appearing in 29 words.

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

Speaker, breaker, sneaker, and tweaker show how often this pattern appears in words with an -aker ending. Other recognizable forms include breakup, freaked, tweaked, and remakes. Only the first three and last two tiles are free.

The endings are lopsided: S and D account for 51 of the 88 matches. Retakes, remakes, and intakes illustrate the S ending; freaked, tweaked, and croaked show the D ending. When a clue gives you the final letter, start with those two larger groups.

This pattern is much smaller than several nearby choices: putting N in the fifth position beside fourth-letter A gives 291 matches, while R gives 259. Treat K as a narrowing clue, not a sign that every result will be familiar.

Which matches score well?

Kayaked and kokakos lead the Scrabble scores at 19 points each; kayaker follows at 18. For a more familiar option, bleakly scores 16. The average score across the matches is 13.8, so a strong score is not limited to the unusual-looking entries.

Acceptance differs by game: ENABLE has 60 of these words, NWL2023 62 and Collins 87. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.