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7-letter words with B as the 1st letter and K as the 3rd letter

7-letter words with B as the 1st letter and K as the 3rd letter number 15; BIKEWAY leads the scoring examples at 19 points.

15 wordsTop pick BIKINISHighest score BIKEWAY 19

With B in 1st place, R is the most common 3rd letter (255 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 15 · most-used first

  • BIKINIS13
  • BAKLAVA16
  • BIKEWAY19
  • BAKKIES17
  • BIKKIES17
  • BEKNOWN16
  • BAKLAWA16
  • BAKINGS14
  • BEKNAVE16
  • BEKNOTS13
  • BIKINGS14
  • BOKKENS17
  • BUKSHEE16
  • BUKSHIS16

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All valid words 15

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

  • BAKINGS14
  • BAKKIES17
  • BAKLAVA16
  • BAKLAWA16
  • BEKNAVE16
  • BEKNOTS13
  • BEKNOWN16
  • BIKEWAY19
  • BIKINGS14
  • BIKINIS13
  • BIKKIES17
  • BOKKENS17
  • BUKKAKE21
  • BUKSHEE16
  • BUKSHIS16
Letters by positionIn 53% of these words the 7th letter is S.
2nd letter
  1. A27%
  2. I27%
  3. E20%
4th letter
  1. K27%
  2. I20%
  3. N20%
5th letter
  1. A27%
  2. N20%
  3. O13%
6th letter
  1. E20%
  2. G13%
  3. V13%
7th letter
  1. S53%
  2. E20%
  3. A13%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
BIKEWAY1919All three
BAKKIES1718Collins only
BIKKIES1718Collins only
BOKKENS1719NWL only
BAKLAVA1619All three
BEKNOWN1619Collins only
BAKLAWA1618All three
BEKNAVE1619Collins only
BUKSHEE1617Collins only
BUKSHIS1617Collins only
BAKINGS1417All three
BIKINGS1417Collins only

The pattern is B?K????: B stays in the first slot, K in the third, and five letters remain open. None of the 15 matches ranks as common under our word-frequency cutoff. The mix is less familiar than the count suggests, so use the pattern to narrow a rack rather than assume every match will be everyday vocabulary.

At a glance: the B-K pattern

  • Exactly 15 tournament-dictionary entries fit B?K????.
  • BIKEWAY leads the scoring examples at 19 points; BAKKIES, BIKKIES, and BOKKENS each score 17.
  • Collins accepts 14 matches, compared with 7 in NWL2023 and 6 in ENABLE.
  • Eight of the 15 matches end in S, the strongest final-letter cluster.
  • Only 11 matches have definitions, and none ranks as common by word frequency.

Which endings dominate this letter pattern?

S is the leading final letter: 8 matches end in S, while E appears at the end of 3 and A at the end of 2. N and Y account for one match apiece. The endings account for all 15 entries, so a known final letter can quickly narrow your options.

Examples show the spread: BIKINIS ends in S, BAKLAVA in A, and BIKEWAY in Y. The distribution is lopsided rather than even; checking the last tile first is faster than scanning every match repeatedly.

7-letter words with B as the 1st letter and K as the 3rd letter

Treat B?K???? As a letter constraint, not a clue to a familiar word. None of the 15 matches is common by our frequency measure, and only 11 have definitions.

BAKLAVA and BIKINIS are recognizable anchors; BAKKIES and BIKKIES are less familiar, despite their strong scores.

For word games, check the applicable list before committing: 14 matches appear in Collins, compared with 7 in NWL2023 and 6 in ENABLE. BIKEWAY scores 19 points before board bonuses, making it the standout scoring play here, not a claim that it is common. Compare neighboring seven-letter patterns when a crossing letter changes.

Changing the first letter to A yields 29 matches, while D yields 16. That contrast makes the B-starting set notably small beside two nearby patterns.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have B first and K third?
There are 15 seven-letter matches with B in the first position and K in the third. The pattern is B?K????, leaving five positions open. The count includes entries found in at least one of Collins, NWL2023, or ENABLE; it is not a count of every dictionary or word list.
Which B-K word scores the most in Scrabble?
BIKEWAY is the top scorer at 19 points on standard Scrabble letter values. BAKKIES, BIKKIES, and BOKKENS follow at 17 each. Board premiums can change a play's total, so 19 is the base tile score rather than a guaranteed score on a particular turn.
Which final letter appears most often in these matches?
S is the most common ending, with 8 of the 15 matches. E ends 3 words and A ends 2, while N and Y each end one. That distribution accounts for the full set and makes S the first ending to test when the clue leaves the final tile unknown.

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