7-letter words with B as the 1st letter and K as the 4th letter

The pattern is B _ _ K _ _ _: keep B in the opening slot and K in the fourth, then check the remaining letters against your rack or clue. BANKING, BACKING and BOOKING are recognizable fits. The dictionary counts overlap: a word can appear in more than one tournament list, so the individual source totals should not be added together.

At a glance: words with B first and K fourth

• There are 126 matching words across the tournament dictionaries.
• ENABLE includes 84 matches; Collins includes 118, and NWL2023 includes 98.
• Only 14 matches fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• The most common final letter is S, with 49 words; G follows with 22.

Which 7-letter words fit B first and K fourth?

Start with the familiar forms: BANKING, BACKING and BOOKING all place K exactly where the pattern requires. BANKERS and BROKERS fit too, while BOOKLET gives you a different ending. These examples show how much the final three letters can vary even when the first and fourth positions stay fixed.

The pattern is less common than some nearby B patterns. B with T in the fourth position has 204 matches, compared with 126 for B and K; changing the first letter to S while keeping K fourth gives 116. That makes the fixed K a useful filter, but it does not guarantee an everyday word: just 14 matches are common by frequency.

Scores and limits for 7-letter words with B first and K fourth

BACKPAY tops the score ranking at 20 points. BUCKEYE and BACKHOE each score 18, so the strongest options are not necessarily the most familiar ones. If you are choosing among playable words, compare the score with your actual board position rather than relying on the word alone.

A fixed pattern is a clue, not a promise that every game accepts every match. The dictionary totals differ—ENABLE has 84, while Collins has 118—so a word accepted in one list may not appear in another. Check your game's word list once; meanwhile, use BANKING or BACKING as easy starting examples and treat rarer entries with care.