7-letter words with D as the 1st letter and K as the 6th letter

The pattern fixes D in slot one and K in slot six, leaving five letters open. Twenty entries qualify across tournament dictionaries, but frequency is the catch: only one is common by wordfreq. Familiar DISLIKE sits beside rarer forms such as DAIMOKU, DIBBUKS, and DROSHKY, so the position clue matters more than everyday vocabulary.

The pattern at a glance

• Twenty tournament-dictionary words fit D _ _ _ _ K _.
• Only one match counts as common by wordfreq frequency.
• DISLIKE is a familiar entry among forms such as DAIMOKU and DROSHKY.
• DYBBUKS leads the listed Scrabble scores at 19; DROSHKY follows at 18.
• Twelve of the 20 words end in S, while four end in E.

Which D-first, K-sixth words score highest?

DYBBUKS is the top scorer at 19 points, with DROSHKY at 18 and DIKDIKS and DAWBAKE tied at 17. Those are tile scores before board premiums, so premium squares—not the word alone—decide a play's final total.

DISLIKE, DEBUNKS, DASHIKI, and DOGLIKE offer more recognizable anchors, but only one match is common by frequency. Names such as DAIMOKU and DROSHKY show why this pattern is less about everyday vocabulary than keeping the fixed K position in view.

How to use 7-letter words with D first and K sixth

Start with the board: D _ _ _ _ K _ leaves five open slots, and the final letter narrows the search. Twelve entries end in S; the smaller groups end in E, I, U, or Y. DISLIKE shows the E ending, while DEBUNKS and DAMASKS illustrate S.

Dictionary coverage is not uniform. Collins and NWL2023 each include 17 matches, while ENABLE includes 14; the overall count combines words present in at least one tournament list. Check your game's lexicon before banking on a less familiar form.

Nearby patterns put the scarcity in perspective: 47 seven-letter words start with S and place K sixth, compared with 20 for D. The D-first pattern with E in sixth position has 550 matches, so shifting one fixed letter can open the search sharply.