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

The pattern leaves five letters open, but it produces a short, unusual set: just 31 tournament-dictionary words. Knuckle is the most recognisable example, and keyhole offers a different everyday word shape. Only one match ranks among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so expect many entries to feel specialized rather than familiar.

What stands out among 7-letter words with K first and L sixth?

• There are 31 matches, all beginning with K and placing L in the sixth spot.
• Only one match is common by English word-frequency ranking.
• Knuckly scores 20 points, ahead of kinfolk and knobbly at 18 each.
• The final letter is S most often, appearing in 13 matches.

Which endings and examples should you check first?

Start with recognizable candidates such as knuckle, kernels, keyhole, kennels, and kinfolk. Each fits the fixed K-at-the-start, L-in-the-sixth pattern, while the last letter varies. Knuckle ends in E; kernels and kennels end in S.

S is the leading final letter, but it does not dominate the set: E ends 9 matches, Y ends 5, and A ends 2. K and L each finish just one word. That spread makes the last tile a quick way to narrow a solve.

Some entries are much less familiar than knuckle. Knobbly and knuckly are valid examples in the set, but an unusual-looking match is not automatically accepted by every game. Check your game's word list when dictionary coverage matters.

How do the top scores compare?

Knuckly leads at 20 points, with kinfolk, knobbly, kinkily, knubbly, and kookily tied at 18. Knuckle and keyhole each score 17. The useful scoring clue is the K: it gives these words a strong starting value before the other letters add up.

The counts differ by tournament dictionary: 30 matches appear in Collins, 15 in NWL2023, and 13 in ENABLE, with overlap between those sets. This is a narrow pattern, not a dependable everyday vocabulary list. For a broader comparison, 293 seven-letter words start with S and put L sixth.