7-letter words with K as the 1st letter and R as the 5th letter

This fixed-position pattern leaves a short, unusual set: every answer starts K, and its fifth tile is R. The familiar pick is kindred; names such as krytron, katorga, and kouprey are less likely to come to mind. Collins includes all 18 matches, while NWL2023 includes 7, so the accepted set depends on your game’s word list.

7-letter words with K as the 1st letter and R as the 5th letter

• There are 18 matches across the tournament dictionaries.
• Kindred is the only entry among these 18 in the common-word group.
• Kouprey leads the scores at 16 points.
• Nine words end in S; four end in D.
• Collins has 18 matches, compared with 7 in NWL2023 and 6 in ENABLE.

Which endings narrow the pattern fastest?

S is the most frequent final letter: 9 of the 18 matches end there. Kumaris, kashrus, and koreros show that ending, while kindred and kamerad are among the four words ending in D.

The other five endings occur once each: A, L, N, T, and Y. That makes the final tile a useful extra filter, but it does not replace the fifth-position R clue.

The gap to a broader K-and-R pattern is striking: the S-first, R-fifth sibling has 191 matches. This K-first set has only 18, so expect more specialist vocabulary and fewer everyday guesses.

Score leaders and dictionary limits

Kouprey scores 16 points, ahead of kashrut, kashrus, kamerad, and krytron at 14 each. Kindred scores 13, despite being the set’s lone common word; familiar spelling does not make it the top scorer.

For 7-letter words with K as the 1st letter and R as the 5th letter, score is not the same as playability. The 18 matches appear across differing dictionary sets, and just 15 have definitions in the available coverage. Check your game’s word list before building a play around an obscure entry.