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

This pattern puts K in the opening slot and S in the middle, but the final letter is not fixed. KNESSSET, KINASES, and KETOSIS show the range, from a familiar proper noun to technical vocabulary. None of the matches fall among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so expect a list with more specialist entries than everyday guesses.

At a glance: the K-and-S pattern

• There are 26 tournament-dictionary words with K first and S fifth.
• Nineteen matches end in S; two end in N, and five have other final letters.
• Collins includes 24 matches, NWL2023 includes 17, and ENABLE includes 14; these counts overlap.
• Twenty-one matches have definitions, while none meet the common-word frequency cutoff.
• KECKSES tops the Scrabble scores at 17 points.

Which K-and-S words score the most?

KECKSES leads at 17 Scrabble points. KHAMSIN, KLATSCH, KUMYSES, KRYPSES, and KRYPSIS each score 16, so the high end is packed with less familiar spellings rather than everyday words.

For more recognizable examples, try KNESSSET, KINASES, KETOSIS, and KINESIS. KNESSSET scores 12, while KETOSIS scores 11; the average across all 26 matches is 12.8 points. A high tile score does not make an entry common.

How many 7-letter words with K first and S fifth end in S?

Nineteen of the 26 matches finish with S, making that ending the clear pattern within this group. The other seven end in N, C, D, H, I, or T; KHAMSIN and KLATSCH are two examples that break the S-ending run.

The narrow letter pattern helps with a fixed-position clue, but the vocabulary is a real limitation: none of these words are common by the frequency measure used here. Dictionary coverage also varies, so check your game's word list before relying on a specialist entry.