7-letter words with K as the 2nd letter and D as the 4th letter

Lock K into position two and D into position four, and the choices shrink to a small, unusual group. Twelve of the 13 matches start with S, led by recognizable SKYDIVE; AKEDAHS is the lone word that starts with A. None fall in our common-word band, so expect a few unfamiliar entries among the matches.

7-letter words with K 2nd and D 4th at a glance

• The pattern has 13 entries across tournament dictionaries; nine have definitions.
• Twelve begin with S, including SKYDIVE and the repeated-letter word SKIDDED.
• AKEDAHS is the only match that starts with A.
• D is the most frequent final letter: four words end in D; E, R, and S each finish two.
• SKYDIVE, SKIDWAY, and SKYDOVE tie for the top score at 18 points.

Why do almost all these words start with S?

The letter pattern leaves little variety at the front: 12 matches start with S, while just one starts with A. That concentration makes SK- a strong opening clue when you already know the second letter is K. Only AKEDAHS, which opens with AK-, escapes the SK- family.

Several S entries share the SKID- sequence, including SKIDDED, SKIDDER, SKIDPAD, and SKIDPAN. SKYDIVE and SKYDOVE change the third letter instead, so a confirmed third-letter clue can quickly separate those branches.

Scores and dictionary coverage for this pattern

SKYDIVE, SKIDWAY, and SKYDOVE each score 18, ahead of SKIDPAD and AKEDAHS at 15. The leading trio shows why a less familiar word can still matter on a scoring board: each combines K with a Y.

Dictionary coverage is uneven: ENABLE includes seven matches, Collins lists 11, and NWL2023 lists nine. The full group is not accepted everywhere, so check your game's word list before playing; 7-letter words with K 2nd and D 4th are a pattern clue, not a promise of cross-dictionary agreement.