7-letter words with K as the 3rd letter and E as the 4th letter

The fixed pattern is _ _ K E _ _ _, with K locked into position three and E immediately after it. The 44 matches span three tournament lists, but just 2 rank among the most common English words. Recognizable examples include takeoff, takeout, jukebox, and likened.

7-letter words with K third and E fourth at a glance

• Exactly 44 words meet the fixed K-third, E-fourth pattern.
• Collins has 43 matches, NWL2023 has 34, and ENABLE has 29; dictionary totals overlap.
• Jukebox scores 27 Scrabble points, ahead of cakebox at 22.
• Seven entries start with P, the largest first-letter group; W comes next with 5.
• Thirteen matches end in S; D and N each appear at the end of 6.

How narrow is the K-E letter pair?

The fixed K-E pair leaves 44 words, versus 249 when R replaces K in the third slot. Keeping K but changing E to I gives 47 matches. Those comparisons show how sharply the fourth-letter clue narrows the search, even among patterns with the same word length. The difference comes from changing just one letter position.

Takeoff and takeout share TAKE, while jukebox and likened place the same KE pair after different first two letters. P leads the first-letter count with 7 words and W has 5. The remaining listed groups are smaller: T has 4, while A, D, L, R, and S each have 3.

Scrabble scores and dictionary limits

For 7-letter words with K third and E fourth, jukebox is the scoring outlier at 27 Scrabble points, followed by cakebox at 22 and bikeway at 19. Takeoff and wakeful each score 17, offering lower-scoring options alongside the top entries. When checking a rack or board, hold the KE pair fixed and test the other letters against candidates such as takeoff and jukebox.

Only 2 entries qualify as common by frequency, so many candidates will feel obscure; takeoff and takeout are familiar anchors. The counts combine tournament dictionaries rather than promising acceptance in every game: Collins covers 43 matches, NWL2023 covers 34, and ENABLE covers 29. Check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar play.