7-letter words with K as the 3rd letter and K as the 6th letter

The fixed pattern is __K__K_: K lands in the third and sixth slots, leaving five other letters to distinguish each entry. Only 12 tournament-dictionary words fit, and none ranks as common in the frequency measure. This is a narrow pattern hunt, not everyday vocabulary; the final letter offers a useful way to sort the candidates.

The double-K pattern at a glance

• Exactly 12 tournament-dictionary entries match __K__K_.
• Zakuski and zakuska tie at 24 Scrabble points apiece.
• Six matches end in S; three end in E.
• No matching word ranks as common in the frequency measure.

Which words fit __K__K_?

The examples include mukluks, rokkaku, zakuski, zakuska, dikdiks, inklike, muktuks, oaklike, siksiks, tsktsks and unkinks. Each places K in slots three and six, but the surrounding letters vary sharply. The repeated consonant is the clue; don’t assume the words share a familiar root or spelling pattern.

Zakuski and zakuska are the scoring standouts, each worth 24 Scrabble points before board bonuses. Both begin with Z and put another high-value letter in the mix, so they top a set whose average score is 17.8. Rokkaku follows at 19 points, while mukluks, dikdiks and muktuks each score 17.

Endings narrow the search quickly: six of the matches finish in S, three in E, and the remaining entries end in A, I or U. That makes an S-ending guess especially productive when your final tile is known. The starting letters are less decisive: M and Z each begin two matches.

How should you use 7-letter words with K in positions 3 and 6?

For 7-letter words with K in positions 3 and 6, lock those two squares first, then test the known ending before cycling through the other letters. The six S-ending entries make that ending the largest group, but the complete set is still only 12 words. Treat rare-looking candidates as dictionary checks, not everyday vocabulary.

Dictionary coverage is not identical across games: Collins includes 11 matches, NWL2023 includes 8, and ENABLE includes 7. The counts overlap, so they do not add up to the combined total. If a game rejects an entry, check its word list; the small overall set does not guarantee that every word appears in every dictionary.