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7-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and K as the 3rd letter

10 7-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and K as the 3rd letter meet this pattern, led by ALKYLIC at 16 Scrabble points.

10 wordsTop pick ALKENESHighest score ALKYLIC 16
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With L in 2nd place, A is the most common 3rd letter (385 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 10 · most-used first

  • ALKENES11
  • ALKANES11
  • ALKALIS11
  • ALKYNES14
  • ALKALIC13
  • ALKANET11
  • ALKALIN11
  • ALKINES11
  • ALKYLIC16
  • ILKADAY15
All valid words 10

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • ALKALIC13
  • ALKALIN11
  • ALKALIS11
  • ALKANES11
  • ALKANET11
  • ALKENES11
  • ALKINES11
  • ALKYLIC16
  • ALKYNES14
  • ILKADAY15

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
ALKYLIC1618All three
ILKADAY1515Collins only
ALKYNES1415All three
ALKALIC1316All three
ALKENES1113All three
ALKANES1113All three
ALKALIS1113All three
ALKANET1113All three
ALKALIN1114All three
ALKINES1113All three

The fixed middle letters create a tight ALK cluster, but the entries are not everyday vocabulary: none ranks among the 25,000 most common English words. Nine begin with A and one begins with I, so the first letter narrows a rack quickly. ALKENES, ALKANES, and ALKALIS are recognizable chemistry terms; several others are more specialized.

At a glance: the ALK pattern

  • The pattern has 10 seven-letter matches across tournament dictionaries.
  • Nine start with A; ILKADAY is the sole match beginning with I.
  • Five end in S, while the remaining five end in C, N, T, or Y.
  • Eight have definitions, but none is among the 25,000 most common English words.

Why do so many matches begin with ALK?

Nine of the 10 words begin ALK, and the examples show why: ALKENES, ALKANES, ALKYNES, and ALKALIS name chemistry-related terms. ALKALIC, ALKANET, ALKALIN, and ALKINES extend the same opening into less familiar forms. With the second and third letters fixed, the initial A is the strongest clue in this group.

The endings separate the cluster into smaller sets. ALKENES, ALKANES, ALKALIS, ALKYNES, and ALKINES all finish with S; ALKALIC and ALKYLIC finish with C. The other endings are N in ALKALIN, T in ALKANET, and Y in ILKADAY; that spread gives you a quick way to test a guessed final tile.

7-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and K as the 3rd letter

For a word game, treat this as a pattern-solving list rather than a source of familiar guesses. ALKYLIC scores 16 points in Scrabble, ALKYNES scores 14, and ILKADAY scores 15; the other seven range from 11 to 13. Those totals are tile scores before any board premiums, so a double- or triple-letter square can change the result.

Dictionary coverage is not identical: Collins includes all 10, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each include nine. The shared spelling pattern does not guarantee that every game accepts every entry, so check your game's word list once before playing an unfamiliar form. For a clue with a different middle letter, compare the neighboring patterns rather than forcing an ALK word.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have L second and K third?
There are 10 tournament-dictionary matches with L in the second position and K in the third. Nine begin with A, and the remaining word begins with I. None is among the 25,000 most common English words, so the pattern mostly points to specialized vocabulary.
Which word in this pattern scores the most in Scrabble?
ALKYLIC is the highest scorer at 16 points before board bonuses. ILKADAY follows at 15, and ALKYNES scores 14. The remaining entries score 11 to 13, making ALKYLIC the top base-score choice when your rack and board allow it.
Are all 10 words accepted in every word game?
No. Collins lists all 10 matches, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each list nine. A word accepted in one dictionary may be rejected in another, so check the word list used by your game before relying on an unfamiliar entry such as ILKADAY.

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