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

The fixed pattern is _ _ L K _ _ _: TALKING, WALKING, and MILKING show how familiar roots fill it. Yet the overall set is small, and just five entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. The contrast matters: this is a clue-solving list, not a bank of everyday vocabulary.

The pattern at a glance

• 65 tournament-dictionary words match the seven-letter pattern across ENABLE, Collins, and NWL2023.
• Collins contains 64 matches, compared with 59 in NWL2023 and 55 in ENABLE.
• Only 5 matches are common by the top-25,000 English-frequency cutoff.
• 23 entries end in S, while 14 end in G; plurals and -ing forms dominate those endings.
• KOLKHOZ and KOLKOZY lead scoring at 27 points each, well above WALKWAY at 20.

How many words fit this letter pattern?

The pattern yields 65 words, but recognizable candidates cluster around a few families: TALKING and TALKERS share TALK-, while WALKERS, WALKWAY, WALKOUT, and WALKIES build on WALK-. MILKING, MILKMAN, MILKMEN, and MILKERS make MILK another productive stem. Related forms matter when a board or rack already points toward a familiar base.

Endings sharpen the search. S appears 23 times, including WALKERS, TALKERS, and WALKIES; G appears 14 times, including TALKING, MILKING, and SULKING. This split reflects plurals and ongoing-action forms, so testing -S and -ING is a better first move than trying random final letters.

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

With 7-letter words with L as the 3rd letter and K as the 4th letter, start by checking word families, then use the final tile to narrow candidates. WALK- gives several options, while MILK- and TALK- each produce multiple entries. If the ending is S, begin with the familiar plurals; if it is G, test -ING forms before rarer alternatives.

Scoring points in a different direction: KOLKHOZ and KOLKOZY each score 27, while ZELKOVA reaches 23 and WALKWAY and TALKBOX score 20. Those are standout tile totals, not clues to everyday usage; only five entries meet the common-word cutoff. Check your game's word list, since Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE do not admit exactly the same set.