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

With the third slot fixed at M and the sixth at K, the pattern leaves a narrow, unusual set: REMARKS is its only common entry. Dictionary coverage is broader than everyday vocabulary suggests: Collins accepts 25 matches, NWL2023 accepts 19, and ENABLE accepts 17. These are overlapping game lists, so their counts cannot be added to get a total.

The pattern at a glance

• Exactly 26 tournament-dictionary words fit the seven-letter pattern.
• REMARKS is the sole common entry; the other 25 are outside the common-frequency group.
• Fourteen matches end in S, while six end in E and four in A.
• ZAMBUKS leads the score table at 24; JAMBOKS follows at 22.
• Collins covers 25 matches, compared with 19 in NWL2023 and 17 in ENABLE.

Which entries score highest?

ZAMBUKS reaches 24 points; JAMBOKS has 22, followed by SHMUCKY at 21. JAMLIKE earns 20, and SHMUCKS and SHMOCKS each score 18. Their letter values drive those totals; board bonuses can change the result.

Use the final letter as a search shortcut: 14 of the 26 entries finish in S, while E accounts for six and A for four. REMARKS and MAMLUKS show the S ending; GEMLIKE and ARMLIKE end in E. Only one match ends in I and one in Y, so those endings offer fewer options.

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

Write the pattern as _ _ M _ _ K _ and check those fixed slots before scanning candidates. The related pattern with M third and E sixth has 402 matches, compared with 26 here; changing that sixth letter opens many more possibilities.

Only REMARKS is common; the other 25 matches fall outside the common-frequency group. Collins accepts 25 entries while NWL2023 accepts 19, so a Collins-legal play is not automatically valid in an NWL game.