7-letter words with Y as the 1st letter and K as the 3rd letter

10 7-letter words with Y as the 1st letter and K as the 3rd letter match this pattern, led by YAKKING, YUKKING, and YOKKING.

10 wordsTop pick YAKKINGHighest score YAKKING 19

1st letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

3rd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With Y in 1st place, R is the most common 3rd letter (22 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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Best words to play first 10 · most-used first

YAKKING₁₉
YUKKING₁₉
YUKATAS₁₄
YAKKERS₁₈
YAKHDAN₁₈
YIKKERS₁₈
YOKINGS₁₅
YOKKING₁₉
YUKIEST₁₄
YUKKIER₁₈

All valid words 10

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

YAKHDAN₁₈
YAKKERS₁₈
YAKKING₁₉
YIKKERS₁₈
YOKINGS₁₅
YOKKING₁₉
YUKATAS₁₄
YUKIEST₁₄
YUKKIER₁₈
YUKKING₁₉

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
YAKKING	19	20	All three
YUKKING	19	21	All three
YOKKING	19	20	Collins only
YAKKERS	18	17	All three
YAKHDAN	18	17	Collins only
YIKKERS	18	17	Collins only
YUKKIER	18	18	Collins · NWL
YOKINGS	15	16	Collins only
YUKATAS	14	14	Collins · NWL
YUKIEST	14	14	Collins only

This is a narrow pattern: all 10 matches begin with Y, place K in slot three, and fall outside the common-word group. Three high scorers share a doubled K, but the rest of the set has different shapes. Four matches end in S, and three end in G.

The Y-first, K-third pattern at a glance

There are 10 matches in the tournament-dictionary count.
All 10 appear in Collins; five appear in NWL2023 and three in ENABLE.
None of the matches fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
YAKKING, YUKKING, and YOKKING each score 19 points.
Four matches end in S, while three end in G.

Which endings and letter patterns appear?

Four words finish with S: YUKATAS, YAKKERS, YIKKERS, and YOKINGS; each spelling ends in S.
YAKKING, YUKKING, and YOKKING end in G, while the remaining matches end in N, R, or T, one word per ending.
YAKKING, YUKKING, YOKKING, and YAKKERS double the K; YAKHDAN shows that a doubled K is not required for the pattern.

7-letter words with Y as 1st and K as 3rd

YAKKING, YUKKING, and YOKKING lead at 19 points each; YAKKERS, YAKHDAN, YIKKERS, and YUKKIER score 18.
The average score is 17.2, while YOKINGS scores 15 and YUKATAS and YUKIEST score 14 each.
With no common words in this set, these matches suit a precise rack or board opportunity more than everyday vocabulary. Check your game’s word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have Y first and K third?

There are 10 seven-letter matches with Y first and K third. YAKKING, YUKKING, and YOKKING are three examples, and each scores 19 points. The set has no words in the common-frequency group, so several entries are uncommon outside word games.

Which Y-first, K-third word scores the most?

YAKKING, YUKKING, and YOKKING tie for the top score at 19 points each. YAKKERS, YAKHDAN, YIKKERS, and YUKKIER follow at 18. The narrow one-point gap means several spellings can offer similar scoring potential.

Are all 10 words accepted in every word game?

No, dictionary coverage differs across games. All 10 matches appear in Collins, while five appear in NWL2023 and three in ENABLE. Those smaller counts overlap with the Collins entries, so check the word list used by your game before playing an unfamiliar match.

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