5-letter words with K as the fourth letter
There are 482 five-letter words with K as the fourth letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring are JACKY, QUAKY and ZINKY, tied at 21 points. P is the most common first letter among them (50), and the average score is 12.2 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green K in the fourth position leaves these 482 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with K in slot 4, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include JACKY, QUAKY, ZINKY, ZACKS and JERKY. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with a K in slot 4 further.
For Wordle, SNAKE is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 482 words.
5-letter words with K as the fourth letter in numbers
- Words
- 482
- Highest scoring
- JACKY 21 pts
- Average score
- 12.2 pts
- With a definition
- 254 (53%)
- A11
- B48
- C24
- D33
- E3
- F18
- G20
- H29
- I1
- J13
- K17
- L24
- M31
- N13
- O4
- P50
- Q2
- R21
- S41
- T27
- V2
- W21
- Y22
- Z7
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with k as the fourth letter
5-letter words with K as the fourth letter (482)
These 300 of the 482 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every first letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words have K as the fourth letter?
Unscrambly's list has 482 five-letter words with K in the fourth position, 3.8% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your fourth tile turned green as K, these 482 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as SNAKE.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with K as the fourth letter?
JACKY, QUAKY and ZINKY tie at 21 points in Scrabble. Next come ZACKS (20), JERKY (19) and JUNKY (19). The average is 12.2 points.