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9-letter words with K as the 4th letter

A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when K is fixed in the 4th slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: alikeness, awakeners, awakening.

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508 words

Word	Length	Syllables
alikeness	9	4
awakeners	9	4
awakening	9	4
backaches	9	3
backbeats	9	2
backbench	9	2
backbends	9	2
backbiter	9	3
backbites	9	3
backblock	9	2
backboard	9	2
backbones	9	3
backcasts	9	2
backchats	9	2
backcloth	9	2
backcourt	9	2
backcross	9	2
backdated	9	3
backdates	9	3
backdrops	9	2
backdropt	9	2
backfield	9	2
backfills	9	2
backfired	9	3
backfires	9	3
backflows	9	2
backhands	9	2
backhauls	9	2
backhouse	9	2
backlands	9	2
backlight	9	2
backlists	9	2
backpacks	9	2
backpedal	9	3
backrests	9	2
backrooms	9	2
backseats	9	2
backsides	9	3
backslaps	9	2
backslash	9	2
backslide	9	2
backspace	9	2
backspins	9	2
backstabs	9	2
backstage	9	2
backstays	9	2
backstops	9	2
backswept	9	2
backswing	9	2
backsword	9	2
backtrack	9	2
backwards	9	2
backwater	9	3
backwoods	9	2
backwraps	9	2
backyards	9	2
balkanize	9	3
balkiness	9	3
balklines	9	3
bankbooks	9	2
bankcards	9	2
banknotes	9	3
bankrolls	9	2
bankrupts	9	2
banksides	9	3
barkeeper	9	3
basketful	9	3
beckoners	9	3
beckoning	9	3
beekeeper	9	3
berkelium	9	3
bickerers	9	3
bickering	9	3
bookcases	9	3
bookishly	9	3
booklores	9	3
booklouse	9	2
bookmaker	9	3
bookmarks	9	2
bookplate	9	2
bookracks	9	2
bookrests	9	2
bookshelf	9	2
bookshops	9	2
bookstall	9	2
bookstore	9	2
bookworms	9	2
brakeages	9	3
brakeless	9	3
brokerage	9	3
brokering	9	3
buckaroos	9	3
buckayros	9	3
buckbeans	9	2
buckboard	9	2
buckeroos	9	3
bucketful	9	3
bucketing	9	3
bucklered	9	3
buckramed	9	3
buckshees	9	2
buckshots	9	2
buckskins	9	2
bucktails	9	2
buckteeth	9	2
buckthorn	9	2
bucktooth	9	2
buckwheat	9	2
buckyball	9	3
bulkheads	9	2
bulkiness	9	3
bunkering	9	3
bunkhouse	9	2
bunkmates	9	3
cankering	9	3
cankerous	9	3
casketing	9	3
chokingly	9	3
cockamamy	9	4
cockapoos	9	3
cockatiel	9	3
cockatoos	9	3
cockbills	9	2
cockboats	9	2
cockcrows	9	2
cockerels	9	3
cockering	9	3
cockfight	9	2
cockhorse	9	2
cockiness	9	3
cocklebur	9	3
cocklofts	9	2
cockneyfy	9	3
cockroach	9	2
cockscomb	9	2
cocksfoot	9	2
cockshies	9	2
cockshuts	9	2
cockspurs	9	2
cocktails	9	2
cookbooks	9	2
cookeries	9	3
cookhouse	9	2
cookshack	9	2
cookshops	9	2
cookstove	9	2
cookwares	9	3
corkboard	9	2
corkiness	9	3
corkscrew	9	2
corkwoods	9	2
cuckolded	9	3
cuckoldry	9	3
cuckooing	9	2
dackering	9	3
daikering	9	3
darkeners	9	3
darkening	9	3
darkliest	9	2
darkrooms	9	2
deckhands	9	2
deckhouse	9	2
deskbound	9	2
dickenses	9	3
dickering	9	3
diskettes	9	3
docketing	9	3
dockhands	9	2
docklands	9	2
docksides	9	3
dockyards	9	2
duckbills	9	2
duckboard	9	2
ducklings	9	2
ducktails	9	2
duckwalks	9	2
duckweeds	9	2
duskiness	9	3
enokidake	9	4
flakiness	9	3
folklives	9	3
folklores	9	3
folkloric	9	3
folkmoots	9	2
folkmotes	9	3
folksiest	9	2
folktales	9	3
forkballs	9	2
forklifts	9	2
funkiness	9	3
gawkiness	9	3
gawkishly	9	3
gunkholed	9	3
gunkholes	9	3
gymkhanas	9	3
hackamore	9	3
hackberry	9	3
hackliest	9	2
hackneyed	9	2
hackworks	9	2
hankerers	9	3
hankering	9	3
harkeners	9	3
harkening	9	3
hawkbills	9	2
hawkishly	9	3
hawkmoths	9	2
hawknoses	9	3
hawksbill	9	2
hawkshaws	9	2
hawkweeds	9	2
hickories	9	3
hockshops	9	2
hooknoses	9	3
hookworms	9	2
huckaback	9	3
hucksters	9	2
hunkering	9	3
huskiness	9	3
icekhanas	9	4
innkeeper	9	3
jackaroos	9	3
jackasses	9	3
jackboots	9	2
jackeroos	9	3
jacketing	9	3
jackfruit	9	2
jackknife	9	2
jacklight	9	2
jackrolls	9	2
jackscrew	9	2
jacksmelt	9	2
jackstays	9	2
jackstraw	9	2
jerkiness	9	3
jerkwater	9	3
jockettes	9	3
jockeying	9	2
jockstrap	9	2
junketeer	9	3
junketers	9	3
junketing	9	3
junkyards	9	2
kickbacks	9	2
kickballs	9	2
kickboard	9	2
kickboxer	9	3
kickshaws	9	2
kickstand	9	2
kinkajous	9	3
kinkiness	9	3
kolkhoses	9	3
kolkhozes	9	3
kookiness	9	3
lackering	9	3
lackeying	9	2
lankiness	9	3
larkiness	9	3
larkspurs	9	2
leakiness	9	3
leakproof	9	2
leukaemia	9	3
leukemias	9	3
leukemics	9	3
leukemoid	9	3
leukocyte	9	3
leukotomy	9	4
lickerish	9	3
lickspits	9	2
linkworks	9	2
lockboxes	9	3
lockdowns	9	2
locksmith	9	2
locksteps	9	2
lookalike	9	3
lookdowns	9	2
luckiness	9	3
lunkheads	9	2
mackerels	9	3
mackinaws	9	3
markdowns	9	2
marketeer	9	3
marketers	9	3
marketing	9	3
markhoors	9	2
mawkishly	9	3
milkiness	9	3
milkmaids	9	2
milksheds	9	2
milkweeds	9	2
milkwoods	9	2
milkworts	9	2
miskicked	9	3
mockeries	9	3
mockingly	9	3
monkeries	9	3
monkeying	9	2
monkeypod	9	3
monkhoods	9	2
monkshood	9	2
muckamuck	9	3
mucklucks	9	2
muckraked	9	3
muckraker	9	3
muckrakes	9	3
muckworms	9	2
murkiness	9	3
musketeer	9	3
muskiness	9	3
muskmelon	9	3
neckbands	9	2
necklaces	9	3
necklines	9	3
nickeling	9	3
nickelled	9	3
nickering	9	3
nicknacks	9	2
nicknamed	9	3
nicknamer	9	3
nicknames	9	3
nonkosher	9	3
outkicked	9	3
outkilled	9	3
outkissed	9	3
outkisses	9	3
ozokerite	9	4
packagers	9	3
packaging	9	3
packboard	9	2
packeting	9	3
packhorse	9	2
packsacks	9	2
packwaxes	9	3
parklands	9	2
peekaboos	9	3
penknives	9	3
perkiness	9	3
pickaback	9	3
pickadils	9	3
pickaroon	9	3
pickaxing	9	3
pickeered	9	3
pickerels	9	3
picketers	9	3
picketing	9	3
picklocks	9	2
pickproof	9	2
pickthank	9	2
pickwicks	9	2
pinkening	9	3
pinkroots	9	2
pocketers	9	3
pocketful	9	3
pocketing	9	3
pockmarks	9	2
porkwoods	9	2
puckerers	9	3
puckerier	9	3
puckering	9	3
puckishly	9	3
punkiness	9	3
racketeer	9	3
racketier	9	3
racketing	9	3
rackingly	9	3
rackworks	9	2
reckoners	9	3
reckoning	9	3
ricketier	9	3
rickracks	9	2
rickshaws	9	2
riskiness	9	3
rockabies	9	3
rockabyes	9	3
rockaways	9	3
rockbound	9	2
rockeries	9	3
rocketeer	9	3
rocketers	9	3
rocketing	9	3
rockfalls	9	2
rockhound	9	2
rockiness	9	3
rocklings	9	2
rockroses	9	3
rockshaft	9	2
rockweeds	9	2
rockworks	9	2
rookeries	9	3
rucksacks	9	2
sackcloth	9	2
saskatoon	9	3
shakeable	9	2
shakedown	9	3
shakeouts	9	2
shakiness	9	3
shikarees	9	3
shikarred	9	3
sickeners	9	3
sickening	9	3
sickishly	9	3
sicklemia	9	3
sickliest	9	2
sicklying	9	2
sickrooms	9	2
silkaline	9	3
silkiness	9	3
silkoline	9	3
silkweeds	9	2
silkworms	9	2
sinkholes	9	3
smokeable	9	2
smokejack	9	3
smokeless	9	3
smokelike	9	3
smokepots	9	3
smokiness	9	3
snakebird	9	3
snakebite	9	3
snakelike	9	3
snakeroot	9	3
snakeskin	9	3
snakeweed	9	3
socketing	9	3
sovkhozes	9	3
spikelets	9	3
spikelike	9	3
spikenard	9	3
spikiness	9	3
spokesman	9	3
spokesmen	9	3
stakeouts	9	2
stokehold	9	3
stokesias	9	3
suckering	9	3
sucklings	9	2
sulkiness	9	3
synkaryon	9	3
tackboard	9	2
tackified	9	3
tackifier	9	3
tackifies	9	3
tackiness	9	3
tacklings	9	2
talkathon	9	3
talkative	9	3
talkfests	9	2
talkiness	9	3
tankships	9	2
taskworks	9	2
teakettle	9	2
teakwoods	9	2
ticketing	9	3
tickseeds	9	2
ticktacks	9	2
ticktocks	9	2
tinkerers	9	3
tinkering	9	3
tinkliest	9	2
tinklings	9	2
tuckahoes	9	3
tuckering	9	3
tuckshops	9	2
turkoises	9	3
unskilled	9	3
urokinase	9	4
valkyries	9	3
volkslied	9	2
wackiness	9	3
walkabout	9	3
walkathon	9	3
walkaways	9	3
walkovers	9	3
walkyries	9	3
weakeners	9	3
weakening	9	3
weakliest	9	2
weaklings	9	2
weaksides	9	3
weekended	9	3
weekender	9	3
weeknight	9	2
wickedest	9	3
workbench	9	2
workboats	9	2
workbooks	9	2
workboxes	9	3
workfares	9	3
workfolks	9	2
workforce	9	2
workhorse	9	2
workhouse	9	2
workloads	9	2
workmanly	9	3
workmates	9	3
workpiece	9	2
workplace	9	2
workrooms	9	2
worksheet	9	2
workshops	9	2
worktable	9	2
workweeks	9	2
workwoman	9	3
workwomen	9	3
zikkurats	9	3
zinkified	9	3
zinkifies	9	3
zookeeper	9	3

FAQs

How do I play around a fixed K in the 4th slot?
Try mixing common consonant clusters (ST, TR, CH) in other positions while keeping K locked.

Why are uncommon words included?
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