10-Letter Words Matching ___N__K___

There are 13 10-letter words that match ___N__K___. 6 are common words, such as PERNICKETY and PICNICKERS. A rarer one is SHUNPIKING. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 13

pernicketypicnickerspicnickingrainmakersrainmakingspinnakersidentikitsdonnickersfinnickierreinvokingschnorkelsshunpikersshunpiking

About this list

Words
13 (6 common words)
Common example
pernickety
Rare example
shunpiking
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
7
Most frequent letter
I (12)

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching ___n__k___ are there?

13. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

PERNICKETY is among the common words in this set.