Yesterday's Guardian Codeword

[Tilly2]

Hello, can someone get me started on this codeword?
T??k??t

The second and sixth letter must be the same.
Thank you.

[elliemay1]

topknot??

[bibblebub]

topknot looks most likely out of several possibilities

[Jackdaw33]

Topknot

[Tilly2]

Thank you all.

[elliemay1]

What are the other possibilities, bibblebub?

[Jackdaw33]

The only other one is tuck-out

[elliemay1]

Tuck-out is hyphenated

[elliemay1]

^ and it doesn't indicate that

[Jackdaw33]

I know, that's why I ignored it.

[bibblebub]

sorry, have just checked and the solver came up with several alternatives which, upon checking, turn out to be nonsense

[elliemay1]

I just wondered what they were as I couldn't get any other word

[Tilly2]

I'm not getting very far with this. I need some clues. There are endless possibilities.
What about this?

?o??o? Third, fourth and sixth letter all the same.

[pixie374]

Horror?

[Tilly2]

Thanks, Pixie. That might be it.

[pixie374]

Hopefully:-)

[Tilly2]

This is difficult. :-(

[pixie374]

Any more?

[Tilly2]

Loads!

??p?n??
Ist, 4th and 7th letter all the same.

[bibblebub]

expense

[Tilly2]

Thank you, Bibble.