5 letter words starting with K

206 words

There are 206 5-letter words starting with K in the ENABLE dictionary — 2% of all 8,636 words at this length. At 5 points, K is worth more than most tiles without being awkward enough to hold back for — it is generally better placed than saved.

The list divides into 12 groups by second letter, the largest being the 41 words with ka. Scanning the right group is faster than reading the whole list, which is why it is broken up below rather than run alphabetically.

If you know more than one letter, this page stops being the fast way to find it. Enter what you have in the unscrambler — the Contains, Starts with and Ends with filters combine, and setting both length fields to 5 narrows this list to the handful your letters actually allow.

All 206 words, by second letter

KA… (41)

kabab kabar kabob kadis kafir kagus kaiak kaifs kails kains kakas kakis kalam kales kalif kalpa kames kamik kanas kanes kanji kaons kapas kaphs kapok kappa kaput karat karma karns karoo karst karts kasha katas kauri kaury kavas kayak kayos kazoo

KB… (1)

kbars

KE… (37)

kebab kebar kebob kecks kedge keefs keeks keels keens keeps keets keeve kefir keirs kelep kelim kelly kelps kelpy kemps kempt kenaf kench kendo kenos kepis kerbs kerfs kerne kerns kerry ketch ketol kevel kevil kexes keyed

KH… (10)

khadi khafs khaki khans khaph khats kheda kheth khets khoum

KI… (40)

kiang kibbe kibbi kibei kibes kibla kicks kicky kiddo kiddy kiefs kiers kikes kilim kills kilns kilos kilts kilty kinas kinds kines kings kinin kinks kinky kinos kiosk kirks kirns kissy kists kited kiter kites kithe kiths kitty kivas kiwis

KL… (4)

klong kloof kluge klutz

KN… (25)

knack knaps knars knaur knave knead kneed kneel knees knell knelt knife knish knits knobs knock knoll knops knosp knots knout known knows knurl knurs

KO… (19)

koala koans koels kohls koine kolas kolos konks kooks kooky kopek kophs kopje koppa korai korat korun kotos kotow

KR… (10)

kraal kraft krait kraut kreep krill krona krone kroon krubi

KU… (10)

kudos kudus kudzu kugel kukri kulak kumys kurta kurus kusso

KV… (1)

kvass

KY… (8)

kyack kyaks kyars kyats kylix kyrie kytes kythe