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5 Letter Words Starting With K

Our word list has 50 five letter words starting with K. Start with the 11 common ones, ranked by everyday use (KNOWN, KNOWS, KEEPS), or open the full list for the other 39. The most common second letter is I, found in 16 of them.

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Words
50
11 common
Top letters in spots 2 to 5
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Repeated letters
30
60% of words, like KNOWN
2+ vowels
28
56% of words

Common 5 letter words starting with K

11 everyday words, ranked by how often they appear in English, most common first.

  1. known
  2. knows
  3. keeps
  4. kinds
  5. kings
  6. knife
  7. knock
  8. knees
  9. kicks
  10. keyed
  11. kills

More 5 letter words starting with K

The other 39 words in our dictionary, A to Z. Most are rarer words, plurals and word forms that many word games accept.

Show all 39 more words

KA... 4

kapok karat kayak kazoo

KE... 4

kebab keels keens ketch

KH... 2

khaki khans

KI... 12

kicky kilns kilos kilts kinda kinks kinky kiosk kited kites kitty kiwis

KN... 11

knack knave knead kneed kneel knell knelt knits knobs knoll knots

KO... 3

koala kooks kooky

KR... 1

krone

KU... 2

kudos kudzu

Tips for this pattern

  • Check the second letter. I follows the K in 16 words (32%), as in KINDS and KINGS. N (16) and E (6) come next.
  • Look at the last letter. 42% of five letter words starting with K end in S, like KNOWS and KEEPS. Most of those are plurals, which some daily word games never use as answers.
  • A strong first guess. If you know the word starts with K, KNIFE is a good opener: it tests N, I and E, three of the seven most common letters in the open spots.

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Questions

How many 5 letter words starting with K are there?

Our dictionary has 50 five letter words starting with K. 11 of them are common everyday words, and the other 39 are rarer words that are still in our dictionary.

What are the most common 5 letter words starting with K?

KNOWN, KNOWS, KEEPS, KINDS and KINGS, ranked by how often they appear in everyday English. 30 of all 50 words repeat a letter, and 28 have two or more vowels.

What is the most common second letter in 5 letter words starting with K?

I. 16 of the 50 words (32%) have I second, such as KINDS and KINGS. N is next with 16 words, then E with 6.

Word lists are based on SCOWL. “Most common” order uses data from wordfreq by Robyn Speer, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.