5-Letter Words Starting With K
All 206 five-letter words starting with K — Scrabble scores, Wordle tips, and grouped by second letter.
Find Words From Your Letters →About 5-Letter K-Words
K starts a limited group of 5-letter words. KNIFE, KNOCK, and KNEEL are among the most common. K scores 5 points in Scrabble and the KN- cluster expands otherwise difficult K-rack combinations.
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Top 30 Highest-Scoring K-Words (Scrabble)
Play these on Double or Triple Word Score squares for maximum value.
Wordle Strategy: K-Starting Words
K starts very few Wordle words, making a grey K high-information. KNIFE, KNOCK, and KNEEL are the most common K-starting Wordle answers.
When K is confirmed green in position 1, your next guess should test the most common 2nd-letter patterns: KA, KB, KE, KH, KI. This narrows the answer set fastest.
Scrabble Strategy: K-Starting Words
K scores 5 points. KA (SOWPODS) and KI (SOWPODS) are two-letter K-words for parallel plays. KLUTZ (16pts) scores well on premium squares.
- Target premium squares: Play your highest-scoring K-word on a Double or Triple Word Score square first.
- Parallel plays: Place a 5-letter word alongside an existing word to score both simultaneously.
- Rack balance: A 5-letter play leaves 2 tiles, so you draw 5 new tiles — choose words that keep a good vowel-consonant mix.
All 206 Five-Letter Words Starting With K
Grouped alphabetically by second letter. Valid in ENABLE (TWL / Words With Friends / Boggle).
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Five-Letter K Words: Using a 5-Point Tile Well
K scores 5 points and appears in only one copy in the bag. Five-letter K plays: KAYAK (14 pts, but needs two K tiles — impossible in one game), KNACK (13 pts), KNIFE (12 pts), KNOCK (13 pts), KNOLL (10 pts), KNOWN (10 pts), KARMA (11 pts), KAYOS (12 pts). KAYOS (plural of kayo, to knock out) is worth learning — it uses K with four common tiles and scores 12 pts cleanly. K on a Double Letter Score adds 5 to any word score, making 4-letter K words competitive on premium squares.
In Wordle, K-starting answers include KARMA, KAYAK, KEBAB, KNACK, KNIFE, KNOCK, KNOLL, and KNOWN. K in position 1 appears in roughly 3% of Wordle answers. If K is confirmed in position 1, test KNIFE or KNOWN next to cover N in position 2 and two additional common letters.
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