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5 Letter Words Starting With K
Browse 5 Letter Words Starting With K. 74 verified words are currently available. Definitions, Scrabble scores, and links to complete dictionary entries are included.
5 Letter Words
- kabob 5 letters · 13 points cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables
- kafir 5 letters · 12 points an offensive and insulting term for any Black African
- kalif 5 letters · 12 points the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth
- kanaf 5 letters · 12 points valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
- kanzu 5 letters · 18 points (Swahili) a long garment (usually white) with long sleeves; worn by men in East Africa
- kapok 5 letters · 15 points massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with…
- kappa 5 letters · 13 points the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet
- kaput 5 letters · 11 points destroyed or killed
- karat 5 letters · 9 points the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat…
- karma 5 letters · 11 points (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine their destiny in their next incarnation
- kasha 5 letters · 12 points boiled or baked buckwheat
- kauri 5 letters · 9 points white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis
- kaury 5 letters · 12 points tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood
- kayak 5 letters · 16 points a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos
- kazoo 5 letters · 18 points a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece
- kebab 5 letters · 13 points cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables
- kelpy 5 letters · 14 points (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders
- kempt 5 letters · 13 points (of hair) neat and tidy
- kenaf 5 letters · 12 points valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
- ketch 5 letters · 14 points a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost
- keyed 5 letters · 13 points fitted with or secured by a key
- khadi 5 letters · 13 points a coarse homespun cotton cloth made in India
- khaki 5 letters · 16 points of a yellowish brown color
- khoum 5 letters · 14 points 5 khoums equal 1 ouguiya in Mauritania
- kiaat 5 letters · 9 points deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers; yields a red juice and…
- kiang 5 letters · 10 points wild ass of Tibet and Mongolia
- kibit 5 letters · 11 points a unit of information equal to 1024 bits
- kiddy 5 letters · 14 points informal term for a young child
- kiley 5 letters · 12 points an Australian boomerang; one side flat and the other convex
- kinda 5 letters · 10 points to some (great or small) extent
- kinin 5 letters · 9 points any of a class of plant hormones that promote cell division and delay the senescence of leaves
- kinky 5 letters · 16 points (informal) strikingly unconventional
- kiosk 5 letters · 13 points small area set off by walls for special use
- kitty 5 letters · 12 points informal terms referring to a domestic cat
- kitul 5 letters · 9 points fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago
- klick 5 letters · 15 points a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)
- klutz 5 letters · 18 points (Yiddish) a clumsy dolt
- knack 5 letters · 15 points a special way of doing something
- knave 5 letters · 12 points one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
- knawe 5 letters · 12 points widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers
- knead 5 letters · 10 points manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
- kneel 5 letters · 9 points supporting yourself on your knees
- knell 5 letters · 9 points the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of…
- knife 5 letters · 12 points edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
- knish 5 letters · 12 points (Yiddish) a baked or fried turnover filled with potato or meat or cheese; often eaten as a snack
- knock 5 letters · 15 points the act of hitting vigorously
- knoll 5 letters · 9 points a small natural hill
- knout 5 letters · 9 points a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners
- known 5 letters · 12 points apprehended with certainty
- koala 5 letters · 9 points sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark
- koine 5 letters · 9 points a common language used by speakers of different languages
- kooky 5 letters · 16 points informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- kopek 5 letters · 15 points 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia
- kopje 5 letters · 18 points a small hill rising up from the African veld
- kotow 5 letters · 12 points a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission
- kraal 5 letters · 9 points a pen for livestock in southern Africa
- kraft 5 letters · 12 points strong wrapping paper made from pulp processed with a sulfur solution
- krait 5 letters · 9 points brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula
- krill 5 letters · 9 points shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whales
- krona 5 letters · 9 points the basic unit of money in Iceland
- krone 5 letters · 9 points the basic unit of money in Denmark
- kroon 5 letters · 9 points the basic unit of money in Estonia
- krubi 5 letters · 11 points malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter…
- kudos 5 letters · 10 points an expression of approval and commendation
- kudzu 5 letters · 19 points fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers…
- kumis 5 letters · 11 points an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia
- kurta 5 letters · 9 points a loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars…
- kurus 5 letters · 9 points 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey
- kutch 5 letters · 14 points tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas
- kvass 5 letters · 12 points fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or barley
- kweek 5 letters · 16 points trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern…
- kwela 5 letters · 12 points a kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments
- kylie 5 letters · 12 points an Australian boomerang; one side flat and the other convex
- kylix 5 letters · 19 points a shallow drinking cup with two handles; used in ancient Greece