5 Letter Words Starting with K

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1. kaaba Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
   n.. (Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine; believed to have been given by Gabriel...
2. kaama Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
   n.. The hartbeest.
3. kabob Scrabble 13 · WWF 15
   n. & v. t.. See Cabob, n. & v. t.
4. kabul Scrabble 11 · WWF 14
   n.. the capital and largest city of Afghanistan; located in eastern Afghanistan
5. kadai Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
   n.. a family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia
6. kafir Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
   n.. One of a race which, with the Hottentots and Bushmen, inhabit South Africa. They inhabit the country north of Cape Colony, the name being now specifically ap...
7. kafka Scrabble 16 · WWF 16
   n.. Czech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924)
8. kahau Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
   n.. A long-nosed monkey (Semnopithecus nasalis), native of Borneo. The general color of the body is bright chestnut, with the under parts, shoulders, and sides o...
9. kalan Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
   n.. The sea otter.
10. kalif Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
    n.. See Caliph.
11. kalka Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
    n.. the language of the Khalkha that is the official language of the Mongolian People's Republic
12. kalki Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
    n.. The name of Vishnu in his tenth and last avatar.
13. kalpa Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
    n.. One of the Brahmanic eons, a period of 4,320,000,000 years. At the end of each Kalpa the world is annihilated.
14. kamba Scrabble 13 · WWF 15
    n.. a Bantu language spoken by the Kamba in Kenya
15. kamet Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
    n.. a mountain in the Himalayas in northern India (25,450 feet high)
16. kamia Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
    n.. the Yuman language spoken by the Kamia
17. kanaf Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
    n.. valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
18. kandy Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
    n.. a city of central Sri Lanka that was the last capital of the ancient kings of Ceylon; a resort and religious center
19. kansa Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
    n.. the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa
20. kansu Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
    n.. a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia
21. kanzu Scrabble 18 · WWF 20
    n.. (Swahili) a long garment (usually white) with long sleeves; worn by men in East Africa
22. kapok Scrabble 15 · WWF 16
    n.. massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber
23. kappa Scrabble 13 · WWF 15
    n.. the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet
24. kaput Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
    a.. destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese"
25. karat Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
    n.. the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold
26. karen Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
    n.. the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Thailand and Burmese borderlands
27. karma Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
    n.. One's acts considered as fixing one's lot in the future existence. (Theos.) The doctrine of fate as the inflexible result of cause and effect; the theory of...
28. karok Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
    n.. the Quoratean language of the Karok
29. kasai Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
    n.. a river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuin...
30. kasha Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
    n.. boiled or baked buckwheat
31. katar Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
    n.. a peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf
32. kauai Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
    n.. an island of Hawaii to the northwest of Oahu
33. kauri Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
    n.. A lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis, / Dammara, australis), furnishing valuable timber and yielding one kind of dammar resin.
34. kaury Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
    n.. tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood
35. kayak Scrabble 16 · WWF 15
    n.. A light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, and usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits amidships and uses a double-bladed paddle. It i...
36. kazak Scrabble 22 · WWF 22
    n.. the Turkic language spoken by the Kazak
37. kazan Scrabble 18 · WWF 19
    n.. an industrial city in the European part of Russia
38. kazoo Scrabble 18 · WWF 18
    n.. a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece
39. keats Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
    n.. Englishman and romantic poet (1795-1821)
40. kebab Scrabble 13 · WWF 15
    n.. cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables
41. keble Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
    n.. English clergyman who (with John Henry Newman and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement (1792-1866)
42. kecky Scrabble 18 · WWF 18
    a.. Resembling a kecksy.
43. kedge Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
    n.. To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.
44. keech Scrabble 14 · WWF 14
    n.. A mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher.
45. keels Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
    n. pl.. Ninepins. See Kayles.
46. keeve Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
    n.. A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub.
47. kelly Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
    n.. United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996)
48. kelpy Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
    n.. An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form, vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural noises and lights, those who are to be drowned.
49. kemps Scrabble 13 · WWF 15
    n. pl.. The long flower stems of the ribwort plantain (Plantago Lanceolata).
50. kempt Scrabble 13 · WWF 15
    of Kemb
51. kenaf Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
    n.. valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
52. kenya Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
    n.. a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley...
53. kerve Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
    v. t.. To carve.
54. kesar Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
    n.. See Kaiser.
55. kesey Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
    n.. United States writer whose best-known novel was based on his experiences as an attendant in a mental hospital (1935-2001)
56. ketch Scrabble 14 · WWF 14
    n.. An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden.
57. ketol Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
    n.. One of a series of series of complex nitrogenous substances, represented by methyl ketol and related to indol.
58. kevel Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
    n.. A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed.
59. kever Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
    v. t. &. i. To cover.
60. kevin Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
    n.. The gazelle.
61. keyed Scrabble 13 · WWF 12
    a.. Furnished with keys; as, a keyed instrument; also, set to a key, as a tune.
62. khadi Scrabble 13 · WWF 12
    n.. a coarse homespun cotton cloth made in India
63. khaki Scrabble 16 · WWF 15
    n.. a sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used especially for military uniforms
64. khama Scrabble 14 · WWF 14
    n.. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980)
65. khaya Scrabble 15 · WWF 13
    n.. A lofty West African tree (Khaya Senegalensis), related to the mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood. The bark is used as a febrifuge.
66. khios Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
    n.. an island in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey; belongs to Greece
67. khmer Scrabble 14 · WWF 14
    n.. the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Cambodia
68. khoum Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
    n.. 5 khoums equal 1 ouguiya in Mauritania
69. khuen Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
    n.. a branch of the Tai languages
70. khufu Scrabble 15 · WWF 16
    n.. Egyptian Pharaoh of the 27th century BC who commissioned the Great Pyramid at Giza
71. kiaat Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
    n.. deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers; yields a red juice and heavy strong durable wood
72. kiang Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
    n.. The dziggetai.
73. kibit Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
    n.. a unit of information equal to 1024 bits
74. kiddy Scrabble 14 · WWF 13
    v. t.. To deceive; to outwit; to hoax.
75. kiley Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
    n.. an Australian boomerang; one side flat and the other convex
76. kilos Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
    pl.. of Kilo
77. kimbo Scrabble 13 · WWF 15
    a.. Crooked; arched; bent.
78. kinda Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
    adv.. to some (great or small) extent; "it was rather cold"; "the party was rather nice"; "the knife is rather dull"; "I rather regret that I cannot attend"; "He's...
79. kinic Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
    a.. See Quinic.
80. kinin Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
    n.. any of a class of plant hormones that promote cell division and delay the senescence of leaves
81. kinky Scrabble 16 · WWF 16
    a.. Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl; as, kinky hair.
82. kiosk Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
    n.. A Turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by pillars.
83. kiowa Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
    n.. the Tanoan language spoken by the Kiowa
84. kithe Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
    v. t.. See Kythe.
85. kitty Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
    n.. informal terms referring to a domestic cat
86. kitul Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
    n.. fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago
87. kiver Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
    v. t.. To cover.
88. klein Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
    n.. United States fashion designer noted for understated fashions (born in 1942)
89. klick Scrabble 15 · WWF 17
    n. & v.. See Click.
90. klimt Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
    n.. Austrian painter influenced by art nouveau (1862-1918)
91. kline Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
    n.. United States abstract expressionist painter (1910-1962)
92. kloof Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
    n.. A glen; a ravine closed at its upper end.
93. klutz Scrabble 18 · WWF 20
    n.. (Yiddish) a clumsy dolt
94. knack Scrabble 15 · WWF 17
    v. i.. To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink.
95. knarl Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
    n.. A knot in wood. See Gnarl.
96. knave Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
    n.. A boy; especially, a boy servant.
97. knawe Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
    n.. widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers
98. knead Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
    v. t.. To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, as the materials of...
99. kneed Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
    a.. Having knees;- used chiefly in composition; as, in-kneed; out-kneed; weak-kneed.
100. kneel Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
     v. i.. To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes with down.
101. knell Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
     n.. The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating...
102. knelt Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
     imp. & p. p.. of Kneel
103. knife Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
     n.. An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names f...
104. knish Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
     n.. (Yiddish) a baked or fried turnover filled with potato or meat or cheese; often eaten as a snack
105. knits Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
     n. pl.. Small particles of ore.
106. knock Scrabble 15 · WWF 17
     v. i.. To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.
107. knoll Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
     n.. A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill.
108. knosp Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
     n.. Same as Knop,2.
109. knout Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
     n.. A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that...
110. known Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
     p. p.. of Know
111. knurl Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
     n.. A contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.
112. koala Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
     n.. A tailless marsupial (Phascolarctos cinereus), found in Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck. Called also Australian bear, native...
113. kobus Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
     n.. African antelopes: waterbucks
114. kodak Scrabble 14 · WWF 14
     n.. A kind of portable camera.
115. kogia Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
     n.. pygmy sperm whales
116. koine Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
     n.. a common language used by speakers of different languages; "Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Gre...
117. kokka Scrabble 17 · WWF 17
     n.. the branch of Shinto recognized as the official state religion of Japan
118. kolam Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
     n.. a member of a formerly tribal people now living in south central India
119. kongo Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
     n.. the Bantu language spoken by the Kongo living in the tropical forests of Zaire and Congo and Angola
120. konoe Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
     n.. Japanese statesman who set Japan's expansionist policies and formed an alliance with Germany and Italy (1891-1945)
121. kooky Scrabble 16 · WWF 15
     a.. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"
122. kopek Scrabble 15 · WWF 16
     n.. 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia
123. kopje Scrabble 18 · WWF 21
     n.. a small hill rising up from the African veld
124. koran Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
     n.. The Scriptures of the Mohammedans, containing the professed revelations to Mohammed; -- called also Alcoran.
125. korda Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
     n.. British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956)
126. korea Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
     n.. an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook
127. korin Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
     n.. The gazelle.
128. kotar Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
     n.. a Dravidian language spoken by the Kota
129. kotex Scrabble 16 · WWF 16
     n.. a disposable absorbent pad (trade name Kotex); worn to absorb menstrual flow
130. kotow Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
     n.. The prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground. There are degrees in th...
131. kovna Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
     n.. a city in central Lithuania
132. kovno Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
     n.. a city in central Lithuania
133. kraal Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
     n.. A collection of huts within a stockade; a village; sometimes, a single hut.
134. kraft Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
     n.. strong wrapping paper made from pulp processed with a sulfur solution
135. krait Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
     n.. A very venomous snake of India (Bungarus coeruleus), allied to the cobra. Its upper parts are bluish or brownish black, often with narrow white streaks; the...
136. krang Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
     n.. The carcass of a whale after the blubber has been removed.
137. kraut Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
     n.. offensive term for a person of German descent
138. krebs Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
     n.. English biochemist (born in Germany) who discovered the Krebs cycle (1900-1981)
139. krems Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
     n.. A variety of white lead. See Krems lead, under Lead, n.
140. kreng Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
     n.. See Krang.
141. krill Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
     n.. shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whales
142. kriti Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
     n.. the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC
143. krona Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
     n.. the basic unit of money in Iceland
144. krone Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
     n.. A coin of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, of the value of about twenty-eight cents. See Crown, n., 9.
145. kroon Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
     n.. the basic unit of money in Estonia
146. kroto Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
     n.. British chemist who with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1939)
147. krubi Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
     n.. malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet
148. krupp Scrabble 13 · WWF 16
     n.. German industrialist who manufactured steel in Essen (1787-1826)
149. kudos Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
     n.. Glory; fame; renown; praise.
150. kudzu Scrabble 19 · WWF 21
     n.. fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long hairy pods conta...
151. kufic Scrabble 14 · WWF 16
     a.. See Cufic.
152. kulan Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
     n.. See Koulan.
153. kulun Scrabble 9 · WWF 13
     n.. the capital and largest city of Mongolia
154. kumis Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
     n.. an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia
155. kursk Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
     n.. a city of southwestern Russia
156. kurta Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
     n.. a loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama)
157. kurus Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
     n.. 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey
158. kurux Scrabble 16 · WWF 18
     n.. a Dravidian language spoken in eastern India
159. kusan Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
     n.. a Penutian language spoken by the Kusan
160. kutch Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
     n.. The packet of vellum leaves in which the gold is first beaten into thin sheets.
161. kvass Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
     n.. fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or barley
162. kweek Scrabble 16 · WWF 16
     n.. trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India
163. kwela Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
     n.. a kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments
164. kwell Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
     n.. a preparation of lindane (trade name Kwell) that is used to kill lice and itch mites; available in cream or shampoo
165. kylie Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
     n.. an Australian boomerang; one side flat and the other convex
166. kylix Scrabble 19 · WWF 19
     n.. a shallow drinking cup with two handles; used in ancient Greece
167. kyoto Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
     n.. a city in central Japan on southern Honshu; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of Japan
168. kyrie Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
     n.. See Kyrie eleison.
169. kythe Scrabble 15 · WWF 13
     v. t.. Alt. of Kithe
170. kyyiv Scrabble 18 · WWF 17
     n.. capital and largest city of the Ukraine; a major manufacturing and transportation center