6-letter words starting with K
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter K. This section showcases how K at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with K, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| killer | 10 | predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas | - |
| knight | 14 | a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) | - |
| kidnap | 13 | take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom | The industrialist's son was kidnapped |
| kidney | 14 | either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine | urine passes out of the kidney through ureters to the bladder |
| knives | 13 | - | - |
| kindly | 14 | showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity | kindly criticism |
| karate | 10 | a traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat; sharp blows and kicks are given to pressure-sensitive points on the body of the opponent | - |
| keeper | 12 | one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals | - |
| kitten | 10 | young domestic cat | - |
| kettle | 10 | a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it | - |
| kelvin | 13 | British physicist who invented the Kelvin scale of temperature and pioneered undersea telegraphy (1824-1907) | - |
| kisser | 10 | the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) | - |
| kosher | 13 | conforming to dietary laws | kosher meat |
| kroner | 10 | - | - |
| kimchi | 17 | - | - |
| kahuna | 13 | - | - |
| kimono | 12 | a loose robe; imitated from robes originally worn by Japanese | - |
| kicker | 16 | a player who kicks the football | - |
| kiddie | 12 | informal term for a young child | - |
| kennel | 10 | outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog | - |
| kaiser | 10 | the title of the Holy Roman Emperors or the emperors of Austria or of Germany until 1918 | - |
| kernel | 10 | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | - |
| kabuki | 16 | - | - |
| keypad | 16 | a keyboard that is a data input device for computers; arrangement of keys is modelled after the typewriter keyboard | - |
| kamala | 12 | - | - |
| kismet | 12 | (Islam) the will of Allah | - |
| kraken | 14 | - | - |
| kidder | 12 | - | - |
| karmic | 14 | - | - |
| keeler | 10 | - | - |
| keener | 10 | - | - |
| keeled | 11 | having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship | - |
| keenly | 13 | in a keen or penetrating way | he was keenly aware of his own shortcomings |
| kitsch | 15 | excessively garish or sentimental art; usually considered in bad taste | - |
| kibble | 14 | an iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining | - |
| kipper | 14 | salted and smoked herring | - |
| kowtow | 16 | bend the knees and bow in a servile manner | - |
| kindle | 11 | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | - |
| khalif | 16 | the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | - |
| kasbah | 15 | an older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located | - |
| katana | 10 | - | - |
| kingly | 14 | having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king | symbolizing kingly power |
| klaxon | 17 | a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles | - |
| kameez | 21 | a long tunic worn by many people from the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars) | - |
| kummel | 14 | liqueur flavored with caraway seed or cumin | - |
| kopeck | 18 | 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia | - |
| kibosh | 15 | stop from happening or developing | - |
| kaffir | 16 | important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves | - |
| kewpie | 15 | - | - |
| kidded | 13 | - | - |
| kilter | 10 | in working order | out of kilter |
| knotty | 13 | making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe | I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast |
| kenner | 10 | - | - |
| ketone | 10 | any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals | - |
| keying | 14 | - | - |
| khakis | 17 | a military uniform made of khaki fabric | - |
| kissel | 10 | - | - |
| kitted | 11 | - | - |
| knobby | 17 | having knobs | - |
| kanaka | 14 | - | - |
| kultur | 10 | - | - |
| kabala | 12 | an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | - |
| kirsch | 15 | from fermented juice of black morello cherries | - |
| kiting | 11 | - | - |
| klutzy | 22 | - | - |
| kathak | 17 | - | - |
| keloid | 11 | raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair | - |
| kelson | 10 | - | - |
| knower | 13 | a person who knows or apprehends | - |
| kurgan | 11 | - | - |
| kaftan | 13 | a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant | - |
| kinema | 12 | - | - |
| kaamas | 12 | - | - |
| kababs | 14 | - | - |
| kabaka | 16 | - | - |
| kabars | 12 | - | - |
| kabaya | 15 | - | - |
| kabele | 12 | - | - |
| kabiki | 16 | - | - |
| kabobs | 14 | - | - |
| kaboom | 14 | - | - |
| kaccha | 17 | - | - |
| kadais | 11 | - | - |
| kaeing | 11 | - | - |
| kafila | 13 | - | - |
| kafirs | 13 | - | - |
| kagool | 11 | - | - |
| kagoul | 11 | - | - |
| kahals | 13 | - | - |
| kaiaks | 14 | - | - |
| kaikai | 14 | - | - |
| kaikas | 14 | - | - |
| kainga | 11 | - | - |
| kainit | 10 | - | - |
| kaizen | 19 | - | - |
| kakapo | 16 | - | - |
| kakuro | 14 | - | - |
| kalams | 12 | - | - |
| kalian | 10 | an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water | - |
| kalifs | 13 | - | - |
| kaliph | 15 | the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | - |
| kalium | 12 | - | - |
| kalmia | 12 | any plant of the genus Kalmia | - |
| kalong | 11 | - | - |
| kalpac | 14 | a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus | - |
| kalpak | 16 | - | - |
| kalpas | 12 | - | - |
| kalpis | 12 | - | - |
| kaluki | 14 | - | - |
| kamahi | 15 | - | - |
| kamees | 12 | - | - |
| kamela | 12 | - | - |
| kamiks | 16 | - | - |
| kamila | 12 | - | - |
| kamsin | 12 | - | - |
| kanaes | 10 | - | - |
| kanban | 12 | - | - |
| kanehs | 13 | - | - |
| kangas | 11 | - | - |
| kangha | 14 | - | - |
| kanjis | 17 | - | - |
| kanses | 10 | - | - |
| kantar | 10 | - | - |
| kanted | 11 | - | - |
| kanten | 10 | - | - |
| kantha | 13 | - | - |
| kanuka | 14 | - | - |
| kanzus | 19 | - | - |
| kaolin | 10 | a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper) | - |
| kaonic | 12 | - | - |
| kapeek | 16 | - | - |
| kapoks | 16 | - | - |
| kapows | 15 | - | - |
| kappas | 14 | - | - |
| kapuka | 16 | small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental | - |
| kaputt | 12 | - | - |
| karahi | 13 | - | - |
| karait | 10 | - | - |
| karaka | 14 | - | - |
| karamu | 12 | - | - |
| karats | 10 | - | - |
| karite | 10 | - | - |
| karked | 15 | - | - |
| karmas | 12 | - | - |
| karoos | 10 | - | - |
| karoro | 10 | - | - |
| kaross | 10 | - | - |
| karris | 10 | - | - |
| karroo | 10 | - | - |
| karsey | 13 | - | - |
| karsts | 10 | - | - |
| karter | 10 | - | - |
| karyon | 13 | a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction | - |
| kashas | 13 | - | - |
| kasher | 13 | - | - |
| katals | 10 | - | - |
| kation | 10 | - | - |
| katipo | 12 | - | - |
| kattis | 10 | - | - |
| kaughs | 14 | - | - |
| kauris | 10 | - | - |
| kaurus | 10 | - | - |
| kavals | 13 | - | - |
| kavass | 13 | - | - |
| kawaii | 13 | - | - |
| kawaus | 13 | - | - |
| kawing | 14 | - | - |
| kayaks | 17 | - | - |
| kayles | 13 | - | - |
| kayoed | 14 | knocked unconscious by a heavy blow | - |
| kayoes | 13 | - | - |
| kazoos | 19 | - | - |
| keasar | 10 | - | - |
| keavie | 13 | - | - |
| kebabs | 14 | - | - |
| kebars | 12 | - | - |
| kebbed | 15 | - | - |
| kebbie | 14 | - | - |
| kebele | 12 | - | - |
| keblah | 15 | - | - |
| kebobs | 14 | - | - |
| kecked | 17 | - | - |
| keckle | 16 | - | - |
| kecksy | 19 | - | - |
| keddah | 15 | - | - |
| kedged | 13 | - | - |
| kedger | 12 | - | - |
| kedges | 12 | - | - |
| keeked | 15 | - | - |
| keeker | 14 | - | - |
| keelie | 10 | - | - |
| keemas | 12 | - | - |
| keened | 11 | - | - |
| keenos | 10 | - | - |
| keeves | 13 | - | - |
| keffel | 16 | - | - |
| kefirs | 13 | - | - |
| kegged | 13 | - | - |
| kegger | 12 | - | - |
| kegler | 11 | - | - |
| kehuas | 13 | - | - |
| keight | 14 | - | - |
| keiren | 10 | - | - |
| keirin | 10 | - | - |
| kekeno | 14 | - | - |
| keksye | 17 | - | - |
| keleps | 12 | - | - |
| kelims | 12 | - | - |
| kelped | 13 | - | - |
| kelper | 12 | - | - |
| kelpie | 12 | (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders | - |
| kelter | 10 | in working order | - |
| keltie | 10 | - | - |
| kembed | 15 | - | - |
| kembla | 14 | - | - |
| kembos | 14 | - | - |
| kemped | 15 | - | - |
| kemper | 14 | - | - |
| kemple | 14 | - | - |
| kenafs | 13 | - | - |
| kendos | 11 | - | - |
| kenned | 11 | - | - |
| kennet | 10 | - | - |
| kented | 11 | - | - |
| kentes | 10 | - | - |
| kentia | 10 | - | - |
| kephir | 15 | - | - |
| kepped | 15 | - | - |
| keppen | 14 | - | - |
| keppit | 14 | - | - |
| kerbed | 13 | - | - |
| kerels | 10 | - | - |
| kereru | 10 | - | - |
| kerfed | 14 | - | - |
| kermas | 12 | - | - |
| kermes | 12 | - | - |
| kermis | 12 | - | - |
| kerned | 11 | - | - |
| kernes | 10 | - | - |
| kerria | 10 | - | - |
| kersey | 13 | - | - |
| kerved | 14 | - | - |
| kerves | 13 | - | - |
| kesars | 10 | - | - |
| keshes | 13 | - | - |
| ketene | 10 | - | - |
| ketmia | 12 | - | - |
| ketols | 10 | - | - |
| ketose | 10 | any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal | - |
| kevels | 13 | - | - |
| kevils | 13 | - | - |
| kewler | 13 | - | - |
| keyers | 13 | - | - |
| keyest | 13 | - | - |
| keypal | 15 | - | - |
| keyset | 13 | - | - |
| keyway | 19 | - | - |
| kgotla | 11 | - | - |
| khadis | 14 | - | - |
| khalat | 13 | - | - |
| khanda | 14 | - | - |
| khanga | 14 | - | - |
| khanum | 15 | - | - |
| khaphs | 18 | - | - |
| kharif | 16 | - | - |
| khayal | 16 | - | - |
| khayas | 16 | - | - |
| khazen | 22 | - | - |
| khazis | 22 | - | - |
| khedah | 17 | - | - |
| khedas | 14 | - | - |
| kheths | 16 | - | - |
| khilat | 13 | - | - |
| khilim | 15 | - | - |
| khimar | 15 | a headscarf worn by observant Muslim women that hangs down to just above the waist | - |
| khodja | 21 | - | - |
| khojas | 20 | - | - |
| khoums | 15 | - | - |
| khurta | 13 | - | - |
| kiaats | 10 | - | - |
| kiacks | 16 | - | - |
| kiangs | 11 | - | - |
| kiaugh | 14 | - | - |
| kibbeh | 17 | - | - |
| kibbes | 14 | - | - |
| kibbis | 14 | - | - |
| kibeis | 12 | - | - |
| kibitz | 21 | make unwanted and intrusive comments | - |
| kiblah | 15 | - | - |
| kiblas | 12 | - | - |
| kicked | 17 | - | - |
| kickup | 18 | - | - |
| kiddle | 12 | - | - |
| kiddos | 12 | - | - |
| kidels | 11 | - | - |
| kidgie | 12 | - | - |
| kidlet | 11 | - | - |
| kidlit | 11 | - | - |
| kidult | 11 | - | - |
| kidvid | 15 | - | - |
| kiekie | 14 | - | - |
| kierie | 10 | - | - |
| kieves | 13 | - | - |
| kights | 14 | - | - |
| kikois | 14 | - | - |
| kikuyu | 17 | - | - |
| kilerg | 11 | - | - |
| kileys | 13 | - | - |
| kilims | 12 | - | - |
| killas | 10 | - | - |
| killed | 11 | - | - |
| killie | 10 | - | - |
| killut | 10 | - | - |
| kilned | 11 | - | - |
| kilted | 11 | - | - |
| kiltie | 10 | - | - |
| kimbos | 14 | - | - |
| kimmer | 14 | - | - |
| kinara | 10 | - | - |
| kinase | 10 | an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of a proenzyme to an active enzyme | - |
| kincob | 14 | - | - |
| kinded | 12 | - | - |
| kinder | 11 | - | - |
| kindie | 11 | - | - |
| kinged | 12 | - | - |
| kingle | 11 | - | - |
| kinins | 10 | - | - |
| kinked | 15 | - | - |
| kinkle | 14 | - | - |
| kinone | 10 | - | - |
| kinred | 11 | - | - |
| kiores | 10 | - | - |
| kiosks | 14 | - | - |
| kippah | 17 | - | - |
| kippas | 14 | - | - |
| kipped | 15 | - | - |
| kippen | 14 | - | - |
| kirana | 10 | - | - |
| kirbeh | 15 | - | - |
| kirked | 15 | - | - |
| kirned | 11 | - | - |
| kirpan | 12 | a ceremonial four-inch curved dagger that Sikh men and women are obliged to wear at all times | - |
| kirris | 10 | - | - |
| kirtan | 10 | - | - |
| kirtle | 10 | a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages | - |
| kisans | 10 | - | - |
| kishes | 13 | - | - |
| kishka | 17 | - | - |
| kishke | 17 | (Judaism) roasted fowl intestines with a seasoned filling of matzo meal and suet | - |
| kismat | 12 | (Islam) the will of Allah | - |
| kissed | 11 | - | - |
| kisses | 10 | - | - |
| kisted | 11 | - | - |
| kitbag | 13 | a knapsack (usually for a soldier) | - |
| kiters | 10 | - | - |
| kithed | 14 | - | - |
| kithes | 13 | - | - |
| kitset | 10 | - | - |
| kittel | 10 | - | - |
| kittle | 10 | - | - |
| kittly | 13 | - | - |
| kittul | 10 | fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago | - |
| kituls | 10 | - | - |
| klangs | 11 | - | - |
| klatch | 15 | - | - |
| klepht | 15 | - | - |
| klepto | 12 | - | - |
| kletts | 10 | - | - |
| klicks | 16 | - | - |
| kliegs | 11 | - | - |
| klongs | 11 | - | - |
| klooch | 15 | - | - |
| kloofs | 13 | - | - |
| kludge | 12 | a badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software that has been badly put together) | - |
| kludgy | 15 | - | - |
| kluged | 12 | - | - |
| kluges | 11 | - | - |
| knacks | 16 | - | - |
| knacky | 19 | - | - |
| knaggy | 15 | - | - |
| knarls | 10 | - | - |
| knarly | 13 | - | - |
| knarry | 13 | - | - |
| knaurs | 10 | - | - |
| knaves | 13 | - | - |
| knawel | 13 | widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers | - |
| knawes | 13 | - | - |
| kneads | 11 | - | - |
| kneels | 10 | - | - |
| knells | 10 | - | - |
| knicks | 16 | - | - |
| knifed | 14 | - | - |
| knifer | 13 | - | - |
| knifes | 13 | - | - |
| knitch | 15 | - | - |
| knived | 14 | - | - |
| knocks | 16 | - | - |
| knolls | 10 | - | - |
| knolly | 13 | - | - |
| knosps | 12 | - | - |
| knouts | 10 | - | - |
| knowes | 13 | - | - |
| knowns | 13 | - | - |
| knubby | 17 | - | - |
| knurls | 10 | - | - |
| knurly | 13 | - | - |
| knurrs | 10 | - | - |
| koalas | 10 | - | - |
| kobang | 13 | - | - |
| kobans | 12 | - | - |
| kobold | 13 | - | - |
| kochia | 15 | summer cypress | - |
| koftas | 13 | - | - |
| kogals | 11 | - | - |
| koines | 10 | - | - |
| kokako | 18 | - | - |
| kokams | 16 | - | - |
| kokers | 14 | - | - |
| kokiri | 14 | - | - |
| kokopu | 16 | - | - |
| kokras | 14 | - | - |
| kokums | 16 | - | - |
| kolhoz | 22 | - | - |
| kolkoz | 23 | - | - |
| kombus | 14 | - | - |
| konaki | 14 | - | - |
| konbus | 12 | - | - |
| kondos | 11 | - | - |
| koneke | 14 | - | - |
| konfyt | 16 | - | - |
| konini | 10 | erect deciduous shrub or tree to 10 feet with maroon flowers; New Zealand | - |
| konked | 15 | - | - |
| koodoo | 11 | either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush | - |
| kooked | 15 | - | - |
| kookie | 14 | informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | - |
| kookum | 16 | - | - |
| koolah | 13 | - | - |
| kooris | 10 | - | - |
| kopeks | 16 | - | - |
| kopjes | 19 | - | - |
| koppas | 14 | - | - |
| koppie | 14 | a small hill rising up from the African veld | - |
| korari | 10 | - | - |
| korats | 10 | - | - |
| korero | 10 | - | - |
| korkir | 14 | - | - |
| kormas | 12 | - | - |
| korora | 10 | - | - |
| koruna | 10 | the basic unit of money in Czech Republic | - |
| koruny | 13 | - | - |
| kosmos | 12 | - | - |
| kosses | 10 | - | - |
| kotare | 10 | - | - |
| kotows | 13 | - | - |
| kotuku | 14 | - | - |
| kotwal | 13 | - | - |
| koulan | 10 | - | - |
| koumis | 12 | - | - |
| koumys | 15 | - | - |
| kouras | 10 | - | - |
| kouroi | 10 | - | - |
| kouros | 10 | - | - |
| kousso | 10 | - | - |
| kowhai | 16 | shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields a hard strong wood | - |
| kraals | 10 | - | - |
| krafts | 13 | - | - |
| kraits | 10 | - | - |
| krangs | 11 | - | - |
| krantz | 19 | - | - |
| krater | 10 | - | - |
| krauts | 10 | - | - |
| kreeps | 12 | - | - |
| kreese | 10 | - | - |
| krengs | 11 | - | - |
| krewes | 13 | - | - |
| krills | 10 | - | - |
| krised | 11 | - | - |
| krises | 10 | - | - |
| kronen | 10 | - | - |
| kronor | 10 | - | - |
| kronur | 10 | - | - |
| krooni | 10 | - | - |
| kroons | 10 | - | - |
| krubis | 12 | - | - |
| krubut | 12 | - | - |
| krunks | 14 | - | - |
| kubasa | 12 | - | - |
| kubies | 12 | - | - |
| kuccha | 17 | - | - |
| kuchen | 15 | - | - |
| kudlik | 15 | - | - |
| kudzus | 20 | - | - |
| kugels | 11 | - | - |
| kukris | 14 | - | - |
| kulaki | 14 | - | - |
| kulaks | 14 | - | - |
| kulans | 10 | - | - |
| kulfis | 13 | - | - |
| kumara | 12 | - | - |
| kumari | 12 | - | - |
