8-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| knocking | 19 | the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing) | the knocking grew louder |
| kindness | 13 | tendency to be kind and forgiving | - |
| keyboard | 18 | device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like | - |
| kangaroo | 13 | any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail | - |
| knockout | 18 | a very attractive or seductive looking woman | - |
| knickers | 18 | (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee | - |
| knuckles | 18 | (used in the plural) a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand | - |
| kerosene | 12 | a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters | - |
| knitting | 13 | needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine | - |
| kneeling | 13 | supporting yourself on your knees | - |
| kamikaze | 27 | a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II | - |
| ketamine | 14 | a general anesthetic and tranquilizer (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly; used mainly by veterinarians or for minor surgery with geriatric or pediatric patients; taken in large doses it causes hallucinations similar to those associated with the use of PCP | - |
| knapsack | 20 | a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder | - |
| keepsake | 18 | something of sentimental value | - |
| kerchief | 20 | a square scarf that is folded into a triangle and worn over the head or about the neck | - |
| keystone | 15 | a central cohesive source of support and stability | the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money |
| kindling | 14 | material for starting a fire | - |
| kilowatt | 15 | a unit of power equal to 1000 watts | - |
| kickback | 26 | a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction | - |
| kingship | 18 | the dignity or rank or position of a king | - |
| kilogram | 15 | one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | a kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds |
| knockoff | 24 | an unauthorized copy or imitation | - |
| kabbalah | 19 | an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | - |
| kickball | 20 | - | - |
| kielbasa | 14 | - | - |
| knobbing | 17 | - | - |
| kidnaped | 16 | - | - |
| kissable | 14 | - | - |
| klondike | 17 | a form of solitaire that begins with seven piles of cards with the top cards facing up; descending sequences of cards of alternating colors are built on these piles; as aces become available they are placed above the seven piles; the object is to build sequences in suit from ace to king as the remaining cards are dealt out one at a time | - |
| kerplunk | 18 | - | - |
| kinetics | 14 | the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies | - |
| kinkiest | 16 | - | - |
| knotting | 13 | - | - |
| knightly | 19 | being attentive to women like an ideal knight | - |
| katakana | 16 | - | - |
| kibitzer | 23 | (Yiddish) a meddler who offers unwanted advice to others | - |
| kingfish | 19 | large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters | - |
| knothole | 15 | a hole in a board where a knot came out | - |
| knuckler | 18 | a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin | - |
| kolinsky | 19 | - | - |
| kreplach | 19 | - | - |
| keelhaul | 15 | - | - |
| keffiyeh | 24 | - | - |
| kidnaper | 15 | someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) | - |
| kindless | 13 | - | - |
| kinglike | 17 | having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king | - |
| knitwear | 15 | knitted clothing | - |
| knowable | 17 | capable of being known | - |
| kababbed | 19 | - | - |
| kabaddis | 16 | - | - |
| kabalism | 16 | - | - |
| kabalist | 14 | - | - |
| kabbalas | 16 | - | - |
| kabeljou | 21 | - | - |
| kablooey | 17 | - | - |
| kablooie | 14 | - | - |
| kabloona | 14 | - | - |
| kabobbed | 19 | - | - |
| kabochas | 19 | - | - |
| kaboodle | 15 | - | - |
| kachahri | 20 | - | - |
| kacheris | 17 | - | - |
| kachinas | 17 | - | - |
| kachoris | 17 | - | - |
| kaffiyah | 24 | - | - |
| kaffiyeh | 24 | an Arab headdress consisting of a square piece of cloth folded into a triangle and fastened over the crown by an agal | - |
| kafuffle | 21 | - | - |
| kagoules | 13 | - | - |
| kahawais | 18 | - | - |
| kaiaking | 17 | - | - |
| kailyard | 16 | - | - |
| kaimakam | 20 | - | - |
| kainites | 12 | - | - |
| kaiserin | 12 | - | - |
| kajawahs | 25 | - | - |
| kajeputs | 21 | - | - |
| kakariki | 20 | - | - |
| kakemono | 18 | a Japanese (paper or silk) wall hanging; usually narrow with a picture or writing on it and a roller at the bottom | - |
| kakiemon | 18 | - | - |
| kakivaks | 23 | - | - |
| kakodyls | 20 | - | - |
| kalamata | 14 | - | - |
| kalamdan | 15 | - | - |
| kalendar | 13 | - | - |
| kalewife | 18 | - | - |
| kaleyard | 16 | - | - |
| kalifate | 15 | - | - |
| kalimbas | 16 | - | - |
| kalinite | 12 | - | - |
| kallidin | 13 | - | - |
| kalookie | 16 | - | - |
| kalookis | 16 | - | - |
| kalotype | 17 | - | - |
| kalpises | 14 | - | - |
| kalumpit | 16 | - | - |
| kalyptra | 17 | - | - |
| kamaaina | 14 | - | - |
| kamacite | 16 | - | - |
| kameeses | 14 | - | - |
| kameezes | 23 | - | - |
| kamerads | 15 | - | - |
| kamichis | 19 | - | - |
| kamokamo | 20 | - | - |
| kamotiks | 18 | - | - |
| kamotiqs | 23 | - | - |
| kampongs | 17 | - | - |
| kamseens | 14 | - | - |
| kantelas | 12 | - | - |
| kanteles | 12 | - | - |
| kantikoy | 19 | - | - |
| kaoliang | 13 | sorghums of China and Manchuria having small white or brown grains (used for food) and dry pithy stalks (used for fodder, fuel and thatching) | - |
| kaolines | 12 | - | - |
| kaolinic | 14 | - | - |
| karaisms | 14 | - | - |
| karakias | 16 | - | - |
| karakuls | 16 | - | - |
| karangas | 13 | - | - |
| karaokes | 16 | - | - |
| karateka | 16 | - | - |
| karearea | 12 | - | - |
| karengos | 13 | - | - |
| karoshis | 15 | - | - |
| karosses | 12 | - | - |
| karstify | 18 | - | - |
| kartings | 13 | - | - |
| karyotin | 15 | - | - |
| kashered | 16 | - | - |
| kashmirs | 17 | - | - |
| kashruth | 18 | - | - |
| kashruts | 15 | - | - |
| katchina | 17 | - | - |
| katcinas | 14 | - | - |
| kathodal | 16 | - | - |
| kathodes | 16 | - | - |
| kathodic | 18 | - | - |
| kathumps | 19 | - | - |
| katorgas | 13 | - | - |
| katsinam | 14 | - | - |
| katsinas | 12 | - | - |
| katsuras | 12 | - | - |
| katydids | 17 | - | - |
| kaumatua | 14 | - | - |
| kaupapas | 16 | - | - |
| kavakava | 22 | an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub | - |
| kavasses | 15 | - | - |
| kawakawa | 22 | - | - |
| kayakers | 19 | - | - |
| kayaking | 20 | - | - |
| kayoings | 16 | - | - |
| kazachki | 30 | - | - |
| kazachoc | 28 | - | - |
| kazachok | 30 | - | - |
| kazatski | 25 | - | - |
| kazatsky | 28 | - | - |
| kazatzka | 34 | - | - |
| kebabbed | 19 | - | - |
| kebbocks | 22 | - | - |
| kebbucks | 22 | - | - |
| kebobbed | 19 | - | - |
| keckling | 19 | - | - |
| kecksies | 18 | - | - |
| kedgeree | 14 | a dish of rice and hard-boiled eggs and cooked flaked fish | - |
| kedgiest | 14 | - | - |
| keelages | 13 | - | - |
| keelboat | 14 | river boat with a shallow draught and a keel but no sails; used to carry freight; moved by rowing or punting or towing | - |
| keelhale | 15 | - | - |
| keelings | 13 | - | - |
| keelless | 12 | - | - |
| keelsons | 12 | - | - |
| keenings | 13 | - | - |
| keenness | 12 | a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something | - |
| keepable | 16 | - | - |
| keepings | 15 | - | - |
| keepnets | 14 | - | - |
| keepsaky | 21 | - | - |
| keeshond | 16 | a spitz-like dog having a shaggy greyish coat and tightly curled tail originating in Holland | - |
| keesters | 12 | - | - |
| keffiyah | 24 | - | - |
| keftedes | 16 | - | - |
| kefuffle | 21 | - | - |
| kegelers | 13 | - | - |
| keglings | 14 | - | - |
| keiretsu | 12 | - | - |
| keisters | 12 | - | - |
| keitloas | 12 | - | - |
| kellauts | 12 | - | - |
| keloidal | 13 | - | - |
| kelpfish | 20 | - | - |
| kemboing | 17 | - | - |
| kempiest | 16 | - | - |
| kempings | 17 | - | - |
| kendoist | 13 | - | - |
| kenneled | 13 | - | - |
| kennetts | 12 | - | - |
| kennings | 13 | - | - |
| kenotics | 14 | - | - |
| kenotron | 12 | - | - |
| kenspeck | 20 | - | - |
| kephalic | 19 | - | - |
| kephalin | 17 | - | - |
| keramics | 16 | - | - |
| keratins | 12 | - | - |
| keratoid | 13 | - | - |
| keratoma | 14 | - | - |
| keratose | 12 | - | - |
| kerbayas | 17 | - | - |
| kerbings | 15 | - | - |
| kerbside | 15 | - | - |
| kerkiest | 16 | - | - |
| kermeses | 14 | - | - |
| kermesse | 14 | - | - |
| kermises | 14 | - | - |
| kermodes | 15 | - | - |
| kerneled | 13 | - | - |
| kernelly | 15 | - | - |
| kernings | 13 | - | - |
| kernites | 12 | - | - |
| kerogens | 13 | - | - |
| kerosine | 12 | a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters | - |
| kerygmas | 18 | - | - |
| kestrels | 12 | - | - |
| ketching | 18 | - | - |
| ketchups | 19 | - | - |
| ketchupy | 22 | - | - |
| ketoxime | 21 | - | - |
| kettling | 13 | - | - |
| ketubahs | 17 | - | - |
| ketuboth | 17 | - | - |
| keybugle | 18 | - | - |
| keycards | 18 | - | - |
| keyframe | 20 | - | - |
| keyholes | 18 | - | - |
| keylines | 15 | - | - |
| keynoted | 16 | - | - |
| keynoter | 15 | - | - |
| keynotes | 15 | - | - |
| keypress | 17 | - | - |
| keypunch | 22 | - | - |
| keyrings | 16 | - | - |
| keysters | 15 | - | - |
| keywords | 19 | - | - |
| khaddars | 17 | - | - |
| khalifah | 21 | the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | - |
| khalifas | 18 | - | - |
| khalifat | 18 | - | - |
| khamseen | 17 | - | - |
| khamsins | 17 | - | - |
| khanates | 15 | - | - |
| khanjars | 22 | - | - |
| khansama | 17 | - | - |
| khazenim | 26 | - | - |
| khedival | 19 | - | - |
| khedivas | 19 | - | - |
| khedives | 19 | - | - |
| khilafat | 18 | - | - |
| khirkahs | 22 | - | - |
| khotbahs | 20 | - | - |
| khotbehs | 20 | - | - |
| khuskhus | 22 | - | - |
| khutbahs | 20 | - | - |
| kibbling | 17 | - | - |
| kibibyte | 19 | a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes | - |
| kibitkas | 18 | - | - |
| kibitzed | 24 | - | - |
| kibitzes | 23 | - | - |
| kiboshed | 18 | - | - |
| kiboshes | 17 | - | - |
| kickable | 20 | - | - |
| kickdown | 22 | - | - |
| kickflip | 23 | - | - |
| kickiest | 18 | - | - |
| kickings | 19 | - | - |
| kickoffs | 24 | - | - |
| kickouts | 18 | - | - |
| kickshaw | 24 | something considered choice to eat | - |
| kiddiers | 14 | - | - |
| kiddings | 15 | - | - |
| kiddying | 18 | - | - |
| kidgiest | 14 | - | - |
| kidglove | 17 | - | - |
| kidlings | 14 | - | - |
| kidnapee | 15 | - | - |
| kidology | 17 | - | - |
| kidskins | 17 | - | - |
| kielbasi | 14 | - | - |
| kielbasy | 17 | - | - |
| kiesters | 12 | - | - |
| kikumons | 18 | - | - |
| kilikiti | 16 | - | - |
| killable | 14 | fit to kill, especially for food | - |
| killadar | 13 | - | - |
| killases | 12 | - | - |
| killcows | 17 | - | - |
| killcrop | 16 | - | - |
| killdeer | 13 | American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry | - |
| killdees | 13 | - | - |
| killicks | 18 | - | - |
| killings | 13 | - | - |
| killjoys | 22 | - | - |
| killocks | 18 | - | - |
| killogie | 13 | - | - |
| kilobars | 14 | - | - |
| kilobase | 14 | - | - |
| kilobaud | 15 | - | - |
| kilobits | 14 | - | - |
| kilobyte | 17 | a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes | - |
| kilogray | 16 | - | - |
| kilomole | 14 | - | - |
| kilopond | 15 | - | - |
| kilorads | 13 | - | - |
| kilotons | 12 | - | - |
| kilovolt | 15 | a unit of potential equal to a thousand volts | - |
| kiltings | 13 | - | - |
| kiltlike | 16 | - | - |
| kimboing | 17 | - | - |
| kimchees | 19 | - | - |
| kimonoed | 15 | - | - |
| kinakina | 16 | - | - |
| kinchins | 17 | - | - |
| kindlers | 13 | - | - |
| kindlier | 13 | - | - |
| kindlily | 16 | - | - |
| kindreds | 14 | - | - |
| kinesics | 14 | - | - |
| kinetins | 12 | - | - |
| kinfolks | 19 | - | - |
| kingbird | 16 | large American flycatcher | - |
| kingbolt | 15 | bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle | - |
| kingcups | 17 | - | - |
| kingdoms | 16 | - | - |
| kinghood | 17 | - | - |
| kingklip | 19 | - | - |
| kingless | 13 | - | - |
| kinglets | 13 | - | - |
| kinglier | 13 | - | - |
| kingling | 14 | - | - |
| kingpins | 15 | - | - |
| kingpost | 15 | - | - |
| kingside | 14 | - | - |
| kingwood | 17 | Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood | - |
| kinkajou | 23 | a kind of lemur | - |
| kinsfolk | 19 | people descended from a common ancestor | - |
| kinships | 17 | - | - |
| kippages | 17 | - | - |
| kippered | 17 | - | - |
| kipperer | 16 | - | - |
| kipskins | 18 | - | - |
| kipunjis | 21 | - | - |
| kirigami | 15 | - | - |
| kirimons | 14 | - | - |
| kirkings | 17 | - | - |
| kirktons | 16 | - | - |
| kirkward | 20 | - | - |
| kirkyard | 20 | - | - |
| kirsches | 17 | - | - |
| kiskadee | 17 | - | - |
| kismetic | 16 | - | - |
| kissably | 17 | - | - |
| kissiest | 12 | - | - |
| kissings | 13 | - | - |
| kistfuls | 15 | - | - |
| kistvaen | 15 | - | - |
| kitchens | 17 | - | - |
| kitelike | 16 | - | - |
| kitenges | 13 | - | - |
| kitharas | 15 | - | - |
| kitlings | 13 | - | - |
| kitsches | 17 | - | - |
| kittened | 13 | - | - |
| kittlest | 12 | - | - |
| kittlier | 12 | - | - |
| kittling | 13 | - | - |
| klapping | 17 | - | - |
| klatches | 17 | - | - |
| klaverns | 15 | - | - |
| klaviers | 15 | - | - |
| klaxoned | 20 | - | - |
| kleagles | 13 | - | - |
| kleftiko | 19 | - | - |
| klephtic | 19 | - | - |
| klezmers | 23 | - | - |
| klinkers | 16 | - | - |
| klisters | 12 | - | - |
| klondyke | 20 | - | - |
| klooches | 17 | - | - |
| kludgier | 14 | - | - |
| kludging | 15 | - | - |
| klutzier | 21 | - | - |
| klystron | 15 | an electron tube used to generate or amplify electromagnetic radiation in the microwave region by velocity modulation | - |
| knackers | 18 | - | - |
| knackery | 21 | - | - |
| knackier | 18 | - | - |
| knacking | 19 | - | - |
| knackish | 21 | - | - |
| knaggier | 14 | - | - |
| knaidels | 13 | - | - |
| knappers | 16 | - | - |
| knapping | 17 | - | - |
| knappled | 17 | - | - |
| knapples | 16 | - | - |
| knapweed | 18 | any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers | - |
| knarlier | 12 | - | - |
| knarrier | 12 | - | - |
| knarring | 13 | - | - |
| kneaders | 13 | - | - |
| kneading | 14 | - | - |
| kneecaps | 16 | - | - |
| kneehole | 15 | - | - |
| kneejerk | 23 | - | - |
| kneelers | 12 | - | - |
| kneelike | 16 | - | - |
| kneepads | 15 | - | - |
| kneepans | 14 | - | - |
| kneeroom | 14 | - | - |
| kneesies | 12 | - | - |
| kneesock | 18 | - | - |
| kneidels | 13 | - | - |
| knelling | 13 | - | - |
| knessets | 12 | - | - |
| knevells | 15 | - | - |
| knifeman | 17 | - | - |
| knifemen | 17 | - | - |
| knifings | 16 | - | - |
| knighted | 17 | - | - |
| knitbone | 14 | - | - |
| knitches | 17 | - | - |
| knitters | 12 | - | - |
| knittles | 12 | - | - |
| knobbers | 16 | - | - |
| knobbier | 16 | - | - |
| knobbled | 17 | - | - |
| knobbles | 16 | - | - |
| knobhead | 18 | - | - |
| knoblike | 18 | - | - |
| knockers | 18 | - | - |
| knollers | 12 | - | - |
| knollier | 12 | - | - |
| knolling | 13 | - | - |
| knothead | 16 | - | - |
| knotless | 12 | - | - |
| knotlike | 16 | - | - |
| knotters | 12 | - | - |
| knottier | 12 | - | - |
| knottily | 15 | - | - |
| knotweed | 16 | - | - |
| knotwork | 19 | - | - |
| knouting | 13 | - | - |
| knowhows | 21 | - | - |
| knowings | 16 | - | - |
| knubbier | 16 | - | - |
| knubbled | 17 | - | - |
| knubbles | 16 | - | - |
| knuckled | 19 | - | - |
| knurlier | 12 | - | - |
| knurling | 13 | - | - |
| koekoeas | 16 | - | - |
| koftgari | 16 | - | - |
| koftgars | 16 | - | - |
| koftwork | 22 | - | - |
| kohekohe | 22 | - | - |
| kohlrabi | 17 | plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem | - |
| kokanees | 16 | - | - |
| kokowais | 19 | - | - |
| kolbasis | 14 | - | - |
| kolbassa | 14 | - | - |
| kolbassi | 14 | - | - |
| kolhozes | 24 | - | - |
| kolinski | 16 | - | - |
| kolkhosy | 22 | - | - |
| kolkhozy | 31 | - | - |
| kolkozes | 25 | - | - |
| komatiks | 18 | - | - |
| komissar | 14 | - | - |
| komitaji | 21 | - | - |
| komondor | 15 | Hungarian breed of large powerful shaggy-coated white dog; used also as guard dog | - |
| kookiest | 16 | - | - |
| kopiykas | 21 | - | - |
| koreroed | 13 | - | - |
| korfball | 17 | - | - |
| korimako | 18 | - | - |
| koromiko | 18 | - | - |
| korowais | 15 | - | - |
| koshered | 16 | - | - |
| kosmoses | 14 | - | - |
| kotching | 18 | - | - |
| kotowers | 15 | - | - |
| kotowing | 16 | - | - |
| kottabos | 14 | - | - |
| koumises | 14 | - | - |
| koumyses | 17 | - | - |
| koupreys | 17 | - | - |
| kourbash | 17 | - | - |
| kouskous | 16 | - | - |
| kowtowed | 19 | - | - |
| kowtower | 18 | - | - |
| kraaling | 13 | - | - |
| krameria | 14 | - | - |
| krantzes | 21 | - | - |
| kreasote | 12 | - | - |
| kreatine | 12 | - | - |
