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5-Letter Words Starting with KA

There are 63 five-letter words that start with KA on Word.ws, from kabam to kazoo. The most common are karma, kappa, kayak, kamal and kanji.

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All 63 five-letter words that start with KA

KAB

  • kabam13interj. The sound of a loud explosion; pow, blam, bang.

KAD

  • kadai10n. Synonym of karahi (“cooking vessel”).
  • kadam12n. A tropical evergreen tree, Neolamarckia cadamba (syn. Anthocephalus...
  • kadhi13n. A curry made from chickpea flour and yoghurt which is served with...
  • kadin10n. A woman of a sultan's harem.

KAH

  • kahal12n. The local governing body of a former European Jewish community...

KAI

  • kaiju16n. A fictional giant monster, particularly of the kind found in Japanese...
  • kaisa9n. A variant of the game billiards played chiefly in Finland and Russia.
  • kaiso9n. A style of music popular in the Caribbean, a precursor to calypso music.
  • kaito9n. A small motorized ferry or sampan that serves mostly remote islands.
  • kaizo18n. A philosophy of game design distinguished by very high difficulty...

KAJ

KAK

  • kakar13n. Muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak).

KAL

  • kalam11n. Speculative theology.
  • kalan9n. The sea otter.
  • kalaw12n. Synonym of rufous hornbill (Buceros hydrocorax).
  • kalbi11n. A Korean barbecued rib dish, usually made from beef.
  • kalif12n. A rank in the Ku Klux Klan.
  • kalis9n. A Filipino sword akin to the kris.
  • kalon9n. Ideal perfect beauty in the physical and moral sense, especially as...
  • kalpa11n. A period of 4.32 billion years (1000 chatur-yugas or cycles of the four...
  • kalua9n. A traditional Hawaiian cooking method, using an underground oven called...

KAM

  • kamal11n. A navigation device, known to the Arabs and Chinese of the ancient...
  • kamik15n. A mukluk.
  • kamon11n. A Japanese family crest.
  • kamut11n. A commercial cultivar of Khorasan wheat.
  • kamuy14n. A spiritual or divine being in Ainu mythology, similar to the Japanese...

KAN

  • kanae9n. A grey mullet.
  • kanal9n. A unit of area used in parts of northern India and in Pakistan...
  • kanat9n. A canvas screen or partition forming the wall or division of a tent or...
  • kanga10n. A comb, required to be worn at all times by Sikhs, one of the five Ks.
  • kango10n. A Sino-Japanese word, a Japanese word of Chinese origin or a Japanese...
  • kanji16n. The system of writing Japanese using Chinese characters.
  • kanna9n. Channa (Mesembryanthemum tortuosum, syn. Sceletium tortuosum), a...
  • kanon9n. Synonym of monochord (used mainly in reference to ancient Greek music).
  • kanun9n. A set of traditional Albanian laws.
  • kanzo18n. A voodoo initiation ceremony.

KAP

  • kapha14n. The dosha composed of water and earth.
  • kapok15n. A silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba...
  • kappa13n. The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet.
  • kaput11adj. Out of order; not working.

KAR

  • karam11n. The tree Adina cordifolia.
  • karet9n. A severe punishment prescribed for certain offenses, interpreted...
  • karez18n. A qanat, in parts of central southern Asia.
  • karma11n. The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next...
  • karoo9n. Any vast prairie bordering a desert.
  • karri9n. The tree Eucalyptus diversicolor, native to south-western Western...
  • karst9n. A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the...
  • karve12n. A multipurpose intermediate size Viking longship.
  • karwa12n. Cooking pot.

KAS

  • kasha12n. A porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other...
  • kasra9n. In Arabic script, the vowel point for "i", appearing as a small...

KAT

  • katha12n. The recitation of a Hindu religious story.
  • katsu9interj. A word shouted out in Zen Buddhism (as well as other sects of...
  • katun9n. A medieval self-governing community in the Balkans, associated with...

KAU

  • kauri9n. A conifer of the genus Agathis, found in Australasia and Melanesia...

KAV

  • kaval12n. A chromatic end-blown flute of Asia and eastern Europe.
  • kavya15n. A highly artificial Sanskrit literary style used by Indian court poets...

KAW

  • kawal12n. A meat substitute made in Sudan from the fermented leaves of the...

KAY

  • kayak16n. A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the...
  • kayle12n. A pin used in kayles or skittles.

KAZ

  • kazan18n. A cauldron or cooking pot used in Central Asian cuisine.
  • kazoo18n. A simple musical instrument (a membranophone) consisting of a pipe with...
37 rare five-letter words that start with KA

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with KA are there?
Word.ws lists 63 five-letter words that start with KA, plus 37 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with KA?
karma, kappa, kayak, kamal, kanji, kazan, kaiju and karam.
Which of the five-letter words that start with KA has the highest letter score?
kazoo scores 18 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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