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5-Letter Words Starting with KN

There are 17 five-letter words that start with KN on Word.ws, from knack to knurl. The most common are known, knife, knock, knack and kneel.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

All 17 five-letter words that start with KN

  • knack15n. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something.
  • knape11n. A lad.
  • knave12n. A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person.
  • knead10v. To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to...
  • kneed10adj. Having a knee or knees, or, in combination, the stated type of knee or...
  • kneel9v. To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a...
  • knell9v. To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.
  • knife12n. A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of...
  • knish12n. An Eastern European Jewish, or Yiddish, snack food consisting of a...
  • knits9n. Small particles of ore.
  • knock15n. An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against...
  • knoll9n. A small mound or rounded hill.
  • knout9n. A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as...
  • knowe12n. A small hill; a knoll.
  • known12adj. Identified as a specific type; famous, renowned.
  • knuck15n. A knuckle duster.
  • knurl9n. A contorted knot in wood.
6 rare five-letter words that start with KN

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with KN are there?
Word.ws lists 17 five-letter words that start with KN, plus 6 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with KN?
known, knife, knock, knack, kneel, knoll, knits and knell.
Which of the five-letter words that start with KN has the highest letter score?
knuck scores 15 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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