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5-Letter Words Starting with KO

There are 28 five-letter words that start with KO on Word.ws, from koala to kovil. The most common are kodak, koala, kooky, korma and koine.

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All 28 five-letter words that start with KO

  • koala9n. A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a...
  • koban11n. An oval gold coin in the Edo period of feudal Japan.
  • kocho14n. A bread-like fermented food made from chopped and grated ensete pulp, a...
  • kodak14n. A camera: a device for taking still photographs.
  • kofta12n. Any of various spicy meatball or meatloaf dishes of the Middle East...
  • kohai12n. A junior member of a group in Japanese arts; mentee.
  • koine9n. A linguistic variety that has developed in supraregional contact...
  • kojic18adj. Only used in kojic acid.
  • koken13n. A black-clad person who enters the stage to rearrange the set...
  • koker13n. A sluice.
  • kokum15n. A plant (Garcinia indica) in the mangosteen family with culinary...
  • kolam11n. Synonym of rangoli.
  • koloa9n. The Hawaiian duck, Anas wyvilliana.
  • kombi13n. A minivan.
  • kombu13n. Edible kelp (“a type of brown seaweed”) (from the class Phaeophyceae)...
  • konak13n. A palace or other large official residence in Turkey or the Ottoman...
  • kooky16adj. Eccentric, strange, or foolish; crazy or insane; kookish.
  • kopek15n. A Russian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble.
  • kopje18n. A small hill or mound, especially on the African veld.
  • koppa13n. An Ancient Greek letter representing /k/, Ϙ / ϙ, replaced by kappa by...
  • korin9n. A small gazelle native to West Africa, Eudorcas rufifrons.
  • korma11n. A curry made from various spices especially coriander and cumin; and...
  • kosam11n. The tree Schleichera oleosa.
  • kosha12n. Any of five sheaths that are thought to cover the Atman, or True Self...
  • kothi12n. A bungalow.
  • koula9n. A gold coin of Tonga, worth one 16th of a pound, issued in 1962.
  • koura9n. A freshwater crayfish of the genus Paranephrops, only found in New...
  • kovil12n. A Hindu temple built in a distinct style of Dravidian architecture.
32 rare five-letter words that start with KO

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with KO are there?
Word.ws lists 28 five-letter words that start with KO, plus 32 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with KO?
kodak, koala, kooky, korma, koine, kombi, korin and kombu.
Which of the five-letter words that start with KO has the highest letter score?
kopje 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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