Words That Start with KH
There are 41 words that start with KH on Word.ws, from 3 to 10 letters. The most common length is 4 letters (11 words). The words used most often are khan, khaki, khakis, kha and khutor.
Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.
3-letter words that start with KH
4-letter words that start with KH
- khan11n. A ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.
- khat11n. A shrub, Catha edulis, whose leaves are used as a mild stimulant when...
- khel11n. A Pashtun subtribe.
- khim13n. A stringed musical instrument from South East Asia, played with bamboo...
- khoa11n. A South Asian dairy product made of either dried whole milk or milk...
- khon11n. A Thai form of dance with music and narration.
- khor11n. A swampy depression in Middle Eastern countries.
- khot11n. A form of land tenure usually based around hereditary zamindars with...
- khud12n. A steep cleft in a hillside; a ravine.
- khum13n. A commune of Cambodia, a subdivision of a srok.
- khus11n. Vetiver.
5-letter words that start with KH
- khair12n. The tree Senegalia catechu from which cutch is obtained.
- khaja19n. A fried crispy, layered sweet pastry filled with fruits or soaked with...
- khaki16n. A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.
- khana12n. Food, a meal.
- khash15n. A dish made from cattle's or sheep's head and/or trotters and eaten...
- khata12n. A traditional ceremonial scarf in Tengrism and Tibetan Buddhism...
- khaya15n. A native house or hut.
- kheer12n. A sweet rice pudding from South Asia.
- khula12n. A form of divorce initiated by the wife.
- khums14n. A Shi'ite tax of one-fifth of various profits (e.g. one's surplus...
6-letter words that start with KH
- khadir14n. The recent alluvial bordering a large river.
- khagan14n. A khan of khans, a ruler of a khaganate; (the holder of) an imperial...
- khakis17n. Khaki-coloured/colored cotton trousers (pants).
- khanda14n. A double-edged sword from India, used ceremonially in Sikhism.
- kharif16adj. Of crops: cultivated and harvested during the monsoon season.
- khatam15n. A Persian style of marquetry.
- khatib15n. A person who delivers the khutbah.
- khatun13n. A lady or wife in certain Central Asian communities.
- khlong14n. A canal on the central plain of Thailand.
- khutor13n. A single-homestead rural settlement of Eastern Europe.
7-letter words that start with KH
- khamsin16n. A hot, dry wind, common in Egypt, Sudan and the Levant towards the end...
- khanate14n. The polity ruled by a khan, comprising one or more tribes or clans; a...
- khanjar21n. A kind of dagger used in certain Arabian countries.
- khedive18n. The title of the hereditary monarch of Egypt from 1805–1914, nominally...
- khichdi20n. A South Asian dish of rice and lentils.
- khutbah19n. A talk or sermon delivered in mosques before the Friday prayer, or at...
8-letter words that start with KH
- khilafat18n. Caliphate.
10-letter words that start with KH
- khachapuri24n. A cheese pastry from the country of Georgia in the Caucasus region of...
124 rare words that start with KH
- khabardaar
- khabri
- khachkar
- khadag
- khaddar
- khademite
- khaf
- khafd
- khaganate
- khagiarite
- khagina
- khahoon
- khaidarkanite
- khainaoside
- khaini
- khakan
- khakanship
- khakhra
- khakied
- khakistocracy
- khakiweed
- khakkhara
- khalasi
- khalass
- khalat
- khaltura
- khaman
- khamaseen
- khamrabaevite
- khananda
- khanaqah
- khandvi
- khanhoo
- khanith
- khanji
- khanly
- khansamah
- khanship
- khapra
- kharaelakhite
- kharaj
- khargosh
- kharita
- kharja
- kharouba
- kharsu
- khartal
- kharua
- kharvar
- kharza
- khasra
- khass
- khassadar
- khatiya
- khatna
- khatuni
- khatyrkite
- khavershaft
- khazer
- khazi
- khecarimudra
- khediva
- khedivate
- khedivial
- kheera
- khella
- khellin
- khellol
- khelloside
- khene
- khesari
- khewat
- khibinite
- khibinskite
- khimar
- khinite
- khinkali
- khirbat
- khirigsuur
- khirkah
- khitmatgar
- khleb
- khloy
- khlui
- khmaralite
- kholah
- kholodets
- kholop
- kholsun
- khomok
- khomyakovite
- khondalite
- khoomei
- khoormog
- khopesh
- khorixasite
- khorjin
- khorkhog
- khorovadz
- khorovod
- khoti
- khoum
- khoums
- khramulya
- khronon
- khrushchevka
- khubz
- khubzism
- khur
- khural
- khurli
- khurma
- khuru
- khushtar
- khusimol
- khusimone
- khusitone
- khusuusi
- khutput
- khuuchir
- khuushuur
- khvat
- khvostism
- khyal
Questions about these words
- How many words that start with KH are there?
- Word.ws lists 41 words that start with KH, plus 124 rare ones.
- What are common words that start with KH?
- khan, khaki, khakis, kha, khutor, khatib, khair and khat.
- Which of the words that start with KH has the highest letter score?
- khachapuri scores 24 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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