Word.ws English Dictionary

Words That Start with KN

There are 100 words that start with KN on Word.ws, from 4 to 14 letters. The most common length is 8 letters (23 words). The words used most often are know, known, knowledge, knowing and knife.

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

4-letter words that start with KN

  • knab10v. To nab or steal.
  • knap10v. To break (something) into small pieces with a cracking sound; to...
  • knee8n. In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of...
  • knez17n. A duke or prince in medieval Slavic countries.
  • knit8v. To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are...
  • knob10n. A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a...
  • knop10n. A knob, usually ornamental.
  • knot8n. A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material...
  • know11v. To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain...
  • knut8n. An idle upper-class man about town.

5-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-letter words that start with KN

  • knicks16n. Knickers.
  • knifed14adj. Having been cut or stabbed with a knife.
  • knight14n. A young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of...
  • knobby17adj. Resembling a knob.
  • knotty13adj. Of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots.

7-letter words that start with KN

  • knacker17n. One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.
  • knapper15n. One who knaps.
  • knavery17n. The antics or tricks of a knave; boyish mischief.
  • knavish17adj. Having the characteristics of a knave; mischievous, roguish, waggish...
  • kneebar13n. A joint lock where the knee is hyperextended in order to cause pain...
  • kneecap15n. The flat, roundish bone in the knee.
  • kneeing12n. A blow made with the knee.
  • kneeler11n. A person who kneels.
  • knicker17n. Of or relating to knickers.
  • knifing15n. An instance of stabbing with a knife.
  • knitted12adj. Made by knitting.
  • knitter11n. A person or a machine that knits.
  • knobbed16adj. Having a knob or knobs.
  • knobbly18adj. Having a covering of small knobs.
  • knocker17n. A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a...
  • knockin17n. The insertion of a cDNA sequence at a particular locus in an organism's...
  • knoller11n. One who tolls a bell.
  • knotted12adj. Full of knots; knotty.
  • knotter11n. A person who makes knots.
  • knowing15adj. Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent.
  • knuckle17n. Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers.

8-letter words that start with KN

  • knapping17n. The process or result of a stone being knapped.
  • knapsack20n. A set of values from which a subset is chosen.
  • knapweed18n. Any of various common weeds of, or formerly of, the genus Centaurea.
  • kneading14n. The process by which something is kneaded.
  • kneeling13n. The act by which someone kneels.
  • knickers18n. Women's underpants.
  • knifeman17n. A man who uses a knife as a weapon.
  • knightly19adj. Of or pertaining to a knight or knights.
  • knitting13n. The action of the verb to knit; the process of producing knitted...
  • knitwear15n. Knitted garments.
  • knockers18n. A woman's breasts.
  • knocking19n. An act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced.
  • knockoff24n. An imitation of something, particularly a well-known product, usually...
  • knockout18n. The act of making one unconscious, or at least unable to come back on...
  • knothole15n. In a piece of lumber, a void left by a knot in the wood; such holes are...
  • knotless12adj. Without knots.
  • knotting13n. The formation of a knot.
  • knotweed16n. Any of several plants of the genus Polygonum, with jointed stems and...
  • knotwork19n. A design or pattern of interlocking or overlapping geometric shapes...
  • knowable17adj. Capable of being known, understood or comprehended.
  • knuckled19adj. Having a certain type of knuckles.
  • knuckler18n. A knuckleball.
  • knurling13n. A knurled pattern.

9-letter words that start with KN

  • knackered20adj. Broken, inoperative.
  • kneeboard16n. A short (often less than 6'), broad (sometimes extremely broad)...
  • knifefish22n. Any of numerous fish with knife-shaped bodies, from several different...
  • knighting18n. The act of making somebody a knight.
  • knockback27n. A blow that causes the recipient to fall or move backwards, a knock...
  • knockdown23n. An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
  • knotgrass14n. An annual plant, Polygonum aviculare, found in fields and wasteland.
  • knowingly20adv. In the manner of one who knows.
  • knowledge18n. The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or...

10-letter words that start with KN

  • knifemaker23n. Someone who makes knives.
  • knifepoint19n. The pointed end of a knife.
  • knighthood22n. An honour whereby one is made into a knight, and whereafter one is...
  • knightmare20n. A figurative nightmare involving a knight, e.g. a crushing knight move...
  • knockabout22adj. Boisterous.

11-letter words that start with KN

  • kneecapping22n. The act of injuring the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the...
  • knowability23n. The quality or state of being knowable.
  • knowingness19n. The quality or state of being knowing.
  • knuckleball23n. A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released...

12-letter words that start with KN

  • knucklebones24n. A children's game, originally played with the knucklebones of sheep, in...

13-letter words that start with KN

  • knickerbocker31n. A linsey-woolsey fabric with a rough knotted surface on the right side...
  • knowledgeable24adj. Having knowledge, especially of a particular subject.
  • knowledgeably27adv. In a knowledgeable manner.
  • knuckleballer25n. A baseball pitcher known for throwing knuckleballs.

14-letter words that start with KN

  • knickerbockers32n. Men's or boys' baggy knee breeches, of a type particularly popular in...
262 rare words that start with KN

Questions about these words

How many words that start with KN are there?
Word.ws lists 100 words that start with KN, plus 262 rare ones.
What are common words that start with KN?
know, known, knowledge, knowing, knife, knock, knee and knight.
Which of the words that start with KN has the highest letter score?
knickerbockers scores 32 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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