Words That Start with KY

There are 20 words that start with KY on Word.ws, from 3 to 11 letters. The most common length is 4 letters (4 words). The words used most often are kyle, kylie, kyrie, kyu and kye.

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

3-letter words that start with KY

kye10n. Cocoa (the drink).
kyu10n. A grade or rank in various Japanese activities such as martial arts...

4-letter words that start with KY

kyaa11interj. An expression of surprise or dismay.
kyan11n. A hot sauce prepared from cayenne pepper.
kyat11n. The official currency of Myanmar.
kyle11n. A narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the mainland...

5-letter words that start with KY

kylie12n. A boomerang.
kylix19n. An Ancient Greek drinking cup with a stem, two handles, and a broad...
kyrie12n. A short prayer or petition including the phrase kyrie eleison, meaning...
kyudo13n. A Japanese form of archery.

6-letter words that start with KY

kyklos17n. In Ancient Greece, a raised platform within the agora, where goods were...
kyodai14n. A high-ranking member of the yakuza, accountable to the shatei gashira.
kyoung14n. A Buddhist monastery in Burma.
kyrios13n. The male head of a household in Ancient Greece.

7-letter words that start with KY

kyanite14n. A blue neosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅, found in metamorphic rocks.

8-letter words that start with KY

kyphosis20n. The normal convex curvature of the spine in the thoracic and sacral...

9-letter words that start with KY

kynurenic18adj. Of or pertaining to kynurenic acid or its derivatives.
kyokushin23n. A style of stand-up, full-contact karate originating in Japan, based on...

10-letter words that start with KY

kynurenine17n. A metabolite, 2-amino-4-(2-aminophenyl)- 4-oxo-butanoic acid, that is...

11-letter words that start with KY

kyphoplasty28n. A medical procedure that restores the original height and angle of...

72 rare words that start with KY

Questions about these words

How many words that start with KY are there?: Word.ws lists 20 words that start with KY, plus 72 rare ones.
What are common words that start with KY?: kyle, kylie, kyrie, kyu, kye, kyanite, kyphosis and kyokushin.
Which of the words that start with KY has the highest letter score?: kyphoplasty scores 28 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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