4 Letter Words Starting with K

Common four-letter words that start with K

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• know 11/12 be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information
• keep 10/11 cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
• kind 9/10 a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
• kill 8/10 cause to die
• knew 11/12
• kids 9/9 (form of kid) tell false information to for fun
• king 9/11 a male sovereign
• kiss 8/8 the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
• kept 10/11 (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
• kick 14/15 drive or propel with the foot
• keys 11/10 (form of key) metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
• kirk 12/12 a Scottish church
• knee 8/9 hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
• kane 8/9
• kent 8/9 a county in southeastern England on the English Channel
• keen 8/9 having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
• khan 11/11 a title given to rulers or other important people in Asian countries
• knot 8/9 a tight cluster of people or things
• knob 10/12 a circular rounded projection or protuberance
• kite 8/8 a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
• kemp 12/14
• knit 8/9 make (textiles) by knitting
• kris 8/8 a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
• kilo 8/9 one thousand grams
• kelp 10/12 large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds
• keel 8/9 a projection or ridge that suggests a keel
• kern 8/9 United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945)
• kits 8/8 (form of kit) a case for containing a set of articles
• kegs 9/10 (form of keg) the quantity contained in a keg
• keno 8/9 a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
• kiwi 11/11 climbing vine native to China
• kook 12/12 someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
• kink 12/13 a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
• kilt 8/9 a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of the traditional dress in the Highlands of northern Scotland
• kale 8/9 informal terms for money
• kiln 8/10 a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks
• kerb 10/11 an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
• kana 8/9
• kayo 11/10 a blow that renders the opponent unconscious
• kuru 8/10 a progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to…
• kudo 9/10
• keck 14/15
• kail 8/9 a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
• kith 11/10 your friends and acquaintances
• karn 8/9
• kava 11/12 an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub
• koto 8/8 Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither
• kola 8/9 tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine
• keek 12/12
• kens 8/9 (form of ken) range of what one can know or understand

All 120 four-letter words that start with K

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