4 Letter Words Starting With K
All 121 4-letter words that start with K, most common first, with pronunciation and meaning.
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121 words
- know/ˈnoʊ/the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
- keep/ˈkip/a cell in a jail or prison
- kind/ˈkaɪnd/a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- kill/ˈkɪɫ/the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
- knew/ˈnju/
- kids/ˈkɪdz/
- king/ˈkɪŋ/(chess) the weakest but the most important piece
- kept/ˈkæpt/(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
- kiss/ˈkɪs/a light glancing touch
- kick/ˈkɪk/the act of delivering a blow with the foot
- keys/ˈkiz/
- knee/ˈni/joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped
- khan/ˈkɑn/an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans
- keen/ˈkin/a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
- kent/ˈkɛnt/a county in southeastern England on the English Channel
- kirk/ˈkɝk/a Scottish church
- kane/ˈkeɪn/
- knot/ˈnɑt/a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
- kris/ˈkɹɪs/a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
- kite/ˈkaɪt/any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
- kilo/ˈkɪˌɫoʊ/one thousand grams
- knob/ˈnɑb/a round handle
- knit/ˈnɪt/needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine
- kale/ˈkeɪɫ/coarse curly-leafed cabbage
- kemp/ˈkɛmp/
- keel/ˈkiɫ/one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel
- kern/ˈkɝn/the part of a metal type that projects beyond its body
- kits/ˈkɪts/
- kayo/keɪˈoʊ/a blow that renders the opponent unconscious
- kiwi/ˈkiwi/nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs
- kook/ˈkuk/someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
- kelp/ˈkɛɫp/large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds
- koto/ˈkoʊtoʊ/Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither
- kohl/ˈkoʊɫ/a cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids
- kilt/ˈkɪɫt/a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of the traditional dress in the Highlands of northern Scotland
- kana/ˈkænə/
- kudo
- kegs/ˈkɛɡz/
- kinka difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation
- kiln/ˈkɪɫn/a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks
- kike(ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew
- kamione the Shinto deities (including mythological beings, spirits of distinguished men, forces of nature)
- kapa
- kata
- keno/ˈkinoʊ/a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
- kaka
- kerb/ˈkɝb/an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
- kens
- kinoEast Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning
- keck/ˈkɛk/
- kithyour friends and acquaintances
- kurua progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the…
- karn/ˈkɑɹn/
- kors
- kats/ˈkæts/
- kart
- kavaan alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub
- kore(Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter
- kinedomesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
- kame
- kolaa Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad
- keto/ˈkeɪtoʊ/
- kiva
- kaif
- koss/ˈkɔs/
- kudueither of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush
- kins
- khat/ˈkɑt/the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea
- kerf
- kips
- koel
- kakiblackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt
- kain/ˈkeɪn/
- kinathe basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea
- keef/ˈkif/
- keir/ˈkiɹ/
- kepia cap with a flat circular top and a visor
- kier/ˈkɪɹ/
- keek
- kobo100 kobos equal 1 naira in Nigeria
- kadi
- kops/ˈkɑps/
- kolo
- koana paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution
- kirs
- kail/ˈkeɪɫ/coarse curly-leafed cabbage
- kaonan unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision
- kays/ˈkeɪz/
- kagu
- kief/ˈkif/
- kyatthe basic unit of money in Myanmar
- keps
- kist/ˈkɪst/
- konk
- khet
- keas/ˈkiz/
- kaas/ˈkɑs/
- kvas
- kaes
- knapbreak a small piece off from
4-letter words starting with K
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How many 4 letter words start with K?
There are 121 4-letter words starting with K in our dictionary.