ken
/kɛn/
verbnoun
To know, perceive or understand.
NWL
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ENABLE
Verb 1 meaning
To know, perceive or understand.
Noun 4 meanings
Range of perception.
Knowledge, perception, or sight.
Range of sight.
Youth or children's group.
Where it comes from
Etymology
From Middle English kennen (“to give birth, conceive, generate, beget; to develop (as a fetus), hatch out (of eggs); to sustain, nourish, nurture”), from Old English cennan (“to give birth, conceive, generate, beget”), from Proto-West Germanic *kannjan, from Proto-Germanic *kanjaną.
KEN at a glance
KEN has 3 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (K 5 + E 1 + N 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,967 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with ken
All rhymes- TAKEN9
- BROKEN12
- CHICKEN18
- SPOKEN12
- MISTAKEN14
- UNDERTAKEN15
- TOKEN9
- DRUNKEN12
- SHAKEN13
- STRICKEN14
- WEAKEN13
- HEARTBROKEN20
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