10-letter words starting with K

275 ten-letter words start with K, but only 3 of them count as common words.

275 wordsTop pick KILOMETERSHighest score KOLKHOZNIK 34

3 of 275 are everyday words (1%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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S starts the most 10-letter words (4,235); Y starts the fewest (50). K ranks #21 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 275 · most-used first

KILOMETERS₁₆
KIDNAPPING₂₀
KILOMETRES₁₆
KIDNAPPERS₁₉
KNIGHTHOOD₂₂
KRYPTONITE₁₉
KICKBOXING₃₀
KINGFISHER₂₁
KINEMATICS₁₈
KEYSTROKES₂₁
KETTLEBELL₁₆
KOOKABURRA₂₀
KIMBERLITE₁₈
KLEBSIELLA₁₆
KNIFEPOINT₁₉
KINDNESSES₁₅
KNOCKDOWNS₂₄
KNOWLEDGES₁₉
KITTIWAKES₂₁
KNOCKABOUT₂₂
KABBALISTS₁₈
KILOGRAMME₁₉
KINGMAKERS₂₁
KEYLOGGERS₁₉
KILOJOULES₂₁
KICKSTARTS₂₀
KINDLINESS₁₅
KALLIKREIN₁₈
KNEECAPPED₂₁
KRUGERRAND₁₆
KARYOTYPES₂₂
KICKBOXERS₂₉
KETTLEDRUM₁₇
KNICKKNACK₃₀
KARMICALLY₂₁
KEYPRESSES₁₉
KERATINOUS₁₄
KINESCOPES₁₈
KNACKERING₂₁
KNOWLEDGED₂₀
KLEPTOCRAT₁₈
KILOCYCLES₂₁
KINGSNAKES₁₉
KNOCKBACKS₂₈
KERFUFFLES₂₃
KICKSTANDS₂₁
KARYOTYPIC₂₄
KEYBOARDER₂₀

Showing the top 48 of 275 words. See every valid word

All valid words 275

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

KABALISTIC₁₈
KABARAGOYA₂₀
KABBALISMS₂₀
KABBALISTS₁₈
KABELJOUWS₂₆
KADAITCHAS₂₀
KAFFIRBOOM₂₄
KAHIKATEAS₂₁
KAILYAIRDS₁₈
KAIROMONES₁₆
KAISERDOMS₁₇
KAISERISMS₁₆
KAISERSHIP₁₉
KALAMKARIS₂₀
KALANCHOES₁₉
KALENDARED₁₆
KALIPHATES₁₉
KALLIKREIN₁₈
KALLITYPES₁₉
KALSOMINED₁₇
KALSOMINES₁₆
KAMERADING₁₈
KANAMYCINS₂₁
KANGAROOED₁₆
KANTIKOYED₂₂
KAOLINISED₁₅
KAOLINISES₁₄
KAOLINITES₁₄
KAOLINITIC₁₆
KAOLINIZED₂₄
KAOLINIZES₂₃
KAOLINOSES₁₄
KAOLINOSIS₁₄
KARABINERS₁₆
KARANGAING₁₆
KARATEISTS₁₄
KARMICALLY₂₁
KARSTIFIED₁₈
KARSTIFIES₁₇
KARUHIRUHI₂₀
KARYOGAMIC₂₂
KARYOGRAMS₂₀
KARYOLOGIC₂₀
KARYOLYMPH₂₇
KARYOLYSES₂₀
KARYOLYSIS₂₀
KARYOLYTIC₂₂
KARYOPLASM₂₁
KARYOSOMES₁₉
KARYOTYPED₂₃
KARYOTYPES₂₂
KARYOTYPIC₂₄
KATABOLISM₁₈
KATHAKALIS₂₁
KAZATSKIES₂₇
KAZILLIONS₂₃
KEELHALING₁₈
KEELHAULED₁₈
KEELIVINES₁₇
KEELYVINES₂₀
KEENNESSES₁₄
KEEPERLESS₁₆
KEEPERSHIP₂₁
KEESHONDEN₁₈
KEFALOTIRI₁₇
KEFALOTYRI₂₀
KEFUFFLING₂₄
KELPFISHES₂₂
KELYPHITIC₂₄
KENNELLING₁₅
KENNETTING₁₅
KENOPHOBIA₂₁
KENOTICIST₁₆
KENSPECKLE₂₂
KENTLEDGES₁₆
KERATINISE₁₄
KERATINIZE₂₃
KERATINOUS₁₄
KERATOMATA₁₆
KERATOTOMY₁₉
KERBLOOEYS₁₉
KERBSTONES₁₆
KERCHIEFED₂₃
KERCHIEVES₂₂
KERFUFFLED₂₄
KERFUFFLES₂₃
KERMESITES₁₆
KERNELLING₁₅
KERNMANTEL₁₆
KERPLUNKED₂₁
KERSANTITE₁₄
KERSEYMERE₁₉
KERYGMATIC₂₂
KETCHUPIER₂₁
KETONAEMIA₁₆
KETONEMIAS₁₆
KETONURIAS₁₄
KETTLEBELL₁₆
KETTLEDRUM₁₇
KETTLEFULS₁₇
KEYBOARDED₂₁
KEYBOARDER₂₀
KEYBUTTONS₁₉
KEYLOGGERS₁₉
KEYPRESSES₁₉
KEYPUNCHED₂₅
KEYPUNCHER₂₄
KEYPUNCHES₂₄
KEYSTONING₁₈
KEYSTROKED₂₂
KEYSTROKES₂₁
KHALIFATES₂₀
KHANSAMAHS₂₂
KHEDIVATES₂₁
KHEDIVIATE₂₁
KHIDMUTGAR₂₁
KHITMUTGAR₂₀
KHUSKHUSES₂₄
KIBBITZERS₂₇
KIBBITZING₂₈
KIBBUTZNIK₃₁
KICKABOUTS₂₂
KICKAROUND₂₁
KICKBOARDS₂₃
KICKBOXERS₂₉
KICKBOXING₃₀
KICKPLATES₂₂
KICKSORTER₂₀
KICKSTANDS₂₁
KICKSTARTS₂₀
KIDDIEWINK₂₃
KIDDYWINKS₂₆
KIDNAPINGS₁₈
KIDNAPPEES₁₉
KIDNAPPERS₁₉
KIDNAPPING₂₀
KIDNEYLIKE₂₂
KIDOLOGIES₁₆
KIDOLOGIST₁₆
KIESELGUHR₁₈
KIESELGURS₁₅
KIESERITES₁₄
KILDERKINS₁₉
KILOCURIES₁₆
KILOCYCLES₂₁
KILOGRAMME₁₉
KILOJOULES₂₁
KILOLITERS₁₄
KILOLITRES₁₄
KILOMETERS₁₆
KILOMETRES₁₆
KILOMETRIC₁₈
KILOPARSEC₁₈
KILOPASCAL₁₈
KIMBERLITE₁₈
KINDLESSLY₁₈
KINDLINESS₁₅
KINDNESSES₁₅
KINEMATICS₁₈
KINESCOPED₁₉
KINESCOPES₁₈
KINESIPATH₁₉
KINETICIST₁₆
KINETOSOME₁₆
KINGCRAFTS₂₀
KINGFISHER₂₁
KINGFISHES₂₁
KINGLIHOOD₁₉
KINGLINESS₁₅
KINGMAKERS₂₁
KINGSNAKES₁₉
KINNIKINIC₂₀
KIRBIGRIPS₁₉
KIRKYAIRDS₂₂
KISSAGRAMS₁₇
KISSOGRAMS₁₇
KITCHENDOM₂₂
KITCHENERS₁₉
KITCHENETS₁₉
KITCHENING₂₀
KITSCHIEST₁₉
KITSCHNESS₁₉
KITTIWAKES₂₁
KIWIFRUITS₂₀
KIWISPORTS₁₉
KLANGFARBE₂₀
KLEBSIELLA₁₆
KLENDUSITY₁₈
KLEPHTISMS₂₁
KLEPTOCRAT₁₈
KLINOSTATS₁₄
KLONDIKERS₁₉
KLONDIKING₂₀
KLONDYKERS₂₂
KLONDYKING₂₃
KLOOCHMANS₂₁
KLOOTCHMAN₂₁
KLOOTCHMEN₂₁
KLUTZINESS₂₃
KNACKERIES₂₀
KNACKERING₂₁
KNACKINESS₂₀
KNACKWURST₂₃
KNAGGINESS₁₆
KNAPSACKED₂₃
KNAVESHIPS₂₂
KNEEBOARDS₁₇
KNEECAPPED₂₁
KNEECAPPER₂₀
KNEEPIECES₁₈
KNEVELLING₁₈
KNICKKNACK₃₀
KNICKPOINT₂₂
KNIFEPOINT₁₉
KNIFERESTS₁₇
KNIGHTAGES₁₉
KNIGHTHEAD₂₂
KNIGHTHOOD₂₂
KNIGHTLESS₁₈
KNIGHTLIER₁₈
KNIPHOFIAS₂₂
KNOBBINESS₁₈
KNOBBLIEST₁₈
KNOBKERRIE₂₀
KNOBSTICKS₂₂
KNOCKABOUT₂₂
KNOCKBACKS₂₈
KNOCKDOWNS₂₄
KNOCKWURST₂₃
KNOTHEADED₁₉
KNOTTINESS₁₄
KNOWINGEST₁₈
KNOWLEDGED₂₀
KNOWLEDGES₁₉
KNUBBLIEST₁₈
KNUCKLIEST₂₀
KOEKSISTER₁₈
KOHLRABIES₁₉
KOHUTUHUTU₂₀
KOLINSKIES₁₈
KOLKHOZNIK₃₄
KOMONDOROK₂₁
KOMPROMATS₂₀
KONIMETERS₁₆
KONISCOPES₁₈
KOOKABURRA₂₀
KOTTABOSES₁₆
KOTUKUTUKU₂₂
KOULIBIACA₁₈
KOURBASHED₂₀
KOURBASHES₁₉
KOUSKOUSES₁₈
KOWHAIWHAI₂₆
KRAKOWIAKS₂₅
KREASOTING₁₅
KREOSOTING₁₅
KRIEGSPIEL₁₇
KROMESKIES₂₀
KRUGERRAND₁₆
KRUMMHORNS₂₁
KRYOMETERS₁₉
KRYPTONITE₁₉
KUMARAHOUS₁₉
KUMMERBUND₂₁
KUNDALINIS₁₅
KURBASHING₂₀
KURDAITCHA₂₀
KURFUFFLED₂₄
KURFUFFLES₂₃
KURRAJONGS₂₂
KURTOSISES₁₄
KVETCHIEST₂₂
KVETCHINGS₂₃
KYMOGRAPHS₂₅
KYMOGRAPHY₂₈

Letters by positionIn 50% of these words the 10th letter is S.

2nd letter

I24%
A20%
E20%

3rd letter

R16%
O11%
N11%

7th letter

I13%
O9%
A9%

8th letter

I20%
E13%
S8%

9th letter

E33%
N12%
S9%

10th letter

S50%
D10%
G7%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 20 in Scrabble; KOLKHOZNIK tops the list with 34. Scores before board bonuses.

1414 points: 16 words
15 points: 11 words
1616 points: 30 words
17 points: 12 words
1818 points: 35 words
19 points: 35 words
2020 points: 36 words
21 points: 31 words
2222 points: 26 words
23 points: 15 words
2424 points: 11 words
25 points: 3 words
2626 points: 3 words
27 points: 3 words
2828 points: 3 words
29 points: 1 words
3030 points: 2 words
31 points: 1 words
3232 points: 0 words
33 points: 0 words
3434 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
KOLKHOZNIK	34	35	All three
KIBBUTZNIK	31	35	All three
KICKBOXING	30	34	All three
KNICKKNACK	30	34	All three
KICKBOXERS	29	31	All three
KNOCKBACKS	28	32	NWL only
KIBBITZING	28	32	All three
KYMOGRAPHY	28	28	All three
KIBBITZERS	27	29	All three
KARYOLYMPH	27	27	All three
KAZATSKIES	27	27	All three
KIDDYWINKS	26	26	Collins only

K opens just 275 of the ten-letter words, and only 3 belong to everyday vocabulary. Nearly half the list ends in S, and the average score is 19.6, the highest among these patterns. K-heavy words such as kickboxing and knickknack explain that number.

The ten-letter K list at a glance

275 ten-letter words start with K, and Collins holds 258 of them.
Only 3 entries are common words.
S ends 137 of them, almost exactly half the list.
Kolkhoznik carries the highest score at 34 points.
The average word scores 19.6, the top figure for these letters.
The K list shrinks from 583 seven-letter words to 275 at ten letters.

K is a late-alphabet rarity

K ranks 20th among the opening letters for ten-letter words, and it shows: S starts 4,235 words, C 3,455 and P 3,428, while K manages 275.

The letter is not the rarest, though. J opens 237 words, Q 167, Z 116, X 54 and Y 50, so K sits above five other letters.

For a grid, that ranking matters less than the endings. A K in the first square still leaves a long list to test, so use the final letter to cut it down.

Nearly half the list ends in S

S closes 137 of the 275 words, then D 28, G 19 and T 15. That ending profile is unusually narrow, which helps when only the final tile is known.

K also repeats inside these words. Kickboxing, knickknack, knockbacks and kibbitzing each use the letter twice or more, and all of them sit high on the score table. Both K tiles are worth keeping when the board offers a premium square.

Repeated K tiles carry the score table

Tip

Kolkhoznik scores 34 with three K tiles. Kibbutznik follows at 31, then kickboxing and knickknack at 30. Only 109 of the 275 are in ENABLE, so check your game's word list before playing the rarer ones.

Questions people ask

How many ten-letter words start with K?

The list holds 275 words, and 258 of them are in Collins. Only 3 count as common, so most entries are rarer than everyday vocabulary.

What is the highest-scoring ten-letter word starting with K?

Kolkhoznik tops the table at 34 points. Kibbutznik reaches 31, and kickboxing and knickknack tie at 30. Each word repeats the K tile at least twice.

What letter ends most ten-letter K words?

S ends 137 of the 275 words, close to half. D follows at 28, then G at 19 and T at 15, so the spread of endings is narrow.

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10-letter words starting with K

Best words to play first 275 · most-used first

Highest-scoring words

The ten-letter K list at a glance

K is a late-alphabet rarity

Nearly half the list ends in S

Repeated K tiles carry the score table

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