5-letter words with K as the 1st letter and A as the 2nd letter

The fixed KA opening narrows the search to 80 tournament-dictionary words, but only 3 rank among the top 25,000 English words by wordfreq frequency. KARMA, KAYAK, and KAZOO are familiar examples; many other entries are less common. The pattern has 3 matching Wordle answers and 80 allowed guesses, so its guess pool is much broader than its answer pool.

5-letter words with K as the 1st letter and A as the 2nd letter

• The pattern contains 80 five-letter words, all beginning KA.
• Collins includes 78, NWL2023 includes 46, and ENABLE includes 41.
• Only 3 entries meet the common-word cutoff.
• The most frequent final letter is S, found in 36 words; 8 end in A.
• The words average 11.6 points each.

How many of these are Wordle answers?

Three of the 80 entries are Wordle answers, and all 80 are allowed guesses. That gap gives you a much larger testing pool than answer pool, even though just 3 entries qualify as common by wordfreq's top-25,000 cutoff.

Recognizable examples include KARMA, KAYAK, and KAZOO, but familiarity does not make a word a confirmed answer. The individual answer names are not identified here, so use the pattern alongside your revealed tiles rather than treating those examples as solutions.

After KA, S is the most common final letter: 36 words end that way, compared with 8 ending in A. If your last tile is confirmed as S, that ending is far more frequent than A, E, I, K, or Y, each of which closes 4 words.

Which KA words score highest?

KARZY leads the scoring list at 21 points; KAZOO, KAZIS, and KANZU each score 18. KAYAK and KANJI follow at 16, while KAPOK and KAMIK score 15. The Z-heavy options stand out on base tile values, though premium squares can change a board total.

Frequency and game acceptance are separate tests: just 3 are common, while the 80-word set includes entries from at least one tournament dictionary. That coverage varies: ENABLE has 41, NWL2023 has 46, and Collins has 78. Check your game's word list before building a play around an unfamiliar entry.