5-Letter Words Starting With K and Ending in E
There are 13 five-letter words starting with K and ending in E in our dictionary; 3 of them are common words.
Type your own letters to find only the 5-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.
All 13 words
- knife12 points
- knave12 points
- krone9 points
- kopje18 points
- kedge11 points
- kerne9 points
- koine9 points
- kythe15 points
- kibbe13 points
- keeve12 points
- kithe12 points
- kyrie12 points
- kluge10 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 13
- By usage: 1 very common, 2 common, 10 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- kopje 18
- kythe 15
- kibbe 13
- keeve 12
- kithe 12
- knave 12
- knife 12
- kyrie 12
- kedge 11
- kluge 10
Most common
- knife
- knave
- krone
- kopje
- kedge
- kerne
- koine
- kythe
- kibbe
- keeve
Definitions
- knife (noun)
- Edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle.
- knave (noun)
- A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
- krone (noun)
- The basic unit of money in Norway.
- kopje (noun)
- A small hill rising up from the African veld.
Words that start with K and end in E come up constantly in tile games, crosswords and daily letter puzzles, and this page gathers all 13 of the five-letter ones. The most useful are the common words at the top of the list; the rare ones at the bottom are worth knowing when you need to hook onto an awkward board position. KOPJE is the top scorer here, worth 18 points before any board multiplier.
How to use this page
Start by scanning the common words at the top; they are the ones most likely to be accepted and remembered. Then check the quick facts for the highest-scoring options. If you have a rack in front of you, the search box applies this page's constraint to your letters and returns only what you can play.
Tips
If you know some letters of a word and their positions, a pattern search finds it faster than scanning a list. Open the word finder, type the word with question marks for the unknown letters, and every match appears immediately. You can combine a pattern with the starts-with and ends-with filters to narrow the set further. This works for crosswords, for daily five-letter puzzles and for any tile game where a board word gives you two or three fixed letters.
Questions
Which five-letter words starting with K and ending in E are the most common?
KNIFE, KNAVE and KRONE are among the most familiar. The list is sorted with everyday words first, and the very common ones carry a small dot, so you can read the top of the page and skip the obscure entries at the bottom.
Can I search this list with my own letters?
Yes. Type your letters into the search box at the top of the page, using a question mark for a blank, and the tool will show only the five-letter words starting with K and ending in E you can actually spell from that rack, with scores.