5 letter words starting with KN
There are 38 five-letter words that start with KN.
10 of them were in Wordle's original answer list; the other 28 are accepted as guesses.
Words that start with KN that were Wordle answers (10)
- KNACK
- KNAVE
- KNEAD
- KNEED
- KNEEL
- KNELT
- KNIFE
- KNOCK
- KNOLL
- KNOWN
Other accepted guesses that start with KN (28)
- KNAGS
- KNAPS
- KNARL
- KNARS
- KNAUR
- KNAWE
- KNEES
- KNELL
- KNICK
- KNISH
- KNITS
- KNIVE
- KNOBS
- KNOOP
- KNOPS
- KNOSP
- KNOTS
- KNOUD
- KNOUT
- KNOWD
- KNOWE
- KNOWS
- KNUBS
- KNULE
- KNURL
- KNURR
- KNURS
- KNUTS
Good guesses from this list
Words from this list whose letters are the most common among these 38 words, so they cut the list down fastest: KNOLL, KNAVE, KNOWN, KNEAD, KNELT, KNOCK.
Which letters go where
| Position | Most common letters (word count) |
|---|---|
| First letter | K (38) |
| Second letter | N (38) |
| Third letter | O (13), A (8), E (6) |
| Fourth letter | R (5), W (5), L (4) |
| Fifth letter | S (12), E (6), L (5) |
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Related lists
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