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5 Letter Words Starting with KN

38 valid five-letter words that begin with KN – helpful when you have green tiles in positions 1 and 2 in Wordle.

There are 38 five-letter words matching this pattern in the Wordle word list, including 10 possible Wordle answers. Common examples include KNOWN, KNOCK, KNIFE, KNEEL, KNACK.

38 words  ·  10 possible Wordle answers

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"Answers" are the 2,315 words from the official NYT Wordle answer pool – these are the only words that can appear as the day's puzzle. All other valid 5-letter words can be used as guesses but will never be the answer.
KNARL
KNARL
KNELT
KNELT
Answer
KNARS
KNARS
KNULE
KNULE
KNAUR
KNAUR
KNEAD
KNEAD
Answer
KNAWE
KNAWE
KNOTS
KNOTS
KNAVE
KNAVE
Answer
KNITS
KNITS
KNURL
KNURL
KNOUT
KNOUT
KNIFE
KNIFE
Answer
KNEEL
KNEEL
Answer
KNURS
KNURS
KNOWE
KNOWE
KNISH
KNISH
KNAPS
KNAPS
KNIVE
KNIVE
KNAGS
KNAGS
KNUTS
KNUTS
KNOSP
KNOSP
KNEES
KNEES
KNOPS
KNOPS
KNOUD
KNOUD
KNEED
KNEED
Answer
KNELL
KNELL
KNOBS
KNOBS
KNOLL
KNOLL
Answer
KNOWS
KNOWS
KNURR
KNURR
KNUBS
KNUBS
KNOWD
KNOWD
KNACK
KNACK
Answer
KNOOP
KNOOP
KNOCK
KNOCK
Answer
KNICK
KNICK
KNOWN
KNOWN
Answer

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This page lists all 38 five-letter words matching the constraint above from the complete Wordle-valid word list of 14,855 words. Words marked Answer are from the NYT Wordle answer pool of 2,315 words – these are the ones that can actually appear as the day's puzzle.

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