ken: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 7 letter points · starts with K · ends with N
Meaning of ken
verb
- obsolete
To give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to develop (as a fetus); to nourish, sustain (as life).
Listed forms: kens, kenning, kenned.
Source: Wiktionary — ken.
verb
- Scotland, transitive
To know, perceive or understand.
- Scotland, obsolete
To discover by sight; to catch sight of; to descry.
Listed forms: kens, kenning, kenned, kent.
Source: Wiktionary — ken.
noun
- uncountable
Range of perception.
- uncountable
Knowledge, perception, or sight.
- uncountable
Range of sight.
Source: Wiktionary — ken.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for ken.
noun
range of what one can know or understand
noun
the range of vision
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is ken in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of ken
K(5) + E(1) + N(1) = 7 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of ken
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from ken
2 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in ken. Showing up to 24, longest first.