knee: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 8 letter points · starts with K · ends with E
Meaning of knee
noun
In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
Example: Penny was wearing a miniskirt, so she skinned her exposed knees when she fell.
In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
In birds: The tarsal joint, uniting the tarsometatarsus and the tibiotarsus (homologous to the human ankle).
In birds: The joint uniting the tibiotarsus and the femur, typically hidden beneath plumage.
Listed forms: knees, kneen.
Source: Wiktionary — knee.
verb
- transitive
To poke or strike with the knee.
Example: When I blocked her from leaving, she kneed me in the groin.
- reflexive
To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.
- archaic, transitive
To kneel to.
Listed forms: knees, kneeing, kneed.
Source: Wiktionary — knee.
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 knee.
noun
hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
- knee joint
- human knee
- articulatio genus
- genu
noun
joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is knee in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of knee
K(5) + N(1) + E(1) + E(1) = 8 points.
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Anagrams of knee
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from knee
6 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in knee. Showing up to 24, longest first.