knight: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 14 letter points · starts with K · ends with T
Meaning of knight
noun
- broadly
An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.
Example: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
- modern
A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
- literary
A brave, chivalrous and honorable man devoted to a noble cause or love interest.
A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.
Listed forms: knights, knyght.
Source: Wiktionary — knight.
verb
- transitive
To confer knighthood upon.
Example: The king knighted the young squire.
- transitive
To promote (a pawn) to a knight.
Listed forms: knights, knighting, knighted.
Source: Wiktionary — knight.
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 knight.
noun
a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
verb
raise (someone) to knighthood
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is knight in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of knight
K(5) + N(1) + I(1) + G(2) + H(4) + T(1) = 14 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 knight
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 knight
31 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in knight. Showing up to 24, longest first.