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4-letter words starting with KE
There are 24 4-letter words starting with KE in the standard word-game list. The most common are keep, kept, keen, kent, kemp, keel.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| keep | the financial means whereby one lives | 10 |
| kept | (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded | 10 |
| keen | having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions | 8 |
| kent | To propel (a boat) using a pole. | 8 |
| kemp | Coarse, rough hair, wool, or fur; (in the plural) knotty hairs that will not felt. | 12 |
| keel | a projection or ridge that suggests a keel | 8 |
| kern | the part of a metal type that projects beyond its body | 8 |
| kelp | large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds | 10 |
| kegs | Underpants. | 9 |
| keno | a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards | 8 |
| kerb | an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) | 10 |
| keck | To heave or retch as if to vomit. | 14 |
| keek | To peek; peep. | 12 |
| keet | A lorikeet or parakeet. | 8 |
| kepi | a cap with a flat circular top and a visor | 10 |
| kerf | The act of cutting or carving something; a stroke or slice. | 11 |
| keto | The carbonyl group of a ketone. | 8 |