Playing words that start with KR
Leading with KR lets you hook onto open columns and reach premium squares. Scan the high-scoring entries above first — they offer the best return when you have the tiles.
A quick statistical tour
A few numbers before you scroll: the 59 words here run from 4 to 15 letters, with 6-letter words the largest group (17 entries). Wordle players have 10 five-letter options, and there are 9 seven-letter candidates for a Scrabble bingo. The single best scorer is KRUMMHOLZ at 29 points before multipliers.
Chasing points? The best five entries here are KRUMMHOLZ (29), KREMLINOLOGISTS (22), KREMLINOLOGY (22), KREUTZERS (22), KREMLINOLOGIES (21). At 15 letters, KREMLINOLOGISTS is the longest word on the list; a typical entry scores around 14. Letter-wise, K is the workhorse — it appears in 59 of these words, ahead of R (59) and E (28).
Three easy picks from this list
- KRAALS — 6 letters for 10 points; every tile in it is a common draw, so it shows up rack after rack.
- KRAITS is easy to keep in memory: 6 letters, 10 points, and no awkward tiles to hunt for.
- Playing KRATER across a double-word square turns its base 10 points into 20 — solid value for 6 tiles.
Round out your set with KRAUTS (10), KRILLS (10), KRISES (10), KRONEN (10), KRONER (10) — all built from common tiles.
Learning words through KR
If you are studying English, KR is a high-leverage chunk: instead of memorising each word cold, anchor the KR pattern and let the surrounding letters vary. Word-game players get a parallel benefit — when a crossword grid or a Wordle guess reveals the KR sequence, this page is the complete candidate pool, already sorted by Scrabble value.
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Narrow it down
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