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3-Letter Words (2):
kae (7 points)
Scottish daw
Jackdaw Scot.
Jackdaw: Scot.
K·5+A·1+E·1 = 7 pts
kue (7 points)
Pee follower (wordplay)
Little-used letter
Its tail bisects its bowl in some types
K·5+U·1+E·1 = 7 pts
4-Letter Words (8):
kale (8 points)
Vegetable with a "dinosaur" variety
Leafy Vitamin A source
Leafy vegetable high in Vitamin K
K·5+A·1+L·1+E·1 = 8 pts
kame (10 points)
Hill of glacial material.
It's deposited when glacial ice melts
Ridge of glacial material.
K·5+A·1+M·3+E·1 = 10 pts
kane (8 points)
Citizen of Hollywood (wordplay)
Americana band with a limp (wordplay)
Xanadu's owner
K·5+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
kibe (10 points)
Crack in flesh
Chilblain, from Shakespeare's day.
Chilblain, to Shakespeare
K·5+I·1+B·3+E·1 = 10 pts
kine (8 points)
Cattle, found on a farm
The "lowing herd"
Cattle, to poets.
K·5+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
kite (8 points)
Bird (that can be flown!)
Airborne unit (wordplay)
Falcon for Franklin (wordplay)
K·5+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
knee (8 points)
Tricky joint (wordplay)
Banjo's perch (wordplay)
Bouncer's joint (wordplay)
K·5+N·1+E·1+E·1 = 8 pts
kyte (11 points)
Stomach Scot.
Stomach: Scot.
K·5+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
5-Letter Words (13):
kedge (11 points)
Type of anchor
Draw at sea gives king advantage
Kind of anchor
K·5+E·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 11 pts
keeve (12 points)
Brewer's vat.
Brewer's mash tub
Brewers mash tub
K·5+E·1+E·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
kerne (9 points)
Foot soldier for Brian Boru
Irish foot-soldier needing some thicker neckwear
Jet fuel
K·5+E·1+R·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
kibbe (13 points)
""An Eastern dish of ground lamb and crushed wheat, also KIBBEH, KIBBI""
K·5+I·1+B·3+B·3+E·1 = 13 pts
kithe (12 points)
Recognize: Obs
K·5+I·1+T·1+H·4+E·1 = 12 pts
kluge (10 points)
W.W. II field marshal
Inelegant fix for a glitch
WW II field marshal
K·5+L·1+U·1+G·2+E·1 = 10 pts
knave (12 points)
Untrustworthy guy say
Jack's nickname (wordplay)
Rat pack member (wordplay)
K·5+N·1+A·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
knife (12 points)
Sharp Grizzly Bear song (wordplay)
Bowie for one
Bolo for one
K·5+N·1+I·1+F·4+E·1 = 12 pts
koine (9 points)
Language of the New Testament.
A lingua franca
Carolyn Nancy Drew creator
K·5+O·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
kopje (18 points)
South African hill
South African word for a small hill
South African word meaning a low hill
K·5+O·1+P·3+J·8+E·1 = 18 pts
krone (9 points)
Danish bread (wordplay)
Ken or Rocky out of money (wordplay)
Danish dough (wordplay)
K·5+R·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
kyrie (12 points)
Section of the Mass
Hit for Mr. Mister
hit for Mr Mister
K·5+Y·4+R·1+I·1+E·1 = 12 pts
kythe (15 points)
""To make known (pr t KYDST), also KITHE""
K·5+Y·4+T·1+H·4+E·1 = 15 pts
6-Letter Words (20):
karate (10 points)
Class taken for kicks (wordplay)
Activity for blockbusters (wordplay)
Chopping spree (wordplay)
K·5+A·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
kebbie (14 points)
A rough walking stick
K·5+E·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+E·1 = 14 pts
keckle (16 points)
To protect by binding with rope
K·5+E·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
kelpie (12 points)
Australian sheep dog.
Water spirit, in form of a horse.
Water spirit of Celtic myth
K·5+E·1+L·1+P·3+I·1+E·1 = 12 pts
ketene (10 points)
Gas obtained from acetone.
Colorless, poisonous gas
Odorous gas
K·5+E·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
ketone (10 points)
Organic compound; to knee (anagram)
Chemical carbon compound.
Compound used in perfumes
K·5+E·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
ketose (10 points)
Mono-saccharide, for example
Type of sugar
Fruit sugar.
K·5+E·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
kettle (10 points)
Fine holder of fish (wordplay)
Mother's whistler (wordplay)
Type of drum in the kitchen (wordplay)
K·5+E·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
kibble (14 points)
Grind into pellets
Dry dog food
Pet food pellet
K·5+I·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
kiddie (12 points)
Young child (informal)
Word before pool or lit
Kind of car
K·5+I·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+E·1 = 12 pts
killie (10 points)
A freshwater fish
K·5+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+E·1 = 10 pts
kiltie (10 points)
Shoe with a fringed tongue
Tartan skirt sporter
Highlander, for example
K·5+I·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+E·1 = 10 pts
kinase (10 points)
Enzyme; sea ink (anagram)
Enzyme that adds a phosphate
Enzyme, as found in old cows
K·5+I·1+N·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
kindle (11 points)
Bit of light reading (wordplay)
Light (a flame)
Light reader (wordplay)
K·5+I·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
kirtle (10 points)
Woman's outer petticoat
Outer gown, in medieval wear
Coronation gown
K·5+I·1+R·1+T·1+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
kishke (17 points)
""A sausage, also KISHKA""
K·5+I·1+S·1+H·4+K·5+E·1 = 17 pts
kittle (10 points)
1983 A.L. Rookie of the Year
Touchy: Scot.
Touchy Scot.
K·5+I·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
kludge (12 points)
Inelegant software patch
Quick-and-dirty solution
Programmer's quick-and-dirty workaround
K·5+L·1+U·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
kookie (14 points)
Wild and crazy (Var.)
'77 Sunset Strip' character
Byrnes of "77 Sunset Strip"
K·5+O·1+O·1+K·5+I·1+E·1 = 14 pts
koppie (14 points)
""A small hill, also KOPJE""
K·5+O·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1 = 14 pts
7-Letter Words (20):
kainite (11 points)
Mineral source of potassium
Fertilizer the shrew absorbs in one
K·5+A·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
kantele (11 points)
A Finnish zither
German philosopher covers the Spanish, English or Finnish instrument
K·5+A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
kaoline (11 points)
China clay
K·5+A·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
kathode (15 points)
Lines written to a girl at a terminal
Girl carrying builder's tool to terminal, alternatively
K·5+A·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+D·2+E·1 = 15 pts
keelage (12 points)
Toll on a merchant ship entering a port
Merchant ship fee
Port duty
K·5+E·1+E·1+L·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
kernite (11 points)
Important ore of boron
K·5+E·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
keyhole (17 points)
Listening post (wordplay)
Critical space in surgery (wordplay)
Peeper's place (wordplay)
K·5+E·1+Y·4+H·4+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 17 pts
keynote (14 points)
Principal theme (eg of a speech)
One tyke (anagram)
Prevailing tone or idea of a speech
K·5+E·1+Y·4+N·1+O·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
khanate (14 points)
Realm ruled by a Mongol
Territory ruled by a prince or chief in Central Asia
K·5+H·4+A·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
khedive (18 points)
Viceroy of Egypt
Former viceroy of Egypt
Viceroy, he had entered Kiev another way
K·5+H·4+E·1+D·2+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 18 pts
kidlike (16 points)
Like a child
K·5+I·1+D·2+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 16 pts
killdee (12 points)
""A wading bird, also KILLDEER""
K·5+I·1+L·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+E·1 = 12 pts
kimchee (18 points)
Garlicky Korean cabbage dish
Garlicky Korean dish
National dish of Korea
K·5+I·1+M·3+C·3+H·4+E·1+E·1 = 18 pts
kleagle (12 points)
Official of sorts.
Big man in Ku Klux Klan.
K·5+L·1+E·1+A·1+G·2+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
knuckle (17 points)
A snack attack, you might say (wordplay)
Sandwich component (wordplay)
Joint (of veal or pork?)
K·5+N·1+U·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+E·1 = 17 pts
kokanee (15 points)
British Columbia brew
K·5+O·1+K·5+A·1+N·1+E·1+E·1 = 15 pts
kunzite (20 points)
A mineral
K·5+U·1+N·1+Z·10+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 20 pts
kyanise (14 points)
""To treat wood with a preservative, also KYANIZE""
K·5+Y·4+A·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 14 pts
kyanite (14 points)
Mined substance; any kite (anagram)
K·5+Y·4+A·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
kyanize (23 points)
""To treat wood with a preservative, also KYANISE""
K·5+Y·4+A·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 23 pts
8-Letter Words (26):
kalewife (18 points)
A female vegetable vendor
K·5+A·1+L·1+E·1+W·4+I·1+F·4+E·1 = 18 pts
kalifate (15 points)
The domain of a Muslim leader
K·5+A·1+L·1+I·1+F·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
kamacite (16 points)
Nickel-iron alloy found in meteorites
K·5+A·1+M·3+A·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
kamikaze (27 points)
Literally, "divine wind"
World War II danger
Wildly reckless one
K·5+A·1+M·3+I·1+K·5+A·1+Z·10+E·1 = 27 pts
kedgeree (14 points)
Gee! Derek has made a meal!
Endlessly continue holding tool in dish
Dish of rice, smoked fish and eggs
K·5+E·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 14 pts
keelhale (15 points)
""To rebuke severely, also KEELHAUL""
K·5+E·1+E·1+L·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
keepable (16 points)
Able to be kept
K·5+E·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
keepsake (18 points)
Lock of hair, maybe
Prom corsage, perhaps
Souvenir Japanese bar will do (wordplay)
K·5+E·1+E·1+P·3+S·1+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 18 pts
keratose (12 points)
Hornlike.
Hornlike
K·5+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
kerosene (12 points)
Paraffin oil (E, not I)
Camper's fuel, perhaps
Sore knee (anagram)
K·5+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
kerosine (12 points)
Cattle without love for oil
Aircraft fuel; paraffin oil
Love-god found among cattle, gathering fuel
K·5+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
keystone (15 points)
Central part (of a system)
Wedge-shaped arch piece (PA)
Cops perhaps find openers on pitch
K·5+E·1+Y·4+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
kickable (20 points)
Like a ball that's within reach of a footballer perhaps
K·5+I·1+C·3+K·5+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 20 pts
kidnapee (15 points)
One being held for ransom (Var.)
K·5+I·1+D·2+N·1+A·1+P·3+E·1+E·1 = 15 pts
kilobyte (17 points)
Storage unit, of a sort
PC memory unit
Cloud measure
K·5+I·1+L·1+O·1+B·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 17 pts
kilomole (14 points)
One thousand moles
K·5+I·1+L·1+O·1+M·3+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
kinglike (17 points)
Regal
K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 17 pts
kingside (14 points)
A part of a chessboard
K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
kissable (14 points)
Waiting for the buss (wordplay)
The Blarney Stone is
Like your sweetheart's lips
K·5+I·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
kitelike (16 points)
Resembling a high flier
K·5+I·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 16 pts
kneehole (15 points)
Type of desk.
Kind of desk
Type of desk
K·5+N·1+E·1+E·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
knoblike (18 points)
Like a knob
K·5+N·1+O·1+B·3+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 18 pts
knothole (15 points)
Board vacancy (wordplay)
Opening on the board (wordplay)
Board opening (wordplay)
K·5+N·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
knotlike (16 points)
Like a knot
K·5+N·1+O·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 16 pts
knowable (17 points)
Within one's ken.
Can be understood
Comprehensible
K·5+N·1+O·1+W·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 17 pts
kryolite (15 points)
""A mineral, also CRYOLITE, KRYOLITH""
K·5+R·1+Y·4+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
9-Letter Words (16):
kalanchoe (18 points)
Succulent houseplant with long-lasting blooms
K·5+A·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+E·1 = 18 pts
kaolinite (13 points)
Chief constituent of china clay
Clay mineral used in glossy paper
K·5+A·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
karyosome (18 points)
An irregular aggregation of chromatin in the nucleus of a cell not undergoing mitosis.
K·5+A·1+R·1+Y·4+O·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 18 pts
karyotype (21 points)
Cells
K·5+A·1+R·1+Y·4+O·1+T·1+Y·4+P·3+E·1 = 21 pts
kentledge (15 points)
Pigs of iron used for ballast.
K·5+E·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 15 pts
kerfuffle (22 points)
UK reel, triple forte, causing commotion
Noisy disturbance
Confusion, slangily
K·5+E·1+R·1+F·4+U·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+E·1 = 22 pts
keystroke (20 points)
Single motion during typing
Clicker's alternative
Typist's tap
K·5+E·1+Y·4+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+K·5+E·1 = 20 pts
kidnappee (18 points)
""-naps , -napping , -napped US -naps , -naping , -naped (tr) to carry off and hold (a person), usually for ransom [ kid 1 + obsolete nap to steal; see nab ]""
K·5+I·1+D·2+N·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+E·1 = 18 pts
kieserite (13 points)
Mineral in last bit of rock that is found at location containing erbium
K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
kilocycle (20 points)
One thousand periods per second
1,000 hertz, old style
Measure of frequency
K·5+I·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 20 pts
kilojoule (20 points)
1,000 watt-seconds
K·5+I·1+L·1+O·1+J·8+O·1+U·1+L·1+E·1 = 20 pts
kinescope (17 points)
Cathode-ray television tube.
Film version of a TV show.
Early TV medium
K·5+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 17 pts
kittiwake (20 points)
Small pearl-grey gull
Pool said to revive seabird
Feline heard to rouse bird
K·5+I·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+W·4+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 20 pts
kneadable (16 points)
That may be kneaded; capable of being worked into a mass.
K·5+N·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
knifelike (20 points)
Adjective meaning resembling
K·5+N·1+I·1+F·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 20 pts
knowledge (18 points)
Power, so they say
An organised body of information
More than equivalent to force.
K·5+N·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 18 pts
10-Letter Words (7):
kafkaesque (30 points)
Marked by bureaucratic absurdity
Menacingly complex, as a bureaucracy
Nightmarishly illogical, in a way
K·5+A·1+F·4+K·5+A·1+E·1+S·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1 = 30 pts
kenspeckle (22 points)
Having so marked an appearance as easily to be recognized.
K·5+E·1+N·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+E·1 = 22 pts
keratinize (23 points)
KERATIN a fibrous protein
K·5+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 23 pts
kerseymere (19 points)
A fine twilled woollen cloth
Twilled cloth of very fine wool
K·5+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 19 pts
kimberlite (18 points)
""A rock formation in South Africa containing peridotite, in which diamonds are formed.""
K·5+I·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
kinetosome (16 points)
See basal body .
K·5+I·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 16 pts
knobkerrie (20 points)
South African wooden weapon
Change from krone needed to join Hellish Biker Club
K·5+N·1+O·1+B·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+E·1 = 20 pts
11-Letter Words (6):
kilocalorie (17 points)
Unit of food energy content
K·5+I·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+E·1 = 17 pts
kinetochore (20 points)
""Either of two submicroscopic attachment points for chromosomal microtubules, present on each centromere during the process of cell division.""
K·5+I·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 20 pts
kinetoscope (19 points)
Invention of 1887
1896 invention.
K·5+I·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 19 pts
kitchenette (20 points)
Small breakfast area in the home
Small cooking room
Little space for cooking
K·5+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 20 pts
kitchenware (23 points)
7's 'pots and pans' (wordplay)
Cooking utensils
Possibly a new thicker set of culinary items
K·5+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 23 pts
knucklebone (23 points)
It's in your hand
K·5+N·1+U·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+E·1+B·3+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 23 pts
12-Letter Words (1):
kaleidoscope (21 points)
Producer of motion pictures (wordplay)
Constantly changing pattern
Optical pattern-making toy
K·5+A·1+L·1+E·1+I·1+D·2+O·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 21 pts
13-Letter Words (1):
knowledgeable (24 points)
Intelligent and well-informed
Savvy geek with deal blown unexpectedly
Intelligent beagle knew old criminal
K·5+N·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 24 pts

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