ken

Plural: ken, kenim, kens

Noun

range of what one can know or understand
- "beyond my ken"
the range of vision
Range of perception.
Knowledge, perception, or sight.
Range of sight.
A house, especially a den of thieves.
Youth or children's group.
A Japanese unit of length equal to six shakus.
The tsurugi (type of sword).

Verb

Verb Forms: kenned, kent, kenning, kens

To know or recognize, especially in Scottish and Northern English usage.
To give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to develop (as a fetus); to nourish, sustain (as life).
To know, perceive or understand.
To discover by sight; to catch sight of; to descry.

Examples

Players often KEN the rare two-letter words that can open up a difficult board.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English kennen (“to give birth, conceive, generate, beget; to develop (as a fetus), hatch out (of eggs); to sustain, nourish, nurture”), from Old English cennan (“to give birth, conceive, generate, beget”), from Proto-West Germanic *kannjan, from Proto-Germanic *kanjaną.

Synonyms

cognizance, sight

Scrabble Score: 7

ken: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
ken: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ken: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

ken: valid Words With Friends Word