known
Known is also used as adjective, with meanings including apprehended with certainty.
Length
5
Scrabble
12
WWF
14
Starts
KN
Ends
OWN
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “KNOWN” Mean?
/nəʊn/
known has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 senseapprehended with certainty
“a known quantity”
“the limits of the known world”
“a musician known throughout the world”
“a known criminal”
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Word Intelligence
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Definition
apprehended with certainty
Length
5 letters
Starts With
K
Ends With
N
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Letters
K, N, O, W, N
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆KNOWN has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆KNOWN is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆KNOWN can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆KNOWN contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCDB
CV Pattern
CCVCC
Vowel Share
20%
Consonant Share
80%
Bigrams
KN, NO, OW, WN
Trigrams
KNO, NOW, OWN
Crossword Intelligence
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