Yes. KA is a valid word.
KA is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
KA is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About KA
The Egyptians believed the ka was a spirit double born with each person and living on after death. KA is a valuable play for the 5-point K, which has few two-letter homes: KA, KI and OK.
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KA scores 6 points
Before any bonus squares: K 5 + A 1 = 6. On a double-word square that's 12, on a triple-word 18, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: KA as the first play
Later in the game, put the K on a 3L square and KA is worth 16 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
Longer words from KA
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of KA and these are still words:
Same letters, other words
No other word in the list uses exactly the letters K and A.
Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more
KA + B
KA + C
KA + D
- DAKEast Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye
KA + F
KA + P
KA + R
- ARKa boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood
KA + S
- ASKmake a request or demand for something to somebody
Memory tip
KA is the Egyptian spirit double, and BA is the Egyptian soul: both Egyptian, both end in A. KAB, KAE, KAF, KAS, KAT and KAY hook off the end.
On these lists
Other two-letter words starting with K
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Tileside keeps score, checks words like this one during a challenge, tracks the tiles left in the bag and times turns. It runs in your phone's browser with no account and works offline.
Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins. Playing the international (Collins) list? Turn on its 20 extra two-letter words in Setup.
Word list: NASPA Word List 2023, used under license. NASPA Word List 2023 Edition © NASPA 2023. The copy included in this app is licensed for personal use. You may not use it for any commercial purposes.
Works with the Scrabble board game, played at the table. Tileside is an independent product, not affiliated with or endorsed by the makers of Scrabble.