Definitions for kenos

kenos ke·no

Spelling: [kee-noh]
IPA: /ˈki noʊ/

Kenos is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 51 anagrams from letters in kenos (eknos).

Definitions for kenos

noun

  1. a game of chance, adapted from lotto for gambling purposes.

Origin of kenos

1805-15, Americanism; French quine five (winning numbers) (≪ Latin quinī five each) + (lott)o

Examples for kenos

His horse had disappeared, but Curly helped him to the back of keno.

From the very start he had come to keno with the intention of stealing her mine.

Then the night came on and the streets of keno were empty, except for the flying dirt.

The time had come when he must put his fortunes to the test and keno awaited him, anxiously.

A week has rolled into the past since the event at the keno den.

The Paymaster was dead, and keno was dead; and their eight hundred dollars was gone.

There's a sight of talk about the doin's of them faro an' keno sharps.

With that in his mind, he mounted—and turned keno's head toward Hartley.

He was after the Paymaster, and if he ever got hold of it–well, keno would come back to its own.

He went down to the stable, started to saddle keno, and then decided that he would not.

Word Value for kenos
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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