The Scala code for the same task gets the job done in half as many lines:
http://capecoder.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/spellchecker-in-sc...
Concerning verbosity I believe Scala to be a more compact language. The point of Kotlin though - according to JetBrains - is to make Java more safe and concise but simpler than Scala.
That said, I/O handling in the Kotlin example can probably be reduced by 2-3 lines using alternative functions from Kotlin stdlib.