5 Letter Words Ending in EN

Start with ALIEN. It splits the 183 5 letter words ending in en more evenly than any other first guess, and the full list sits below it.

Verb forms explain a good share of 5 letter words ending in EN, so a solver with the last pair confirmed has a sensible place to start.

Among them, past participles such as GIVEN and TAKEN end a familiar verb in EN, the form that follows has or have.

Because of them, a familiar verb is worth trying in the opening squares of the next guess, ahead of any stranger word that fits.

List of 5 Letter Words Ending in EN

ALIEN
ASHEN
COVEN
DOZEN
EATEN
GIVEN
GREEN
HAVEN
HYMEN
LADEN
LIKEN
LINEN
LUMEN
OAKEN
OFTEN
OLDEN
PREEN
QUEEN
RAMEN
RAVEN
RIPEN
RISEN
SEVEN
SHEEN
SIREN
TAKEN
TOKEN
VIXEN
WAXEN
WIDEN
WOKEN
WOMEN
WOVEN
ALLEN
COHEN
ACHEN
ADMEN
ALDEN
ALPEN
AMEEN
ARPEN
ASPEN
ATREN
AUGEN
AXMEN
BAKEN
BASEN
BEDEN
BEHEN
BEPEN
BIZEN
BODEN
BOXEN
BYSEN
CHIEN
CODEN
COLEN
COPEN
COSEN
COZEN
CREEN
DAREN
DAVEN
DAWEN
DEBEN
DIZEN
DOVEN
DOYEN
EETEN
EEVEN
ELLEN
ELMEN
ELVEN
EMDEN
EMLEN
ERVEN
EYREN
FADEN
FRDEN
FREEN
GALEN
GLEEN
HAZEN
HEBEN
HELEN
HEMEN
HENEN
HIREN
HIZEN
HOGEN
HOSEN
HOTEN
HOVEN
HSIEN
IMPEN
INKEN
KAREN
KETEN
KOHEN
KREEN
LAGEN
LATEN
LEBEN
LEDEN
LEVEN
LIFEN
LIMEN
LIVEN
LODEN
LOREN
LOSEN
LOWEN
LOZEN
LYKEN
MAVEN
MIXEN
MIZEN
MOTEN
MOYEN
NAREN
NEVEN
NOMEN
NUMEN
OATEN
ONSEN
OUTEN
OWSEN
OXMEN
PAREN
PATEN
PAVEN
PAYEN
PHREN
RASEN
REMEN
REPEN
REXEN
RHEEN
RIDEN
RIVEN
ROUEN
ROVEN
ROWEN
RUMEN
SAFEN
SAMEN
SAZEN
SEMEN
SEWEN
SEYEN

Common 5 Letter Words Ending in EN

WOMEN
GIVEN
OFTEN
TAKEN
GREEN
SEVEN
QUEEN
DOZEN
ALIEN
HAVEN
TOKEN
LADEN
ALLEN
COHEN

Best 5 Letter Words Ending in EN for Wordle

ALIEN
LADEN
HAVEN
WOMEN
GIVEN
OFTEN
TAKEN
GREEN
SEVEN
QUEEN
DOZEN
TOKEN
EATEN
RISEN
RAVEN
LINEN
WOVEN
SIREN
WOKEN
RAMEN
SHEEN
WIDEN
LUMEN
COVEN
VIXEN
OLDEN
RIPEN
HYMEN
LIKEN
ASHEN
PREEN
OAKEN
WAXEN

5 Letter Words Ending in EN by Third Letter

5 Letter Words Ending in DEN

LADEN
WIDEN
OLDEN
ALDEN
BODEN
EMDEN
WODEN
FADEN
LODEN
RIDEN
CODEN
BEDEN

5 Letter Words Ending in EEN

GREEN
QUEEN
SHEEN
PREEN
TWEEN
STEEN
AMEEN
SKEEN
TREEN
WHEEN
CREEN
SPEEN

5 Letter Words Ending in KEN

TAKEN
TOKEN
WOKEN
LIKEN
OAKEN
WAKEN
SOKEN
BAKEN
INKEN
LYKEN
TYKEN
UNKEN

5 Letter Words Ending in MEN

WOMEN
RAMEN
LUMEN
HYMEN
YEMEN
SEMEN
RUMEN
NOMEN
YAMEN
NUMEN
SAMEN
LIMEN

5 Letter Words Ending in PEN

RIPEN
ASPEN
ALPEN
COPEN
ARPEN
BEPEN
IMPEN
REPEN
TAPEN
UNPEN

5 Letter Words Ending in REN

SIREN
KAREN
LOREN
DAREN
WEREN
SYREN
NAREN
PAREN
HIREN
ATREN
EYREN
PHREN

5 Letter Words Ending in SEN

RISEN
ONSEN
RASEN
HOSEN
LOSEN
WISEN
COSEN
BASEN
BYSEN
OWSEN

5 Letter Words Ending in TEN

OFTEN
EATEN
PATEN
OUTEN
MOTEN
OATEN
LATEN
EETEN
HOTEN
KETEN
WITEN

5 Letter Words Ending in VEN

GIVEN
SEVEN
HAVEN
RAVEN
WOVEN
COVEN
MAVEN
RIVEN
ELVEN
LIVEN
LEVEN
NEVEN

5 Letter Words Ending in WEN and XEN

VIXEN
WAXEN
LOWEN
ROWEN
BOXEN
DAWEN
MIXEN
REXEN
SEWEN
WOXEN
YEWEN

5 Letter Words Ending in ZEN

DOZEN
HAZEN
ZAZEN
MIZEN
COZEN
BIZEN
UNZEN
HIZEN
DIZEN
LOZEN
SAZEN
WEZEN

5 Letter Words Ending in EN by Starting Letter

5 Letter Words Starting With A and Ending in EN

ALIEN
ASHEN
ALLEN
ASPEN
ALDEN
AMEEN
AUGEN
ALPEN
ACHEN
ADMEN
ARPEN
ATREN

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with A

5 Letter Words Starting With E and Ending in EN

EATEN
ELLEN
ELVEN
EMDEN
EMLEN
ERVEN
EETEN
EEVEN
ELMEN
EYREN

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with E

5 Letter Words Starting With H and Ending in EN

HAVEN
HYMEN
HELEN
HSIEN
HAZEN
HOVEN
HOSEN
HIREN
HOGEN
HEBEN
HEMEN
HIZEN

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with H

5 Letter Words Starting With L and Ending in EN

LADEN
LINEN
LUMEN
LIKEN
LOREN
LIVEN
LEVEN
LEBEN
LOWEN
LODEN
LOSEN
LATEN

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with L

5 Letter Words Starting With R and Ending in EN

RISEN
RAVEN
RAMEN
RIPEN
ROUEN
RIVEN
RUMEN
ROWEN
RASEN
RIDEN
ROVEN
REMEN

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with R

5 Letter Words Starting With S and Ending in EN

SEVEN
SIREN
SHEEN
SEMEN
STEEN
SKEEN
SYREN
SOLEN
SAMEN
SOKEN
SPEEN
SILEN

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with S

5 Letter Words Starting With W and Ending in EN

WOMEN
WOVEN
WOKEN
WIDEN
WAXEN
WAKEN
WEREN
WODEN
WHEEN
WISEN
WEZEN
WITEN

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with W

Highest Scoring 5 Letter Words Ending in EN in Scrabble

WIZEN 17 points
COZEN 16 points
MIZEN 16 points
DIZEN 15 points
DOZEN 15 points
VIXEN 15 points
QUEEN 14 points
HYMEN 13 points
WAKEN 12 points
HAVEN 11 points

Meanings of 5 Letter Words Ending in EN

LIMEN: The smallest detectable sensation.
COZEN: Cheat or trick.
OATEN: Of or related to or derived from oats.
MIZEN: Fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast.
OAKEN: Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree. It is on the answer list.
PREEN: Clean with one's bill. It is on the answer list.
DOYEN: A man who is the senior member of a group.
WAKEN: Stop sleeping.
ASHEN: Anemic looking from illness or emotion; ; ; ; ; – Mary W. Shelley. It is on the answer list.
HYMEN: A fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin. It is on the answer list.
LIKEN: Consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous. It is on the answer list.
LIVEN: Make lively.
RIPEN: Grow ripe. It is on the answer list.
OLDEN: Long past. It is on the answer list.

FAQs

What are 5 letter words ending in EN?

There are 183 of them. The everyday ones include WOMEN, GIVEN, OFTEN, TAKEN and GREEN.

How many 5 letter words end in EN?

183 in total, and 33 of them are on the Wordle answer list.

Which 5 letter words ending in EN are Wordle answers?

33 of them have been answers, among them SEVEN, QUEEN, DOZEN, ALIEN and HAVEN.

What 5 letter words start with L and end in EN?

18 of them, including LADEN, LINEN, LUMEN, LIKEN and LOREN.

Can a Wordle answer end in EN?

Yes. WOMEN, GIVEN and OFTEN all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.

Do any of these use the same letter twice?

Yes. GREEN and SEVEN are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.

Is DIZEN really a word?

Yes. Dress up garishly and tastelessly. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.

Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?

WOMEN. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.

Are all of these accepted as guesses?

Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. YOVEN and YEWEN are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.

Which of these would most players overlook?

ASHEN, HYMEN and LIKEN. All three are on the answer list, and none is a word you would reach for early, so they are worth remembering once the obvious guesses run out.

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