Yellow tiles are the hazard with 5 letter words that start with AN, because a few of them share every letter in a different order.
Players get caught this way by ANGEL and ANGLE, which differ only in where the E and the L stand.
If ANGEL turns the E and L yellow, the next guess swaps those letters and keeps the rest.
List of 5 Letter Words Starting With AN
- ANGEL
- ANGER
- ANGLE
- ANGRY
- ANGST
- ANIME
- ANKLE
- ANNEX
- ANNOY
- ANNUL
- ANODE
- ANTIC
- ANVIL
- ANABO
- ANACK
- ANAMA
- ANANA
- ANASA
- ANATA
- ANCHA
- ANCHO
- ANCLE
- ANCON
- ANCOR
- ANCRE
- ANDES
- ANDIA
- ANDIC
- ANDOR
- ANDRE
- ANDRO
- ANEAR
- ANELE
- ANEND
- ANENT
- ANGAS
- ANGIA
- ANGIE
- ANGKA
- ANGLO
- ANGOR
- ANGUS
- ANHYD
- ANIBA
- ANICE
- ANIGH
- ANILE
- ANILS
- ANIMA
- ANIMI
- ANIMO
- ANION
- ANISE
- ANITA
- ANJAN
- ANJOU
- ANKEE
- ANKER
- ANKHS
- ANKOU
- ANKUS
- ANLAS
- ANLET
- ANLIA
- ANMIA
- ANNAL
- ANNAM
- ANNAN
- ANNAS
- ANNAT
- ANNET
- ANNIE
- ANNIV
- ANNOT
- ANNUM
- ANNUS
- ANOAS
- ANOIA
- ANOIL
- ANOLE
- ANOLI
- ANOMY
- ANORN
- ANOUR
- ANOUS
- ANOVA
- ANSAE
- ANSAR
- ANSAS
- ANSEL
- ANSER
- ANTAE
- ANTAL
- ANTAR
- ANTAS
- ANTED
- ANTES
- ANTIQ
- ANTIS
- ANTON
- ANTRA
- ANTRE
- ANTSY
- ANTUM
- ANURA
- ANURY
- ANYON
- ANZAC
Best 5 Letter Words Starting With AN for Wordle
- ANIME
- ANGER
- ANGEL
- ANGRY
- ANGLE
- ANNEX
- ANKLE
- ANNOY
- ANGST
- ANVIL
- ANODE
- ANNUL
- ANTIC
5 Letter Words Starting With AN by Third Letter
5 Letter Words Starting With ANA and ANC
- ANATA
- ANCHO
- ANANA
- ANCON
- ANCRE
- ANCHA
- ANCOR
- ANABO
- ANACK
- ANAMA
- ANASA
- ANCLE
5 Letter Words Starting With AND and ANE
- ANDRE
- ANDES
- ANDOR
- ANDRO
- ANENT
- ANELE
- ANDIA
- ANDIC
- ANEAR
- ANEND
5 Letter Words Starting With ANG
- ANGRY
- ANGEL
- ANGER
- ANGLE
- ANGST
- ANGLO
- ANGUS
- ANGIE
- ANGAS
- ANGOR
- ANGKA
- ANGIA
5 Letter Words Starting With ANI
- ANIME
- ANITA
- ANIMA
- ANION
- ANISE
- ANIMO
- ANICE
- ANIMI
- ANILE
- ANIBA
- ANIGH
- ANILS
5 Letter Words Starting With ANN
- ANNEX
- ANNOY
- ANNUL
- ANNIE
- ANNUM
- ANNAN
- ANNAS
- ANNUS
- ANNAM
- ANNIV
- ANNAL
- ANNET
5 Letter Words Starting With ANO
- ANODE
- ANOVA
- ANOLE
- ANOAS
- ANOIA
- ANOIL
- ANOLI
- ANOMY
- ANORN
- ANOUR
- ANOUS
5 Letter Words Starting With ANT
- ANTIC
- ANTON
- ANTSY
- ANTIS
- ANTAR
- ANTES
- ANTAL
- ANTED
- ANTIQ
- ANTRA
- ANTAE
- ANTAS
5 Letter Words Starting With AN by Ending Letter
5 Letter Words Starting With AN and Ending With E
- ANGLE
- ANIME
- ANKLE
- ANODE
- ANNIE
- ANDRE
- ANGIE
- ANISE
- ANOLE
- ANELE
- ANCRE
- ANICE
5 Letter Words Starting With AN and Ending With A
- ANITA
- ANIMA
- ANOVA
- ANATA
- ANANA
- ANURA
- ANCHA
- ANTRA
- ANGKA
- ANAMA
- ANASA
- ANDIA
5 Letter Words Starting With AN and Ending With S
- ANGUS
- ANDES
- ANTIS
- ANNAS
- ANTES
- ANNUS
- ANGAS
- ANILS
- ANKHS
- ANKUS
- ANLAS
- ANOAS
5 Letter Words Starting With AN and Ending With R
- ANGER
- ANSAR
- ANKER
- ANDOR
- ANTAR
- ANSER
- ANCOR
- ANGOR
- ANEAR
- ANOUR
Highest Scoring 5 Letter Words Starting With AN in Scrabble
- ANJOU 12 points
- ANNEX 12 points
- ANOMY 10 points
- ANGRY 9 points
- ANKLE 9 points
- ANKUS 9 points
- ANNOY 8 points
- ANTSY 8 points
- ANVIL 8 points
- ANIME 7 points
Meanings of 5 Letter Words Starting With AN
- ANELE: Administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing.
- ANOLE: Small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color.
- ANTIC: Ludicrously odd. It is on the answer list.
- ANNUL: Declare invalid. It is on the answer list.
- ANTSY: Nervous and unable to relax.
- ANJOU: A pear with firm flesh and a green skin.
- ANISE: Liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors.
- ANION: A negatively charged ion.
- ANODE: A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device. It is on the answer list.
- ANVIL: The ossicle between the malleus and the stapes. It is on the answer list.
FAQs
What are 5 letter words starting with AN?
There are 108 of them. The everyday ones include ANGRY, ANGEL, ANGER, ANGLE and ANIME.
How many 5 letter words start with AN?
108 in total, and 13 of them are on the Wordle answer list.
What are the best 5 letter words starting with AN for Wordle?
ANIME, ANGER and ANGEL narrow this list fastest. ANIME leaves at most 50 words in the worst case.
What 5 letter words start with AN and end with E?
18 of them, including ANGLE, ANIME, ANKLE, ANODE and ANNIE.
Can a Wordle answer start with AN?
Yes. ANGRY, ANGEL and ANGER 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. ANNIE and ANITA are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is ANKUS really a word?
Yes. An elephant goad with a sharp spike and a hook. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
ANGRY. 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. ANURY and ANTUM are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.
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