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5 Letter Words With the Letter N

Of the 4,673 5 letter words with n, the 540 that can still be the solution come first, then the everyday words, then the tail.

5 Letter Words With the Letter N with Wordle answers like ACORN, ADMIN, ADORN

With an N confirmed but not yet located, 5 letter words with N leave a wide choice, so the endings are one way to narrow it.

Some end in the suffix -ING, as BEING and GOING do, which leaves the N fourth.

If a guess confirms the G at the very end, the square before it is where to test the N.

List of 5 Letter Words With N

  • ACORN
  • ADMIN
  • ADORN
  • AGAIN
  • AGENT
  • AGING
  • AGONY
  • ALIEN
  • ALIGN
  • ALONE
  • ALONG
  • AMEND
  • ANGEL
  • ANGER
  • ANGLE
  • ANGRY
  • ANGST
  • ANIME
  • ANKLE
  • ANNEX
  • ANNOY
  • ANNUL
  • ANODE
  • ANTIC
  • ANVIL
  • APING
  • APNEA
  • APRON
  • ARENA
  • ARSON
  • ASHEN
  • ATONE
  • AUNTY
  • AVIAN
  • AXION
  • BACON
  • BANJO
  • BARON
  • BASIN
  • BATON
  • BEGAN
  • BEGIN
  • BEGUN
  • BEING
  • BENCH
  • BINGE
  • BINGO
  • BISON
  • BLAND
  • BLANK
  • BLEND
  • BLIND
  • BLINK
  • BLOND
  • BLOWN
  • BLUNT
  • BONEY
  • BONGO
  • BONUS
  • BORNE
  • BOUND
  • BRAIN
  • BRAND
  • BRAWN
  • BRINE
  • BRING
  • BRINK
  • BRINY
  • BROWN
  • BRUNT
  • BUNCH
  • BUNNY
  • BURNT
  • CABIN
  • CAIRN
  • CANDY
  • CANNY
  • CANOE
  • CANON
  • CHAIN
  • CHANT
  • CHINA
  • CHUNK
  • CHURN
  • CINCH
  • CLANG
  • CLANK
  • CLEAN
  • CLING
  • CLINK
  • CLONE
  • CLOWN
  • CLUNG
  • COLON
  • CONCH
  • CONDO
  • CONIC
  • CORNY
  • COUNT
  • COVEN
  • CRANE
  • CRANK
  • CRONE
  • CRONY
  • CROWN
  • CYNIC
  • DANCE
  • DANDY
  • DAUNT
  • DEIGN
  • DEMON
  • DENIM
  • DENSE
  • DINER
  • DINGO
  • DINGY
  • DOING
  • DONOR
  • DONUT
  • DOWNY
  • DOZEN
  • DRAIN
  • DRANK
  • DRAWN
  • DRINK
  • DRONE
  • DROWN
  • DRUNK
  • DUNCE
  • DYING
  • EATEN
  • EBONY
  • EKING
  • ELFIN
  • ENACT
  • ENDOW
  • ENEMA
  • ENEMY
  • ENJOY
  • ENNUI
  • ENSUE
  • ENTER
  • ENTRY
  • ENVOY
  • EVENT
  • EYING
  • FAINT
  • FANCY
  • FANNY
  • FAUNA

Common 5 Letter Words With N

  • THINK
  • BEING
  • GOING
  • NEVER
  • SINCE
  • UNDER
  • THING
  • AGAIN
  • FOUND
  • MONEY
  • NIGHT
  • UNTIL
  • DOING
  • WOMEN
  • POINT
  • THANK
  • USING
  • YOUNG
  • GIVEN
  • OFTEN
  • KNOWN
  • WRONG
  • ALONG
  • HUMAN
  • WOMAN
  • NORTH
  • TAKEN
  • PHONE
  • FINAL
  • FRONT
  • BRING
  • MONTH
  • SENSE
  • EVENT
  • LEARN
  • ALONE
  • SOUND
  • ROUND
  • STAND
  • GREEN
  • RANGE
  • CHINA
  • ENJOY
  • SEVEN
  • UNION
  • BEGAN
  • FUNNY
  • SPENT
  • BROWN
  • CLEAN
  • SCENE
  • SPEND
  • TRAIN
  • BRAIN
  • MEANT
  • DANCE
  • GRAND
  • DRINK
  • SHOWN
  • PLANT

5 Letter Words With N for Wordle

  • LANES
  • GAINS
  • DIANE
  • THINK
  • BEING
  • GOING
  • NEVER
  • SINCE
  • UNDER
  • THING
  • AGAIN
  • FOUND
  • MONEY
  • NIGHT
  • UNTIL
  • DOING
  • WOMEN
  • POINT
  • THANK
  • USING
  • YOUNG
  • GIVEN
  • OFTEN
  • KNOWN
  • WRONG
  • ALONG
  • HUMAN
  • WOMAN
  • NORTH
  • TAKEN
  • PHONE
  • FINAL
  • FRONT
  • BRING
  • MONTH
  • SENSE
  • EVENT
  • LEARN
  • ALONE
  • SOUND
  • ROUND
  • STAND
  • GREEN
  • RANGE
  • CHINA
  • ENJOY
  • SEVEN
  • UNION
  • BEGAN
  • FUNNY
  • SPENT
  • BROWN
  • CLEAN
  • SCENE
  • SPEND
  • TRAIN
  • BRAIN
  • MEANT
  • DANCE
  • GRAND

5 Letter Words With N by Position

5 Letter Words Starting With N

  • NEVER
  • NIGHT
  • NORTH
  • NOVEL
  • NOISE
  • NEWLY
  • NURSE
  • NAVAL
  • NOBLE
  • NASTY
  • NERVE
  • NEWER

Full list: 5 Letter Words Starting with N

5 Letter Words With N as the Second Letter

  • UNDER
  • UNTIL
  • KNOWN
  • ENJOY
  • UNION
  • ENTER
  • ENEMY
  • ENTRY
  • ANGRY
  • INDEX
  • INNER
  • ANGEL

Full list: 5 Letter Words With N as the Second Letter

5 Letter Words With N in the Middle

  • SINCE
  • MONEY
  • FINAL
  • MONTH
  • SENSE
  • RANGE
  • FUNNY
  • DANCE
  • OWNER
  • HONOR
  • LUNCH
  • MINOR

Full list: 5 Letter Words With N in the Middle

5 Letter Words With N as the Fourth Letter

  • THINK
  • BEING
  • GOING
  • THING
  • FOUND
  • DOING
  • POINT
  • THANK
  • USING
  • YOUNG
  • WRONG
  • ALONG

Full list: 5 Letter Words With N as the Fourth Letter

5 Letter Words Ending in N

  • AGAIN
  • WOMEN
  • GIVEN
  • OFTEN
  • KNOWN
  • HUMAN
  • WOMAN
  • TAKEN
  • LEARN
  • GREEN
  • SEVEN
  • UNION

Full list: 5 Letter Words Ending in N

5 Letter Words With N and Another Letter

5 Letter Words With I and N

  • THINK
  • BEING
  • GOING
  • SINCE
  • THING
  • AGAIN
  • NIGHT
  • UNTIL
  • DOING
  • POINT
  • USING
  • GIVEN

Full list: 5 Letter Words With I and N

5 Letter Words With N and O

  • GOING
  • FOUND
  • MONEY
  • DOING
  • WOMEN
  • POINT
  • YOUNG
  • OFTEN
  • KNOWN
  • WRONG
  • ALONG
  • WOMAN

Full list: 5 Letter Words With N and O

5 Letter Words With E and N

  • BEING
  • NEVER
  • SINCE
  • UNDER
  • MONEY
  • WOMEN
  • GIVEN
  • OFTEN
  • TAKEN
  • PHONE
  • SENSE
  • EVENT

Full list: 5 Letter Words With E and N

5 Letter Words With A and N

  • AGAIN
  • THANK
  • ALONG
  • HUMAN
  • WOMAN
  • TAKEN
  • FINAL
  • LEARN
  • ALONE
  • STAND
  • RANGE
  • CHINA

Full list: 5 Letter Words With A and N

5 Letter Words With N and U

  • UNDER
  • FOUND
  • UNTIL
  • USING
  • YOUNG
  • HUMAN
  • SOUND
  • ROUND
  • UNION
  • FUNNY
  • QUEEN
  • COUNT

Full list: 5 Letter Words With N and U

5 Letter Words With L and N

  • UNTIL
  • ALONG
  • FINAL
  • LEARN
  • ALONE
  • CLEAN
  • PLANT
  • PLANE
  • LYING
  • LUNCH
  • NOVEL
  • PANEL

Full list: 5 Letter Words With L and N

5 Letter Words With N and R

  • NEVER
  • UNDER
  • WRONG
  • NORTH
  • FRONT
  • BRING
  • LEARN
  • ROUND
  • GREEN
  • RANGE
  • BROWN
  • TRAIN

Full list: 5 Letter Words With N and R

5 Letter Words With Two N's

  • KNOWN
  • UNION
  • FUNNY
  • INNER
  • CANON
  • PENNY
  • SUNNY
  • ONION
  • BUNNY
  • ANNEX
  • NYLON
  • NINTH
  • NINJA
  • LINEN
  • NANNY
  • FANNY
  • ANNOY
  • CANNY
  • INANE
  • ANNUL
  • PENNE
  • ENNUI
  • NINNY
  • GONNA
  • WANNA
  • DANNY
  • NANCY
  • JENNY
  • DONNA
  • KENNY
  • GLENN
  • ANNIE
  • NIXON
  • DUNNO
  • SONNY
  • BENNY
  • ANTON
  • HANNA
  • JENNA
  • MANNY
  • SUNNI
  • LENIN
  • LENNY
  • NIKON
  • NOUNS
  • DONNY
  • ANNUM
  • LYNNE
  • TONNE
  • NOONE
  • BENIN
  • DUNNE
  • WYNNE
  • GINNY
  • VINNY
  • RUNNY
  • SENNA
  • NANCE
  • XENON
  • ANNAN

Highest Scoring 5 Letter Words With N in Scrabble

  1. JUNKY 19 points
  2. WIZEN 17 points
  3. ZAYIN 17 points
  4. COZEN 16 points
  5. JINKS 16 points
  6. KINKY 16 points
  7. MIZEN 16 points
  8. NIQAB 16 points
  9. UNZIP 16 points
  10. DIZEN 15 points

Meanings of 5 Letter Words Containing N

  • GNARL: Twist into a state of deformity.
  • UNSEX: Make infertile.
  • APIAN: Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
  • LIMEN: The smallest detectable sensation.
  • PENGO: Formerly the basic unit of money in Hungary until it was replaced by the forint in 1946.
  • MONAL: Brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia.
  • HUMIN: A black humic substance that is not soluble in water.
  • FONDU: Cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces.
  • KENAF: Fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus.
  • NARIS: Any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx.
  • PENNI: 100 pennia formerly equaled 1 markka in Finland.
  • CENSE: Perfume especially with a censer.
  • AMAIN: With all your strength.
  • AWING: Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; ; ; ; – Melville.
  • PEKAN: Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
  • TOWNY: Resident of a college town not affiliated with the college.
  • INKLE: A linen tape used for trimming as a decoration.
  • RUNTY: Well below average height.

FAQs

What are 5 letter words with N?

There are 4,673 of them. The everyday ones include THINK, BEING, GOING, NEVER and SINCE.

How many 5 letter words have N in them?

4,673 in total, and 540 of them are on the Wordle answer list.

Which 5 letter words with N are Wordle answers?

540 of them have been answers, among them UNDER, THING, AGAIN, FOUND and MONEY.

Can a Wordle answer contain N?

Yes. THINK, BEING and GOING 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. GOING and NEVER are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.

Is ALGIN really a word?

Yes. A gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.

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

THINK. 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. ZYMIN and ZOONS 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?

ANNUL, ANTIC and APING. 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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