5 Letter Words That End With N (517 Words) • Englishan

English has 517 five letter words that end with N. Four pairs account for 440 of them: ON, IN, AN and EN. The fourth square therefore decides the round more than the first three combined. Every list here excludes place names and surnames, so JAPAN and SUDAN never show up, and nothing you type from this page comes back rejected.

Common 5 Letter Words That End With N

5 letter words that end with N, including ocean, cabin, and queen, closing on the letter N in Wordle rounds. — Common 5 letter words that end with N in English

A five letter word ending in N has N in the fifth square, the _ _ _ _ N pattern. English has 517 of them once proper nouns come out, and 192 recur frequently enough to be worth a guess. BRAIN, CROWN, GREEN, OCEAN and TOKEN are the ones most players try first.

These 192 are the common 5 letter words that end with N, the pool a Wordle answer comes from. Every one is ordinary English. JAPAN, SUDAN and BRIAN fit the same shape, and none of the three counts as a legal guess, which is why they stay off this list and every list under it.

Starting with A


ACORN	ADORN	AGAIN	ALIEN
ALIGN	APRON	ARSON	ASHEN
ASPEN	AVIAN

Starting with B


BACON	BAIRN	BARON	BASIN
BATON	BEGAN	BEGIN	BEGUN
BISON	BLOWN	BORON	BOSUN
BOURN	BRAIN	BRAWN	BROWN
BRUIN

Starting with C


CABIN	CAIRN	CAJUN	CANON
CAPON	CHAIN	CHURN	CLEAN
CLOWN	CODON	COLON	COVEN
COZEN	CROWN	CUMIN	CUTIN

Starting with D


DEMON	DIVAN	DOYEN	DOZEN
DRAIN	DRAWN	DROWN

Starting with E


EATEN	ELFIN	EOSIN

Starting with F


FELON	FLOWN	FREON	FROWN
FUTON

Starting with G


GIVEN	GLEAN	GLUON	GNAWN
GRAIN	GREEN	GROAN	GROIN
GROWN

Starting with H


HALON	HAVEN	HERON	HUMAN
HYMEN

Starting with I


INURN	IODIN

Starting with K


KNOWN	KROON

Starting with L


LADEN	LEARN	LEMON	LIKEN
LINEN	LIVEN	LOGIN	LUMEN
LUPIN

Starting with M


MASON	MATIN	MAVEN	MELON
MESON	MORON	MOURN	MUCIN

Starting with N


NYLON

Starting with O


OAKEN	OATEN	OCEAN	OFTEN
OLDEN	ONION	OPSIN	ORGAN

Starting with P


PAGAN	PATEN	PECAN	PITON
PLAIN	PRAWN	PREEN	PRION
PYLON

Starting with Q


QUEAN	QUEEN	QUERN	QUOIN

Starting with R


RADON	RAMEN	RAVEN	RAYON
RECON	REIGN	RENIN	RERUN
RESIN	RICIN	RIPEN	RISEN
RIVEN	ROBIN	RONIN	ROSIN
ROWAN	RUMEN	RUTIN

Starting with S


SALON	SARIN	SATIN	SCION
SCORN	SEDAN	SEMEN	SEVEN
SHEEN	SHORN	SHOWN	SIREN
SKEIN	SLAIN	SPAWN	SPOON
SPURN	STAIN	STEIN	STERN
SWAIN	SWOON	SWORN

Starting with T


TAKEN	TALON	TAXON	TENON
THORN	TITAN	TOKEN	TOXIN
TRAIN	TREEN	TWAIN	TWEEN

Starting with U


UNBAN	UNION	UNMAN	UNPIN
URBAN

Starting with V


VEGAN	VIXEN

Starting with W


WAGON	WAKEN	WAXEN	WIDEN
WIZEN	WOKEN	WOMAN	WOMEN
WOVEN

Starting with X


XENON	XYLAN

Starting with Y


YEARN	YOGIN

Starting with Z


ZAYIN	ZAZEN	ZYGON

All 5 Letter Words That End With N by Starting Letter

List of 5 letter words ending in N with examples like begin, often, given and taken. — List of 5 letter words ending in N

All 517 5 letter words that end with N appear here under their first letter. Beyond the common 192, the set adds rare spellings, archaic forms and Scrabble-only words that Wordle takes as guesses but never sets as answers. S and R supply 115 between them, almost a quarter of the total.

5 Letter Words Starting With A and Ending in N


ABOON	ABORN	ABRIN	ABURN	ACORN
ACTIN	ACTON	ADHAN	ADMAN	ADMEN
ADMIN	ADORN	ADOWN	AGAIN	AGRIN
AJWAN	ALGIN	ALIEN	ALIGN	ALKIN
ALOIN	AMAIN	AMBAN	AMMON	ANCON
ANION	ANYON	APIAN	APRON	ARGAN
ARGON	ARPEN	ARSON	ASCON	ASHEN
ASPEN	ATMAN	ATMEN	AUGEN	AUXIN
AVIAN	AVION	AXION	AXMAN	AXMEN
AZLON	AZURN

5 Letter Words Starting With B and Ending in N


BACON	BAIRN	BAKEN	BALUN	BARON
BASAN	BASEN	BASIN	BASON	BATON
BAVIN	BEGAN	BEGIN	BEGUN	BELON
BETON	BIDON	BISON	BLAIN	BLAWN
BLOWN	BOGAN	BORON	BOSON	BOSUN
BOURN	BOXEN	BRAIN	BRAWN	BROWN
BRUIN	BUGAN	BURIN	BUYIN

5 Letter Words Starting With C and Ending in N


CABIN	CAIRN	CAJON	CAJUN	CANON
CAPON	CARON	CAXON	CHAIN	CHOON
CHURN	CLEAN	CLOWN	CODON	COGON
COIGN	COLON	COTAN	COVEN	COVIN
COWAN	COZEN	CROON	CROWN	CUMIN
CUTIN	CYTON

5 Letter Words Starting With D and Ending in N


DAMAN	DAVEN	DEARN	DECAN	DEIGN
DEMON	DEWAN	DIVAN	DIWAN	DIZEN
DJINN	DOGAN	DOVEN	DOYEN	DOZEN
DRAIN	DRAWN	DROWN	DUKUN	DYKON

5 Letter Words Starting With E and Ending in N


EATEN	EIKON	ELAIN	ELFIN	ELOIN
ELSIN	ELVAN	ELVEN	EOSIN	ERGON
ERVEN	ETTIN

5 Letter Words Starting With F and Ending in N


FANON	FEIGN	FELON	FICIN	FLAWN
FLOWN	FREON	FRORN	FROWN	FURAN
FUTON

5 Letter Words Starting With G and Ending in N


GAMIN	GAZON	GENIN	GIPON	GIRON
GIVEN	GLEAN	GLUON	GNAWN	GOBAN
GOWAN	GRAIN	GREEN	GROAN	GROIN
GROWN	GUQIN	GYRON

5 Letter Words Starting With H and Ending in N


HALON	HAVAN	HAVEN	HAZAN	HEBEN
HEMIN	HERON	HIZEN	HOGAN	HOLON
HOSEN	HOVEN	HUMAN	HYMEN	HYSON

5 Letter Words Starting With I and J and Ending in N


INGAN	INION	INRUN	INURN	IODIN
IPPON	JAMON	JAWAN	JETON	JOTUN
JUPON

5 Letter Words Starting With K and Ending in N


KININ	KNOWN	KOBAN	KOHEN	KORUN
KROON	KULAN	KYLIN

5 Letter Words Starting With L and Ending in N


LADEN	LAGAN	LAKIN	LAPIN	LAUAN
LAWIN	LEARN	LEBEN	LEMAN	LEMON
LEVIN	LIGAN	LIKEN	LIKIN	LIMAN
LIMEN	LINEN	LININ	LIVEN	LODEN
LOGAN	LOGIN	LOGON	LOHAN	LOWAN
LOZEN	LUMEN	LUPIN	LYSIN

5 Letter Words Starting With M and Ending in N


MAKAN	MASON	MATIN	MAVEN	MAVIN
MELON	MESON	MIKAN	MIRIN	MIXEN
MIZEN	MODIN	MORAN	MORIN	MORON
MOTON	MOURN	MUCIN	MUTON

5 Letter Words Starting With N and Ending in N


NINON	NISIN	NITON	NOMEN	NUMEN
NYLON

5 Letter Words Starting With O and Ending in N


OAKEN	OATEN	OCEAN	OCTAN	ODEON
OFTEN	OGGIN	OIRAN	OLDEN	OLEIN
ONION	ONSEN	OPSIN	ORCIN	ORGAN
ORLON	ORPIN	OUTEN	OWSEN

5 Letter Words Starting With P and Ending in N


PAEAN	PAEON	PAGAN	PAREN	PATEN
PATIN	PAVAN	PAVEN	PAVIN	PAVON
PECAN	PEDON	PEKAN	PELON	PHEON
PICON	PILIN	PILON	PINON	PITON
PLAIN	PLEON	POCAN	PORIN	POWAN
PRAWN	PREEN	PREON	PRIAN	PRION
PRYAN	PSION	PURIN	PUTON	PYLON
PYRAN

5 Letter Words Starting With Q and Ending in N


QUEAN	QUEEN	QUERN	QUOIN

5 Letter Words Starting With R and Ending in N


RACON	RADON	RAMEN	RAMIN	RAPIN
RATAN	RAVEN	RAVIN	RAWIN	RAYON
RECON	REDAN	REFAN	REIGN	REJON
REMAN	REMEN	RENIN	REPEN	REPIN
REPUN	RERAN	RERUN	RESIN	RETIN
REWAN	REWIN	REWON	RICIN	RIPEN
RISEN	RIVEN	ROBIN	ROGAN	ROHUN
RONIN	ROSIN	ROTAN	ROTON	ROVEN
ROWAN	ROWEN	RUBAN	RUBIN	RUMEN
RUTIN	RYPIN

5 Letter Words Starting With S and Ending in N


SABIN	SALON	SAMAN	SAMEN	SAPAN
SARAN	SARIN	SASIN	SATIN	SAVIN
SAYON	SCION	SCORN	SCRAN	SDEIN
SEDAN	SEMEN	SERIN	SERON	SETON
SEVEN	SEWAN	SEWEN	SEWIN	SEYEN
SHARN	SHAWN	SHEEN	SHEWN	SHOON
SHORN	SHOWN	SHULN	SILEN	SIREN
SKARN	SKEAN	SKEEN	SKEIN	SKRAN
SLAIN	SOKEN	SOLAN	SOLON	SOMAN
SOZIN	SPAWN	SPEAN	SPOON	SPURN
STAIN	STARN	STAUN	STEAN	STEEN
STEIN	STERN	STONN	STOUN	STOWN
SUGAN	SWAIN	SWOLN	SWOON	SWORN
SWOUN	SYCON	SYREN

5 Letter Words Starting With T and Ending in N


TABUN	TAKEN	TAKIN	TALON	TAMIN
TAPEN	TAUON	TAXON	TENON	THEGN
THEIN	THORN	TIGON	TITAN	TITIN
TIYIN	TOKEN	TOLAN	TOMAN	TOMEN
TOMIN	TORAN	TOXIN	TOYON	TRAIN
TREEN	TURON	TWAIN	TWEEN	TYIYN
TYRAN

5 Letter Words Starting With U and Ending in N


UHLAN	ULMIN	ULPAN	UNBAN	UNION
UNMAN	UNOWN	UNPEN	UNPIN	UNTIN
UNWON	UPRAN	UPRUN	URBAN	URMAN
URSON

5 Letter Words Starting With V and Ending in N


VARAN	VEGAN	VENIN	VIMEN	VISON
VIXEN	VODUN

5 Letter Words Starting With W and Ending in N


WAGON	WAKEN	WAXEN	WHEEN	WIDEN
WITAN	WIZEN	WOKEN	WOMAN	WOMEN
WOMYN	WOVEN	WOXEN

5 Letter Words Starting With X Y and Z and Ending in N


XENON	XYLAN	YAMEN	YAPON	YEARN
YEVEN	YEWEN	YOGIN	YOJAN	YOKAN
YOURN	YULAN	YUPON	ZAMAN	ZAYIN
ZAZEN	ZIGAN	ZUPAN	ZYGON

5 Letter Words That End With N by Last Two Letters

Splitting 5 letter words that end with N by their last two letters gives the fastest cut once the N turns green. Four pairs cover 440 of the 517: ON with 119, IN with 113, AN with 108 and EN with 100. Confirm the vowel in square four and three quarters of the field goes in one guess. The other seven pairs share 77 words between them.

Ending	How many	Try these first
ON	119	BACON COLON DEMON MELON SALON
IN	113	BRAIN CABIN CHAIN ROBIN TRAIN
AN	108	CLEAN HUMAN OCEAN ORGAN URBAN
EN	100	GREEN OFTEN QUEEN SEVEN TOKEN
RN	26	ACORN CHURN LEARN SCORN THORN
WN	22	BROWN CLOWN CROWN DRAWN KNOWN
UN	17	BEGUN BOSUN CAJUN RERUN TABUN
GN	6	ALIGN DEIGN FEIGN REIGN COIGN
NN	2	DJINN STONN
LN	2	SHULN SWOLN
YN	2	WOMYN TYIYN

5 Letter Words Ending in AN

108 of the 5 letter words that end with N end in AN, and this pair produces more real Wordle solutions than any other. CLEAN, HUMAN, OCEAN and URBAN have all been answers. S, P and R open a third of the group, so try one of those three against a green AN first.


ADHAN	ADMAN	AJWAN	AMBAN	APIAN
ARGAN	ATMAN	AVIAN	AXMAN	BASAN
BEGAN	BOGAN	BUGAN	CLEAN	COTAN
COWAN	DAMAN	DECAN	DEWAN	DIVAN
DIWAN	DOGAN	ELVAN	FURAN	GLEAN
GOBAN	GOWAN	GROAN	HAVAN	HAZAN
HOGAN	HUMAN	INGAN	JAWAN	KOBAN
KULAN	LAGAN	LAUAN	LEMAN	LIGAN
LIMAN	LOGAN	LOHAN	LOWAN	MAKAN
MIKAN	MORAN	OCEAN	OCTAN	OIRAN
ORGAN	PAEAN	PAGAN	PAVAN	PECAN
PEKAN	POCAN	POWAN	PRIAN	PRYAN
PYRAN	QUEAN	RATAN	REDAN	REFAN
REMAN	RERAN	REWAN	ROGAN	ROTAN
ROWAN	RUBAN	SAMAN	SAPAN	SARAN
SCRAN	SEDAN	SEWAN	SKEAN	SKRAN
SOLAN	SOMAN	SPEAN	STEAN	SUGAN
TITAN	TOLAN	TOMAN	TORAN	TYRAN
UHLAN	ULPAN	UNBAN	UNMAN	UPRAN
URBAN	URMAN	VARAN	VEGAN	WITAN
WOMAN	XYLAN	YOJAN	YOKAN	YULAN
ZAMAN	ZIGAN	ZUPAN

Words ending in IAN: APIAN AVIAN

5 Letter Words Ending in EN

100 words end in EN, and the group skews hard toward past participles of old strong verbs: TAKEN, WOVEN, RISEN, WOKEN. When the answer looks like a verb form rather than a noun, work this group before the others.


ADMEN	ALIEN	ARPEN	ASHEN	ASPEN
ATMEN	AUGEN	AXMEN	BAKEN	BASEN
BOXEN	COVEN	COZEN	DAVEN	DIZEN
DOVEN	DOYEN	DOZEN	EATEN	ELVEN
ERVEN	GIVEN	GREEN	HAVEN	HEBEN
HIZEN	HOSEN	HOVEN	HYMEN	KOHEN
LADEN	LEBEN	LIKEN	LIMEN	LINEN
LIVEN	LODEN	LOZEN	LUMEN	MAVEN
MIXEN	MIZEN	NOMEN	NUMEN	OAKEN
OATEN	OFTEN	OLDEN	ONSEN	OUTEN
OWSEN	PAREN	PATEN	PAVEN	PREEN
QUEEN	RAMEN	RAVEN	REMEN	REPEN
RIPEN	RISEN	RIVEN	ROVEN	ROWEN
RUMEN	SAMEN	SEMEN	SEVEN	SEWEN
SEYEN	SHEEN	SILEN	SIREN	SKEEN
SOKEN	STEEN	SYREN	TAKEN	TAPEN
TOKEN	TOMEN	TREEN	TWEEN	UNPEN
VIMEN	VIXEN	WAKEN	WAXEN	WHEEN
WIDEN	WIZEN	WOKEN	WOMEN	WOVEN
WOXEN	YAMEN	YEVEN	YEWEN	ZAZEN

Words ending in EEN: GREEN QUEEN SHEEN PREEN SKEEN TREEN TWEEN

5 Letter Words Ending in IN

113 words end in IN, and the group divides in two. Half read as ordinary nouns: CABIN, ROBIN, SATIN. The other half are chemistry and biology terms such as RICIN, RENIN and MUCIN. Wordle takes those as guesses but never sets them as answers, so spend them early.


ABRIN	ACTIN	ADMIN	AGAIN	AGRIN
ALGIN	ALKIN	ALOIN	AMAIN	AUXIN
BASIN	BAVIN	BEGIN	BLAIN	BRAIN
BRUIN	BURIN	BUYIN	CABIN	CHAIN
COVIN	CUMIN	CUTIN	DRAIN	ELAIN
ELFIN	ELOIN	ELSIN	EOSIN	ETTIN
FICIN	GAMIN	GENIN	GRAIN	GROIN
GUQIN	HEMIN	IODIN	KININ	KYLIN
LAKIN	LAPIN	LAWIN	LEVIN	LIKIN
LININ	LOGIN	LUPIN	LYSIN	MATIN
MAVIN	MIRIN	MODIN	MORIN	MUCIN
NISIN	OGGIN	OLEIN	OPSIN	ORCIN
ORPIN	PATIN	PAVIN	PILIN	PLAIN
PORIN	PURIN	QUOIN	RAMIN	RAPIN
RAVIN	RAWIN	RENIN	REPIN	RESIN
RETIN	REWIN	RICIN	ROBIN	RONIN
ROSIN	RUBIN	RUTIN	RYPIN	SABIN
SARIN	SASIN	SATIN	SAVIN	SDEIN
SERIN	SEWIN	SKEIN	SLAIN	SOZIN
STAIN	STEIN	SWAIN	TAKIN	TAMIN
THEIN	TITIN	TIYIN	TOMIN	TOXIN
TRAIN	TWAIN	ULMIN	UNPIN	UNTIN
VENIN	YOGIN	ZAYIN

Words ending in AIN: AGAIN AMAIN BLAIN BRAIN CHAIN DRAIN ELAIN GRAIN PLAIN SLAIN STAIN SWAIN TRAIN TWAIN

5 Letter Words Ending in ON

ON is the largest group at 119 words, and the most forgiving, because so many of them name everyday objects: BACON, LEMON, MELON, WAGON, TALON. P, A and C open 39 of the group between them.


ABOON	ACTON	AMMON	ANCON	ANION
ANYON	APRON	ARGON	ARSON	ASCON
AVION	AXION	AZLON	BACON	BARON
BASON	BATON	BELON	BETON	BIDON
BISON	BORON	BOSON	CAJON	CANON
CAPON	CARON	CAXON	CHOON	CODON
COGON	COLON	CROON	CYTON	DEMON
DYKON	EIKON	ERGON	FANON	FELON
FREON	FUTON	GAZON	GIPON	GIRON
GLUON	GYRON	HALON	HERON	HOLON
HYSON	INION	IPPON	JAMON	JETON
JUPON	KROON	LEMON	LOGON	MASON
MELON	MESON	MORON	MOTON	MUTON
NINON	NITON	NYLON	ODEON	ONION
ORLON	PAEON	PAVON	PEDON	PELON
PHEON	PICON	PILON	PINON	PITON
PLEON	PREON	PRION	PSION	PUTON
PYLON	RACON	RADON	RAYON	RECON
REJON	REWON	ROTON	SALON	SAYON
SCION	SERON	SETON	SHOON	SOLON
SPOON	SWOON	SYCON	TALON	TAUON
TAXON	TENON	TIGON	TOYON	TURON
UNION	UNWON	URSON	VISON	WAGON
XENON	YAPON	YUPON	ZYGON

Words ending in ION: ANION AVION AXION INION ONION PRION PSION SCION UNION

Words ending in OON: ABOON CHOON CROON KROON SHOON SPOON SWOON

5 Letter Words Ending in RN

Only 26 words end in RN, and the R in square four rules out every vowel guess at once. Eight of the 26 open with S, so run SCORN, SHORN, SPURN, STARN and STERN before the rest.


ABORN	ABURN	ACORN	ADORN	AZURN
BAIRN	BOURN	CAIRN	CHURN	DEARN
FRORN	INURN	LEARN	MOURN	QUERN
SCORN	SHARN	SHORN	SKARN	SPURN
STARN	STERN	SWORN	THORN	YEARN
YOURN

Words ending in ORN: ACORN ADORN ABORN FRORN SCORN SHORN SWORN THORN

5 Letter Words Ending in WN

22 words end in WN, almost all of them past participles or one-syllable nouns. The group rhymes tightly. Once BLOWN fails, run BROWN, CLOWN, CROWN, DROWN, FLOWN, FROWN, GROWN and KNOWN in sequence.


ADOWN	BLAWN	BLOWN	BRAWN	BROWN
CLOWN	CROWN	DRAWN	DROWN	FLAWN
FLOWN	FROWN	GNAWN	GROWN	KNOWN
PRAWN	SHAWN	SHEWN	SHOWN	SPAWN
STOWN	UNOWN

Words ending in OWN: ADOWN BLOWN BROWN CLOWN CROWN DROWN FLOWN FROWN GROWN KNOWN SHOWN STOWN UNOWN

5 Letter Words Ending in UN

17 words end in UN, the smallest of the common pairs, and the group rarely produces an answer. Most players recognise only BEGUN, BOSUN, CAJUN and RERUN out of the 17. Rule the pair out early rather than chase it.


BALUN	BEGUN	BOSUN	CAJUN	DUKUN
INRUN	JOTUN	KORUN	REPUN	RERUN
ROHUN	STAUN	STOUN	SWOUN	TABUN
UPRUN	VODUN

5 Letter Words Ending in GN

Six words end in GN, and the G is silent in all six, which is why players discount the pair. Four of the six are ordinary words. REIGN has been a Wordle answer, and ALIGN, DEIGN and FEIGN are the other three worth remembering.


ALIGN	COIGN	DEIGN	FEIGN	REIGN
THEGN

5 Letter Words Ending in NN LN and YN

Six words end in NN, LN or YN, two per pair. None will be a Wordle answer. Knowing they exist stops you eliminating a fourth square that still has a word behind it.


DJINN	SHULN	STONN	SWOLN	TYIYN
WOMYN

Explore More Words with N at Different Positions

5 Letter Words That End With N and No A

269 of the 5 letter words that end with N contain no A at all, which is over half the set. A grey A feels like a wipeout here and is not one. 151 of the 269 end in ON or EN, so test the O and the E in square four first. BROWN, CROWN, GREEN, LEMON, ONION, QUEEN, ROBIN, SEVEN and TOKEN lead the common ones.


BEGIN	BEGUN	BISON	BLOWN
BORON	BOSUN	BOURN	BROWN
BRUIN	CHURN	CLOWN	CODON
COLON	COVEN	COZEN	CROWN
CUMIN	CUTIN	DEMON	DOYEN
DOZEN	DROWN	ELFIN	EOSIN
FELON	FLOWN	FREON	FROWN
FUTON	GIVEN	GLUON	GREEN
GROIN	GROWN	HERON	HYMEN
INURN	IODIN	KNOWN	KROON
LEMON	LIKEN	LINEN	LIVEN
LOGIN	LUMEN	LUPIN	MELON
MESON	MORON	MOURN	MUCIN
NYLON	OFTEN	OLDEN	ONION
OPSIN	PITON	PREEN	PRION
PYLON	QUEEN	QUERN	QUOIN
RECON	REIGN	RENIN	RERUN
RESIN	RICIN	RIPEN	RISEN
RIVEN	ROBIN	RONIN	ROSIN
RUMEN	RUTIN	SCION	SCORN
SEMEN	SEVEN	SHEEN	SHORN
SHOWN	SIREN	SKEIN	SPOON
SPURN	STEIN	STERN	SWOON
SWORN	TENON	THORN	TOKEN
TOXIN	TREEN	TWEEN	UNION
UNPIN	VIXEN	WIDEN	WIZEN
WOKEN	WOMEN	WOVEN	XENON
YOGIN	ZYGON

5 Letter Words That End With N and E

185 of the 5 letter words that end with N contain an E, second only to the fourth-square vowel in value. 78 put the E in square four as part of EN, and 63 put it in square two. GREEN, PREEN and SHEEN have one in each, which is why a yellow E leaves both positions open.


ALIEN	ASHEN	ASPEN	BEGAN
BEGIN	BEGUN	CLEAN	COVEN
COZEN	DEMON	DOYEN	DOZEN
EATEN	ELFIN	EOSIN	FELON
FREON	GIVEN	GLEAN	GREEN
HAVEN	HERON	HYMEN	LADEN
LEARN	LEMON	LIKEN	LINEN
LIVEN	LUMEN	MAVEN	MELON
MESON	OAKEN	OATEN	OCEAN
OFTEN	OLDEN	PATEN	PECAN
PREEN	QUEAN	QUEEN	QUERN
RAMEN	RAVEN	RECON	REIGN
RENIN	RERUN	RESIN	RIPEN
RISEN	RIVEN	RUMEN	SEDAN
SEMEN	SEVEN	SHEEN	SIREN
SKEIN	STEIN	STERN	TAKEN
TENON	TOKEN	TREEN	TWEEN
VEGAN	VIXEN	WAKEN	WAXEN
WIDEN	WIZEN	WOKEN	WOMEN
WOVEN	XENON	YEARN	ZAZEN

How Many 5 Letter Words End With N

English has 517 five letter words ending in N once place names and surnames come out of the count. About 192 are words an ordinary reader would recognise. The other 325 are archaic forms, borrowed words and technical terms that word games take as guesses but never set as answers. ON, IN, AN and EN account for 85 percent of the total, which is lopsided enough to steer a guess on its own.

Group	Words	Share of the set
ON	119	23%
IN	113	22%
AN	108	21%
EN	100	19%
RN	26	5%
WN	22	4%
UN	17	3%
GN	6	1%
NN, LN and YN	6	1%

5 Letter Words That End With N and T

76 of the 5 letter words that end with N contain a T, and not one puts it in square four, because TN does not close an English word. A yellow T therefore answers a position as well as a letter. It falls in square one, two or three, and 31 of the 76 open with it.


BATON	CUTIN	EATEN	FUTON
MATIN	OATEN	OFTEN	PATEN
PITON	RUTIN	SATIN	STAIN
STEIN	STERN	TAKEN	TALON
TAXON	TENON	THORN	TITAN
TOKEN	TOXIN	TRAIN	TREEN
TWAIN	TWEEN

5 Letter Words That End With N and Y

Only 39 of the 5 letter words that end with N contain a Y, the sharpest cut available on this board. A confirmed Y drops the field from 517 to 39 in one guess. 28 of the 39 put the Y in square one or two, as in CYTON, HYMEN, HYSON, NYLON and PYLON.


DOYEN	HYMEN	NYLON	PYLON
RAYON	XYLAN	YEARN	YOGIN
ZAYIN	ZYGON

5 Letter Words That End With Double N

Two 5 letter words end with double N. DJINN is the one to memorise, since it counts as a legal Wordle guess and shows up in crosswords as much as in Scrabble. STONN is an archaic spelling of stun and has never been set as an answer.

Word	Score	What it means
DJINN	13	A spirit in Arabic and Islamic tradition, also spelled jinn
STONN	5	An archaic form of stun

5 Letter Words That End With N and S

Only 96 of the 5 letter words that end with N contain an S, because a word ending in N cannot also take a plural S. Players still test it early out of habit. 68 of the 96 put the S in square one, so a yellow S names the opening letter far more than a hidden middle.


ARSON	ASHEN	ASPEN	BASIN
BISON	BOSUN	EOSIN	MASON
MESON	OPSIN	RESIN	RISEN
ROSIN	SALON	SARIN	SATIN
SCION	SCORN	SEDAN	SEMEN
SEVEN	SHEEN	SHORN	SHOWN
SIREN	SKEIN	SLAIN	SPAWN
SPOON	SPURN	STAIN	STEIN
STERN	SWAIN	SWOON	SWORN

5 Letter Words That End With N and D

41 of the 5 letter words that end with N contain a D. Twenty open with it: DEMON, DIVAN, DOZEN, DRAIN, DROWN. Thirteen more put the D in square three, as in CODON, RADON and SEDAN. A yellow D points to square one first, square three second.


ADORN	CODON	DEMON	DIVAN
DOYEN	DOZEN	DRAIN	DRAWN
DROWN	IODIN	LADEN	OLDEN
RADON	SEDAN	WIDEN

High Scoring Scrabble Words That End With N

The final N scores one point in Scrabble, so the value of a word ending in N comes from the four letters in front of it. Z gives the biggest return. ZAZEN at 23 points outscores every other five letter word ending in N in the language.

Word	Score	What it means
ZAZEN	23	Seated meditation in Zen Buddhism
ZYGON	18	A connecting bar in the brain’s structure
HAZAN	17	A cantor who leads prayer in a synagogue
WIZEN	17	To shrivel or dry up with age
ZAYIN	17	The seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet
COZEN	16	To trick someone into doing something
MIZEN	16	The rear mast on a sailing ship, also spelled mizzen
ZAMAN	16	A large tropical tree, also called the rain tree
ZUPAN	16	The head of a district in parts of the Balkans
AJWAN	15	An Indian herb used as a spice, also spelled ajwain
DIZEN	15	To dress in showy clothes
DOZEN	15	A set of twelve
VIXEN	15	A female fox, or a quarrelsome woman
WAXEN	15	Made of wax, or pale as wax

5 Letter Words That End With N and Meanings

Plenty of the 5 letter words that end with N look familiar without being definable, and a word you cannot define is one you will not recall under time pressure. QUERN, THEGN, PAEAN and TIGON all fall into that gap. These 65 definitions cover the ones most worth knowing.

Word	What it means
ACORN	The nut of an oak tree
ADORN	To decorate or add ornament to something
ALIGN	To arrange things in a straight line, or to bring into agreement
ARSON	The crime of deliberately setting fire to property
ASHEN	Grey and drained of colour, said of a face
ASPEN	A poplar tree whose leaves tremble in any breeze
BAIRN	A child, in Scottish and northern English use
BISON	A large shaggy wild ox of North America and Europe
BOSUN	The crew member in charge of a ship’s equipment, short for boatswain
BOURN	A small stream, or a boundary
CAPON	A castrated cockerel fattened for the table
CAIRN	A pile of stones built as a landmark or memorial
COIGN	A projecting corner of a wall, as in coign of vantage
COZEN	To trick someone into doing something
DEIGN	To do something you consider beneath your dignity
DOYEN	The most senior or respected member of a group
FELON	A person convicted of a serious crime
FUTON	A padded mattress that folds away, from Japanese use
GLUON	The particle that binds quarks together inside protons
GROIN	The fold where the abdomen meets the thigh
HALON	A gas once used in fire extinguishers
HYMEN	A membrane at the opening of the vagina
KROON	The former currency of Estonia
LADEN	Loaded or weighed down
LUMEN	The unit of visible light output, or the cavity inside a tube
MESON	A short-lived particle made of a quark and an antiquark
MOURN	To feel and show grief after a death
MUCIN	A protein that gives mucus its thickness
OAKEN	Made of oak
OLDEN	Belonging to a former age, as in olden days
PAEAN	A song of praise or triumph
PAGAN	A follower of a religion outside the main world faiths
PITON	A metal spike a climber hammers into rock
PRION	A misfolded protein that causes disease
QUEAN	An impudent or disreputable woman, in older English
QUERN	A hand mill for grinding grain between two stones
QUOIN	A cornerstone in a wall, or a wedge used in printing
RADON	A radioactive gas that seeps from some rocks
RAMEN	Japanese wheat noodles served in broth
RECON	Reconnaissance, a survey of ground before action
RESIN	A sticky substance from trees, or its synthetic equivalent
RICIN	A poison extracted from castor beans
RONIN	A samurai with no master
SCION	A descendant of a notable family, or a shoot for grafting
SEDAN	An enclosed car, or a chair carried on poles
SKEIN	A length of yarn wound in a loose coil
SPURN	To reject something with contempt
STARN	The rear of a ship, a variant of stern
TALON	The claw of a bird of prey
TENON	A projecting end of wood that fits into a mortise
THEGN	A landholder serving an Anglo-Saxon king
TIGON	The offspring of a male tiger and a female lion
TOXIN	A poison produced by a living organism
TREEN	Small household objects turned from wood
UHLAN	A cavalry soldier armed with a lance
URBAN	Belonging to a town or city
VIXEN	A female fox, or a quarrelsome woman
WITAN	The council of advisers to an Anglo-Saxon king
WIZEN	To shrivel or dry up with age
WOMYN	A spelling of women used to avoid the word men
XENON	A heavy inert gas used in bright lamps
XYLAN	A plant sugar found in wood and straw
YEARN	To want something with quiet persistence
ZAZEN	Seated meditation in Zen Buddhism

FAQs

Q1. What are some 5 letter words that end with N?

The ten most frequent words on this pattern are BRAIN, CROWN, GREEN, OCEAN, TOKEN, HUMAN, LEMON, TRAIN, QUEEN and URBAN. Every one of them has already been a Wordle answer, which is what puts them ahead of the rarer words further down the set. Work through these before you spend a guess on anything unfamiliar.

Q2. How many 5 letter words end with N?

English has 517 five letter words ending in N, once place names and surnames come out of the count. Of those, about 192 are words an ordinary reader would recognise on sight. The remaining 325 are archaic forms, borrowed words and technical terms that word games accept as guesses without ever using them as answers.

Q3. Which 5 letter words end with N and have no A?

Rather more than you would expect: 269 of the 517 contain no A at all, which is over half the set. The common ones worth trying first are BROWN, CROWN, GREEN, LEMON, ONION, QUEEN, ROBIN, SEVEN, TOKEN and WOVEN. A grey A feels worse on this pattern than it turns out to be, because it leaves the whole ON and EN family untouched.

Q4. Do any 5 letter words end in NH?

No, English has no five letter word ending in NH. Only eleven pairs can sit in front of a final N: ON, IN, AN, EN, RN, WN, UN, GN, NN, LN and YN. If your fourth square rules out all eleven, the answer does not end in N at all.

Q5. Which 5 letter words end in double N?

Only two words fit that shape, DJINN and STONN. DJINN names a spirit in Arabic and Islamic tradition and counts as a legal Wordle guess, which makes it the one worth memorising. STONN is an archaic form of stun and has never been an answer, so treat it as a spare guess rather than a real candidate.

Q6. Which 5 letter words ending in N score highest in Scrabble?

ZAZEN takes the top spot at 23 points, with ZYGON behind it on 18. HAZAN, WIZEN and ZAYIN each score 17, and COZEN, MIZEN, ZAMAN and ZUPAN each take 16. Since the final N earns only one point, the whole score rides on holding a Z, so keep one back until a five letter lane opens.

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