NE closes a five letter word with a silent E that lengthens the vowel before it, and Wordle players confirm the pair once both tiles turn green. Those letters fix the last two positions, so the 5 letter words ending in NE leave the opening three unsolved.
I before the ending does more work than any other letter here. It gives you Brine, Chine, Shine, Spine, Swine and Twine, so an I guess in the middle tests a wide part of the field, while O leads to Alone, Clone, Drone, Phone, Prone and Stone.
There are 109 five letter words ending in NE. Phone, Alone, Stone, Plane and Shine are the strongest Wordle guesses because none of them repeat a letter. I in the middle position opens 31 of these words, more than any other letter.
5 Letter Words Ending In NE
N and E take the final two slots, which leaves the first three letters carrying the guess.
| Abune | Agene | Agone | Akene |
| Alane | Aline | Alone | Amene |
| Amine | Arene | Atone | Avine |
| Axone | Azine | Benne | Bonne |
| Borne | Bowne | Brane | Brine |
| Cerne | Chine | Cline | Clone |
| Conne | Crane | Crine | Crone |
| Ctene | Daine | Diane | Diene |
| Donne | Drone | Dwine | Eigne |
| Ethne | Exine | Ezine | Faine |
| Fayne | Flane | Foyne | Gerne |
| Grone | Gwine | Imine | Inane |
| Irone | Jeune | Jinne | Kerne |
| Koine | Krone | Leone | Liane |
| Ligne | Lowne | Meane | Mesne |
| Morne | Ohone | Opine | Ovine |
| Ozone | Panne | Penne | Phene |
| Phone | Plane | Prone | Prune |
| Quine | Raine | Rayne | Renne |
| Rhine | Rhone | Rhyne | Ronne |
| Royne | Saine | Sayne | Scene |
| Scone | Seine | Shine | Shone |
| Skene | Slane | Sonne | Sowne |
| Spane | Spine | Stane | Stone |
| Swine | Teene | Tenne | Terne |
| Thane | Thine | Tonne | Trine |
| Trone | Twine | Urine | Visne |
| Whine |
5 Letter Words Ending In NE By Starting Letter
Five opening letters reach eight NE words or more, and S leads them with sixteen.
5 Letter Words Ending In NE Starting With A
| Alone | Aline | Amine |
| Atone | Agone | Arene |
| Abune | Agene | Akene |
| Alane | Amene | Avine |
| Axone | Azine |
5 Letter Words Ending In NE Starting With C
| Clone | Crane | Chine |
| Cline | Crone | Cerne |
| Conne | Crine | Ctene |
5 Letter Words Ending In NE Starting With R
| Raine | Rhine | Rhone |
| Rayne | Renne | Rhyne |
| Ronne | Royne |
5 Letter Words Ending In NE Starting With S
| Scene | Shine | Spine |
| Stone | Scone | Seine |
| Shone | Swine | Saine |
| Skene | Slane | Sonne |
| Stane | Sayne | Sowne |
| Spane |
5 Letter Words Ending In NE Starting With T
| Thane | Thine | Tonne |
| Twine | Trine | Teene |
| Tenne | Terne | Trone |
5 Letter Words Ending In NE By Middle Letter
The middle letter narrows the field faster than the opener. Thirty one of these words take I in that position.
5 Letter Words Ending In NE With I In The Middle
| Shine | Spine | Urine |
| Aline | Amine | Brine |
| Chine | Cline | Raine |
| Rhine | Seine | Swine |
| Thine | Twine | Whine |
| Ezine | Faine | Imine |
| Koine | Opine | Ovine |
| Quine | Saine | Trine |
| Avine | Azine | Crine |
| Daine | Dwine | Exine |
| Gwine |
5 Letter Words Ending In NE With O In The Middle
| Alone | Clone | Drone |
| Leone | Phone | Prone |
| Stone | Atone | Crone |
| Ozone | Rhone | Scone |
| Shone | Agone | Krone |
| Axone | Grone | Irone |
| Ohone | Trone |
5 Letter Words Ending In NE With A In The Middle
| Crane | Diane | Plane |
| Inane | Thane | Brane |
| Liane | Slane | Stane |
| Alane | Flane | Meane |
| Spane |
5 Letter Words Ending In NE With N In The Middle
| Bonne | Donne | Tonne |
| Benne | Conne | Panne |
| Penne | Renne | Sonne |
| Jinne | Ronne | Tenne |
5 Letter Words Ending In NE With E In The Middle
| Scene | Arene | Diene |
| Skene | Agene | Akene |
| Amene | Ctene | Phene |
| Teene |
5 Letter Words Ending In NE For Wordle
Every word here uses five different letters, so one guess tests five positions at once.
| Phone | Alone | Stone |
| Plane | Shine | Drone |
| Prone | Spine | Crane |
| Urine | Diane | Clone |
| Borne | Swine | Thine |
| Rhine | Whine | Shone |
Phone and Crane give the widest letter spread. Alone and Stone work better once a vowel is already confirmed.
5 Letter Words Ending In NE For Scrabble
Q and Z carry the scoring here, and Quine, Ozone, Ezine and Azine all tie at 14.
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| Quine | 14 |
| Ozone | 14 |
| Ezine | 14 |
| Azine | 14 |
| Jinne | 12 |
| Jeune | 12 |
| Exine | 12 |
| Axone | 12 |
| Whine | 11 |
| Rhyne | 11 |
| Foyne | 11 |
| Fayne | 11 |
| Phone | 10 |
| Phene | 10 |
| Chine | 10 |
5 Letter Words Ending In NE And Their Meanings
Twenty of these words with what they mean.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Alone | Without other people |
| Amine | A compound derived from ammonia |
| Atone | To make amends for a wrong |
| Borne | Carried or endured |
| Brine | Very salty water |
| Clone | An exact genetic copy |
| Crane | A tall bird, or a lifting machine |
| Drone | A low humming sound, or an unmanned aircraft |
| Inane | Silly and pointless |
| Ozone | A form of oxygen with three atoms |
| Phone | A device for speaking at a distance |
| Plane | A flat surface, or an aircraft |
| Prone | Lying face down, or likely to do something |
| Prune | To trim branches, or a dried plum |
| Scene | The place where an event happens |
| Scone | A small plain baked cake |
| Shine | To give out bright light |
| Spine | The backbone |
| Stone | A small piece of rock |
| Swine | A pig |
FAQs
The ones you meet most in everyday English are Phone, Alone, Stone and Plane. Shine, Drone, Prone and Scene follow closely behind them.
There are 109 five letter words ending in NE in standard word game dictionaries. Around 39 of those are words most players already recognise.
Thirty one words take I in the third position. Brine, Chine, Shine, Spine, Swine, Twine, Whine and Urine are the strongest of them.
Sixteen words match both conditions. Scene, Scone, Seine, Shine, Shone, Spine, Stone and Swine are the ones worth knowing.
Try Crane. It tests C, R and A alongside the NE pair and uses five different letters, which is why many players open with it. Phone works equally well and covers P, H and O.
The top score is 14 points before any board bonus, shared by Quine, Ozone, Ezine and Azine.
Yes, several. Benne, Bonne, Conne, Donne, Panne, Penne, Renne, Ronne, Sonne and Tonne each carry a double N before the final E.
Fourteen words open on a vowel. Alone, Atone, Amine, Arene, Azine, Abune, Agene, Agone, Akene, Aline, Amene, Avine, Axone and Opine all qualify.
