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5-Letter Words Ending in N

363 five-letter words end in N; 119 of them are common words, shown in bold. Common words are where Wordle answers come from.

Best Wordle guesses

Ranked by how many green and yellow tiles each word turns up, on average, against the common words Wordle answers come from.

#WordGreenYellow
1learn0.421.37
2alien0.481.21
3stern0.401.27
4resin0.321.34
5risen0.411.25
6siren0.571.10
7ocean0.241.39
8eaten0.461.16

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  • againcommon
  • womencommon
  • givencommon
  • oftencommon
  • knowncommon
  • humancommon
  • womancommon
  • takencommon
  • learncommon
  • greencommon
  • sevencommon
  • unioncommon
  • begancommon
  • browncommon
  • cleancommon
  • traincommon
  • braincommon
  • showncommon
  • japancommon
  • queencommon
  • begincommon
  • oceancommon
  • growncommon
  • chaincommon
  • urbancommon
  • crowncommon
  • drawncommon
  • romancommon
  • plaincommon
  • beguncommon
  • dozencommon
  • robincommon
  • aliencommon
  • blowncommon
  • graincommon
  • baconcommon
  • masoncommon
  • organcommon
  • cabincommon
  • eatencommon
  • havencommon
  • canoncommon
  • lemoncommon
  • colincommon
  • basincommon
  • draincommon
  • reigncommon
  • demoncommon
  • logancommon
  • vegancommon
  • clowncommon
  • sterncommon
  • sworncommon
  • wagoncommon
  • onioncommon
  • baroncommon
  • spooncommon
  • saloncommon
  • risencommon
  • devoncommon

All 363 five-letter words

Starting with A 30

aboon acorn actin adman admen adorn adown again algin alien align aloin amain ancon anion apian apron argon arpen arson ashen aspen atman auxin avian avion axion axman axmen azlon

Starting with B 24

bacon bairn baron basin baton began begin begun beton bison blain blawn blown bogan boron boson bosun bourn brain brawn brown bruin buran burin

Starting with C 26

cabin cairn cajon canon capon chain churn clean clown coden codon cogon coign colin colon conin copen cotan coven covin cozen croon crown cumin cutin cyton

Starting with D 17

daman daven dawen deign demon devon dewan divan diwan dizen djinn doven doyen dozen drain drawn drown

Starting with E 6

eaten eikon elain elfin eloin eosin

Starting with F 10

fagin fanon feign felon ficin flown foehn frown furan futon

Starting with G 15

gamin gipon giron given glean gluon gnawn goban gowan grain green groan groin grown gyron

Starting with H 10

haven hazan hemin heron hogan honan hosen human hymen hyson

Starting with I 3

inion inurn iodin

Starting with J 4

japan jawan jeton jupon

Starting with K 4

kinin known korun kroon

Starting with L 24

laden lagan lapin laten lauan learn leben leman lemon levin ligan liken liman limen linen linin lipin liven loden logan loran lumen lupin lysin

Starting with M 13

macon mason matin maven mavin mayan melon meson mizen moron mourn mucin muton

Starting with N 5

ninon niton nomen numen nylon

Starting with O 14

oaken oaten ocean octan odeon often olden olein onion opsin orcin organ orpin owsen

Starting with P 21

paean paeon pagan paten patin pavan pavin pecan pekan pekin pelon pinon piton plain prawn preen prion purin puton pylon pyran

Starting with Q 4

quean queen quern quoin

Starting with R 33

racon radon ratan raven ravin rawin rayon recon redan redon reign reman renin repin reran rerun resin rewan rewin rewon ricin ripen risen riven robin roman rosin rouen roven rowan rowen rumen rutin

Starting with S 42

sabin salon saran sarin sasin satin savin scion scorn sedan serin seton seven sewan sharn shawn sheen shewn shoon shorn shown shuln siren skean skeen skein slain solan solon sozin spawn spean spoon spurn stain stein stern swain swoon sworn swoun syren

Starting with T 20

tabun taken takin talon taxon tenon thegn thein thorn tigon titan token tolan toman toxin toyon train treen twain tween

Starting with U 9

uhlan ulpan unban union unman unpen unpin unwon urban

Starting with V 5

vegan venin vimen vixen vodun

Starting with W 12

wagon waken waxen wheen widen wigan witan wizen woken woman women woven

Starting with X 2

xenon xylan

Starting with Y 8

yamen yamun yapon yearn yogin yourn yulan yupon

Starting with Z 2

zayin zazen

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Questions people ask

How many five-letter words end in N?

Our list has 363. 119 of them are common everyday words; the rest are rarer words you are more likely to meet in Scrabble or a crossword than in conversation. The list is a public-domain English word list, sorted by how often each word appears in everyday writing.

What are the most common five-letter words that end in N?

AGAIN, WOMEN, GIVEN, OFTEN, KNOWN — in that order, by how often they appear in everyday English.

What is the best Wordle guess that ends in N?

LEARN. Against the common five-letter words Wordle draws its answers from, it turns up 0.42 green and 1.37 yellow tiles on average — more than any other word on this list. The method is the same as on our Best Wordle Starting Words page.