5-Letter Words Ending in N
Quick answer: There are 364 valid words that are five letters long and end in N in the ENABLE word list this tool uses. Type your letters into the Word Unscrambler to find the ones your rack can actually play.
A green N in the last spot is common in Wordle. Five-letter words ending in N span vowel-N endings and -OWN/-URN clusters.
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Base Scrabble tile scores, before board premiums — the highest-value words that are five letters long and end in N.
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, bacon, bairn, baron, basin, baton, began, begin, begun, beton, bison, blain, blawn, blown, bogan, boron, boson, bosun, bourn, brain, brawn, brown, bruin, buran, burin, 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, daman, daven, dawen, deign, demon, devon, dewan, divan, diwan, dizen, djinn, doven, doyen, dozen, drain, drawn, drown, eaten, eikon, elain, elfin, eloin, eosin, fagin, fanon, feign, felon, ficin, flown, foehn, frown, furan, futon, gamin, gipon, giron, given, glean, gluon, gnawn, goban, gowan, grain, green, groan, groin, grown, gyron, haven, hazan, hemin, heron, hogan, honan, hosen, human, hymen, hyson, inion, inurn, iodin, japan, jawan, jeton, jupon, kinin, known, korun, kroon, laden, lagan, lapin, laten, lauan, learn, leben, leman, lemon, levin, ligan, liken, liman, limen, linen, linin, lipin, liven, loden, logan, loran, lumen, lupin, lysin, macon, mason, matin, maven, mavin, mayan, melon, meson, mizen, moron, mourn, mucin, muton, ninon, niton, nomen, numen, nylon, oaken, oaten, ocean, octan, odeon, often, olden, olein, onion, opsin, orcin, organ, orpin, owsen, paean, paeon, pagan, paten, patin, pavan, pavin, pecan, pekan, pekin, pelon, pinon, piton, plain, prawn, preen, prion, purin, puton, pylon, pyran, quean, queen, quern, quoin, 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, sabin, salon, saran, sarin, sasin, satin, savin, scion, scorn, sedan, semen, 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, tabun, taken, takin, talon, taxon, tenon, thegn, thein, thorn, tigon, titan, token, tolan, toman, toxin, toyon, train, treen, twain, tween, uhlan, ulpan, unban, union, unman, unpen, unpin, unwon, urban, vegan, venin, vimen, vixen, vodun, wagon, waken, waxen, wheen, widen, wigan, witan, wizen, woken, woman, women, woven, xenon, xylan, yamen, yamun, yapon, yearn, yogin, yourn, yulan, yupon, zayin, zazen
All 364 matches in the ENABLE open word list. Use the Word Unscrambler with your exact letters to see which of them you can actually play.
Game Strategy
Final-N words often end -AN, -EN, -IN, -ON, -UN (OCEAN, QUEEN, ROBIN, BACON) or -OWN/-URN (CROWN, BURNT). Test the vowel before the N first.
Going Deeper
A terminal N pairs with almost every vowel, so the letter before it carries the information: -AIN (BRAIN, CHAIN), -EEN (QUEEN, GREEN), -OWN (CROWN, BROWN, CLOWN) and -URN are the common patterns. If you have a yellow W or a double vowel, one of those clusters is likely. Set the length filter to 5 and filter ends-with N.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many 5-letter words end in N?
The ENABLE word list contains 364 five-letter words ending in N, a mid-sized group that shows up often in Wordle. The whole list appears on this page, grouped alphabetically. Because N pairs with nearly every vowel, the letter immediately before it carries most of the information. Feed your known letters to the unscrambler to narrow the set.
What Wordle answers end in N?
Common Wordle answers ending in N include OCEAN, BRAIN, CROWN, QUEEN, ROBIN, CLOWN, BACON and TRAIN. They divide neatly into vowel-plus-N endings (-AN, -EN, -IN, -ON, -UN) and the -OWN and -URN clusters. Focus your next guess on the vowel just before the N, since that is what separates the two families. A yellow W almost always means an -OWN word.
What comes just before a final N?
A terminal N pairs with almost every vowel, so the fourth letter is where the answer hides: -AIN (BRAIN, CHAIN, PLAIN), -EEN (QUEEN, GREEN, SHEEN), -OWN (CROWN, BROWN, CLOWN) and -URN (BURNT aside, SPURN and CHURN) are the productive patterns. Double vowels before N are common enough to be worth testing early. If you have a yellow A or E with no home, one of the -AIN or -EEN patterns is likely. That is usually a faster route than guessing the first letter.
Does a green N tell you much in Wordle?
A green final N is a moderately strong clue: it is common enough to be a realistic guess yet restrictive enough to eliminate the very large -E, -Y and -R groups. Its real value is structural, because English allows only a handful of letters directly before a word-final N. That means confirming the N effectively hands you a shortlist for position four. Spend your next guess there rather than on the opening letter.