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4-Letter Words Starting with N

There are 145 four-letter words that start with N on Word.ws, from naam to nyuk. The most common are need, next, name, news and nice.

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All 145 four-letter words that start with N

NA

  • naam6n. The taking of property for the purpose of compensation.
  • naan4n. A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and...
  • naat4n. Poetry in praise of the prophet Muhammad.
  • nabe6n. Neighborhood.
  • nabi6n. A prophet of Islam.
  • nabs6n. A single-serving package of snack crackers, usually filled with peanut...
  • nack10v. To acknowledge negatively; to send a NAK signal to.
  • nada5pron. Nothing.
  • nade5n. A grenade.
  • nads5n. The testicles.
  • naff10adj. Bad; tasteless, poorly thought out, not workable; tacky.
  • nafs7n. The self; the psyche, ego, or soul.
  • naga5n. A loincloth.
  • naib6n. A deputy.
  • naik8n. A lord or governor in South Asia.
  • nail4n. The horny plate or appendage at the ends of the digits of various...
  • nain4n. A grandmother.
  • nait4v. To refuse; deny; disclaim.
  • naja11n. A member of the Naja genus of venomous snakes; cobras.
  • naka8n. A place where workers assemble to seek employment.
  • nake8v. To make naked; to bare.
  • nall4n. An awl.
  • name6n. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place...
  • namu6n. A sandfly of the genus Austrosimulium.
  • nana4n. A banana.
  • nang5n. A metal bulb filled with nitrous oxide gas, inhaled for its...
  • nani4interj. What.
  • nano4n. A nanotechnological device, such as a computer.
  • naos4n. The inner part of an ancient Greek temple, containing a statue of the...
  • napa6n. Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage.
  • nape6n. The back part of the neck.
  • naps6n. Kinky or curly hair.
  • narc6n. A police officer or federal agent assigned to or engaging in illegal...
  • nard5n. A flowering plant of species Nardostachys jatamansi, in the valerian...
  • nare4n. A nostril.
  • nark8n. A police spy or informer.
  • narm6n. A scene in a piece of media that is portrayed as serious but...
  • narp6n. A shirt.
  • nart4n. Any of a race of giant heroes in the folklore of the peoples of the...
  • nary7adv. Not, never.
  • nase4n. Any member of the genus Chondrostoma of freshwater potamodromous fishes.
  • nasi4n. Cooked rice.
  • nato4n. A tree of the genus Mora.
  • nave7n. The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the...
  • navy10n. A country's entire maritime military force, including ships and...
  • naze13n. A promontory or headland.

NE

  • neal4v. To temper by heat.
  • neap6n. The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
  • near4adj. Physically close.
  • neat4adj. Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
  • neck10n. The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans...
  • neeb6n. A kind of spirit according to Hmong beliefs.
  • need5n. A requirement for something; something needed.
  • neem6n. Azadirachta indica, a large, mostly evergreen tree from India, whose...
  • neen4n. The eyes.
  • neep6n. The swede (rutabaga); turnip.
  • neer4n. (anatomy) Kidney.
  • neko8n. A catgirl or catboy.
  • nems6n. The ichneumon, or Egyptian mongoose.
  • nene4n. The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state...
  • neon4n. The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The...
  • neph9n. A nephrologist.
  • nerf7v. To bump lightly, whether accidentally or purposefully.
  • nesh7adj. Soft; tender; sensitive; yielding.
  • ness4n. A promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in...
  • nest4n. A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
  • neta4n. A politician.
  • nete4n. In Ancient Greek musical theory, the highest-pitched fixed note in the...
  • neti4n. Nasal irrigation performed using a neti pot as part of Hatha yoga.
  • nets4n. A training session before playing a cricket match for both bowlers and...
  • neuk8n. A corner; a nook. A fairy fiddler frae the neuk, [nook] - "Robert...
  • neve7n. Nephew.
  • news7n. New information of interest.
  • newt7n. A small lizard-like amphibian in the subfamily Pleurodelinae that lives...
  • newy10n. Shorthand for a number of different cities that start with "New", such...
  • next11adj. Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening...

NI

  • nias4n. A young hawk; an eyas.
  • nibs6n. An important or self-important person.
  • nice6adj. Pleasant, satisfactory, complimentary.
  • nick10n. A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in...
  • nife7n. The innermost layers or core of the Earth, composed chiefly of nickel...
  • niff10n. A bad smell.
  • nift7n. Niece.
  • nigh8adj. Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied...
  • nill4n. Shining sparks thrown off from melted brass.
  • nina4n. A hidden message revealed in the completed grid of a crossword.
  • nine4n. The digit or figure 9.
  • nipa6n. A palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans.
  • niru4n. A company within the military of the Qing dynasty.
  • nish7pron. Nothing.
  • nisi4n. Decree nisi.
  • nize13v. To shut up; to stop talking.

NO

  • nock10n. Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring.
  • node5n. A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.
  • noel4n. A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the...
  • noer4n. One who noes.
  • noil4n. A short fibre left over from combing wool or spinning silk during the...
  • noir4adj. Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that...
  • noki8n. Synonym of dassie rat.
  • nola4n. A very small bell used in the choir during consecration.
  • noll4n. The head, especially the top of the head.
  • nolo4adj. Having no or low alcohol content; being low-alcohol or alcohol-free.
  • nolt4n. Cattle.
  • noma6n. A gangrenous disease of humans leading to tissue destruction of the...
  • nome6n. A prefecture or unit of regional government in Greece.
  • noms6n. Food, especially tasty food.
  • none4pron. Not any of a given number or group.
  • nong5n. An idiot.
  • noni4n. The Polynesian fruit tree Morinda citrifolia.
  • nook8n. A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
  • noon4n. The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the...
  • nooo4interj. Elongated form of no.
  • noot4pron. Nothing.
  • nope6part. No.
  • nori4n. A type of seaweed, a red alga, laver (genus Pyropia, including species...
  • nork8n. A woman's breast.
  • norm6n. That which is normal or typical.
  • nose4n. A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to...
  • nosh7n. Food.
  • nosy7adj. Prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or...
  • note4n. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a...
  • nott4adj. Of an animal: having no horns; polled.
  • noun4n. A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of...
  • nous4n. The mind or intellect, faculty for rationality or reason using the...
  • nova7n. Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.
  • novi7n. A new pupil.
  • nowt7pron. Naught, nothing.
  • nowy10adj. Nowed (knotted).

NU

  • nuch9adv. Not much, hardly, barely, to an insignificant degree.
  • nudi5n. A nudibranch.
  • nuel4adj. Prone; tending to.
  • nugu5adj. Unknown; unpopular.
  • nuke8n. A nuclear weapon.
  • null4n. A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
  • numb8adj. Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.
  • nunu4n. A true bug (or a similar other bug).
  • nuru4n. A Japanese form of body-to-body massage in which the masseur and client...
  • nuts4n. The testicles.

NY

  • nyaa7interj. The cry of a cat; meow, miaow.
  • nyah10interj. Expressing smug triumph.
  • nyam9v. To eat.
  • nyan7interj. The cry of a cat; meow, miaow.
  • nyas7n. An eyas (a fledgling falcon).
  • nyet7n. A no; a negative response (in a Russian context).
  • nyuk11interj. An exaggerated laugh.
21 rare four-letter words that start with N

Questions about these words

How many four-letter words that start with N are there?
Word.ws lists 145 four-letter words that start with N, plus 21 rare ones.
What are common four-letter words that start with N?
need, next, name, news, nice, near, note and none.
Which of the four-letter words that start with N has the highest letter score?
nize scores 13 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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