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5-Letter Words Ending in AN

There are 134 five-letter words ending in AN on Word.ws, from adhan to zupan. The most common are human, woman, clean, japan and ocean.

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All 134 five-letter words ending in AN

A

  • adhan9n. The call to prayer, usually recited by a muezzin before each of the...
  • adman8n. A person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling...
  • alban7n. A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by...
  • anjan12n. A hardwood tree (Hardwickia binata) native to dry regions of the Indian...
  • apian7adj. Relating to bees.
  • argan6n. A tree of species Sideroxylon spinosum (formerly Argania spinosa), of...
  • arkan9n. The five "pillars", requirements or devotional duties of Islam...
  • arran5n. Spider.
  • atman7n. The true self of an individual beyond identification with worldly...
  • avian8adj. Characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying...
  • azran14n. A position, often in polar coordinates, of an object located by radar.

B

  • banan7n. Banana.
  • bayan10n. A type of chromatic button accordion developed in Russia in the early...
  • bedan8n. A kind of woodturning tool consisting of a bar with a single bevel.
  • bejan14n. A freshman at various Scottish and continental universities.
  • beman9v. To furnish or fill with men; man.
  • besan7n. Gram flour, as used in Indian and Burmese cuisine.
  • bevan10n. A bogan.
  • bogan8n. An unsophisticated person from a working class background.
  • brian7v. To keep fire at the mouth of (as of an oven), to give light or to...

C

  • caban9n. A grain measure equal to 3.47 cubic feet, used in the Philippine...
  • cajan14n. Synonym of pigeon pea (“Cajanus cajan”).
  • cavan10n. A unit of dry capacity approximately equivalent to 2.3 US bushels.
  • clean7adj. Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty...
  • cowan10n. A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an...

D

  • daman8n. The rock hyrax.
  • dayan9n. A rabbinic judge.
  • decan8n. One of a collection of 36 small constellations or zodiacal subdivisions...
  • deman8v. To sack employees from.
  • devan9v. To unload (goods) from a container.
  • dewan9n. A holder of any of various offices in various (usually Islamic)...
  • divan9n. A Muslim council of state, specifically that of viziers of the Ottoman...

E

  • elvan8adj. Of or relating to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock...

F

  • furan8n. Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of...

G

  • glean6v. To collect (fruit, grain, or other produce) from a field, an orchard...
  • gogan7n. Saurauia napaulensis, a type of flowering plant found in the Himalayas.
  • gowan9n. A common daisy (Bellis perennis).
  • groan6n. A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.

H

  • havan11n. A ritual, rooted in the Vedic religion, in which offerings of food etc....
  • hogan9n. A one-room Native American (especially Navajo) dwelling or lodge...
  • human10adj. Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.

I

  • ihsan8n. The practice of showing one's faith in deed and action, as though...
  • irian5adj. Of or relating to the iris.
  • ishan8n. Title of Sufi leaders in Central Asia.

J

  • japan14n. A hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt.
  • jawan15n. An infantryman; a soldier.

K

  • kalan9n. The sea otter.
  • kazan18n. A cauldron or cooking pot used in Central Asian cuisine.
  • koban11n. An oval gold coin in the Edo period of feudal Japan.
  • kudan10n. A yokai with the head of a human and the body of a bovine.

L

  • lagan6n. Goods or materials found or left on the sea floor, attached to a...
  • lauan5n. Any of several types of light wood, resembling mahogany, from various...
  • layan8v. To respond to (a person) through conversation or actions, to entertain.
  • leban7n. Coagulated sour milk diluted with water.
  • leman7n. One beloved; a lover, a sweetheart of either sex (especially a secret...
  • levan8n. A homopolysaccharide composed of D-fructofuranosyl.
  • liman7n. A wide estuary formed as a lagoon at the mouth of one or more rivers...
  • liwan8n. A long, narrow-fronted hall or vaulted portal found in Levantine homes...
  • logan6n. A rocking or balanced stone.
  • lowan8n. Synonym of mallee fowl.
  • lycan10n. A werewolf.

M

  • maaan7interj. Elongated form of man.
  • maban9n. A magical material in Australian Aboriginal mythology, from which the...
  • makan11v. To eat.
  • mikan11n. An orange seedless citrus fruit Citrus unshiu, originating from Japan...
  • moran7n. An unmarried Maasai or Samburu warrior.

N

  • noman7pron. Nobody.
  • noyan8n. A prince in feudal Mongolia.

O

  • ocean7n. One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
  • octan7adj. Occurring every eight days.
  • oiran5n. A high-status courtesan in Japan.
  • oplan7n. Operational plan.
  • organ6n. The larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform...

P

  • paean7n. A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or...
  • pagan8adj. Relating to, characteristic of religions that differ from main world...
  • paran7n. A latitude where, at some longitude at a given moment in time, two...
  • pasan7n. The gemsbok.
  • pecan9n. A deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the central and southern...
  • pegan8n. A person who practices peganism, a variant of the vegan diet and paleo...
  • pekan11n. A fisher cat or fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti).
  • pocan9n. The poke, Phytolacca americana (formerly Phytolacca decandra).
  • pyran10n. Any of a class of unsaturated heterocyclic compounds containing a ring...

Q

  • quean14n. A young woman, a girl; a daughter.

R

  • rakan9n. A Japanese arhat.
  • redan6n. A defensive fortification work in the shape of a V.
  • reman7v. To supply with new personnel.
  • rohan8n. An East Indian timber tree.
  • roman7adj. Upright, as opposed to italic.
  • rotan5n. A long rattan cane used for corporal punishment.
  • rowan8n. Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
  • ruban7n. A ribbon.

S

  • saman7n. A fine; a monetary penalty imposed for breaking the law.
  • sapan7n. Wood of a timber tree of species Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia...
  • saran5n. A plastic resin used to make packaging films.
  • sazan14n. A fish (Cyprinus carpio) in the Cyprinidae family. It is native to Sea...
  • scran7n. Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.
  • sedan6n. An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by...
  • shian8n. A magical fairy mound.
  • sohan8n. A traditional Persian brittle toffee made with saffron.
  • solan5n. Solan goose.
  • soman7n. A highly toxic G-series nerve agent in the organophosphate class of...
  • spean7n. A teat or nipple of a cow.
  • stian5n. A stye.
  • sudan6n. A traditional Korean punch, made from boiled rice flour cakes and...
  • sugan6n. A straw rope.
  • suman7n. Rice cake from the Philippines made from glutinous rice cooked in...
  • suran5n. A tropical plant of the species Amorphophallus paeoniifolius...

T

  • tahan8v. To endure; to bear.
  • taran5n. A species of roach (Rutilus heckelii), a fish in the Cyprinidae family....
  • thran8adj. Stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded.
  • titan5n. Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.
  • toman7n. A division of 10,000 men in the Mongolian army.
  • toran5n. A gateway consisting of two upright pillars carrying one to three...
  • towan8n. A sand dune.
  • trian5adj. Only used in in trian aspect.
  • tucan7n. The hispid pocket gopher (Heterogeomys hispidus).
  • tyran8v. To act tyrannically towards.

U

  • uhlan8n. A lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit...
  • ulpan7n. An Israeli school where the Hebrew language is taught to new immigrants.
  • unban7v. To lift a ban against.
  • unman7v. To sap (a person) of the strength, whether physical or emotional...
  • urban7adj. Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a...
  • urman7n. Synonym of taiga (a kind of subarctic forest).
  • urvan8n. The soul.

V

  • varan8n. The monitor lizard.
  • vegan9adj. Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or...

W

  • wigan9n. A canvas-like cotton fabric, often coated with latex rubber, used to...
  • witan8n. The Anglo-Saxon national council or witenagemot.
  • woman10n. An adult female human.

X

  • xylan15n. A polysaccharide, consisting of xylose residues, found in the cell...

Y

  • yokan12n. A thick jellied dessert made of red bean paste, agar, and sugar...
  • yulan8n. Magnolia denudata, a species of magnolia with large white blossoms that...

Z

  • zaman16n. Albizia saman, a large tropical tree in the pea family.
  • zupan16n. The leader of a župa, or administrative unit, among various South...
49 rare five-letter words ending in AN

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words ending in AN are there?
Word.ws lists 134 five-letter words ending in AN, plus 49 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words ending in AN?
human, woman, clean, japan, ocean, urban, roman and brian.
Which of the five-letter words ending in AN has the highest letter score?
kazan scores 18 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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