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5-Letter Words Ending in EN

There are 105 five-letter words ending in EN on Word.ws, from alien to zazen. The most common are given, often, taken, green and seven.

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All 105 five-letter words ending in EN

A

  • alien5n. A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the...
  • ameen7n. Any of various native Indian officials employed by the civil courts...
  • ashen8adj. Made from the wood of the ash-tree.
  • aspen7adj. Pertaining to the aspen tree.
  • augen6n. Flattened eye-shaped mineral grains present in some metamorphic rocks.

B

  • baren7n. A tool for pressing woodcuts, consisting of a disk with a coil of...
  • basen7v. To make or become base (inferior or unworthy); to lower.
  • behen10n. Behen rubrum or red behen: said in some sources to be Salvia haematodes...
  • bizen16n. Something serving as a warning or an example to be avoided.
  • boxen14adj. Made of boxwood.

C

  • cogen8n. Cogeneration; a combination heating plant and power generator.
  • cohen10n. A Jewish priest: direct male descendant of the Biblical high priest...
  • copen9v. To cowrite.
  • coven10n. A nunnery, a convent.
  • cozen16v. To become cozy; (by extension) to become acquainted, comfortable, or...
  • creen7v. To complain; to whine; to moan.

D

  • daven9v. To recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray.
  • deben8n. A measure of weight used during the Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt...
  • degen7n. Sword.
  • doyen9n. The senior, or eldest male member of a group.
  • dozen15n. A set of twelve.

E

  • eaten5adj. Having been consumed by eating.
  • elden6v. To advance in eld or old age; to grow older; to age.
  • elfen8adj. Belonging to, or relating to, elves.
  • ellen5n. Strength vouchsafed; comfort; grace.
  • elsen5n. An awl, a pointed tool.
  • elven8n. Originally, a female elf, a fairy, a nymph; (by extension) any elf.

F

  • foxen15adj. Of or pertaining to foxes.

G

  • given9prep. Considering; taking into account.
  • gleen6v. To glisten; to gleam.
  • gomen8n. Government.
  • green6n. The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between...

H

  • haven11n. A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.
  • heben10n. Ebony.
  • helen8n. Either of a pair of curved, spine-like appendages on some hyoliths.
  • hosen8n. Coverings for the legs; trousers; pants.
  • hoven11adj. Affected with the disease called hoove.
  • hozen17n. Stockings; hose.
  • hsien8n. An administrative subdivision of Taiwan, commonly translated as county....
  • hymen13n. A membrane which completely or partially occludes the vaginal opening...

K

  • koken13n. A black-clad person who enters the stage to rearrange the set...
  • kween12n. A queen.

L

  • laden6adj. Weighed down with a load, burdened.
  • laten5v. To grow late; become later.
  • liken9v. Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or...
  • limen7n. A liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological...
  • linen5n. Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
  • liven8v. To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively.
  • loden6n. A thick waterproof cloth used for garments.
  • lopen7n. A teacher or master.
  • lowen8v. To make or become low.
  • lumen7n. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous...

M

  • maven10n. An expert in a given field; also, a person who is interested in and...
  • mesen7pron. Myself.
  • moyen10n. Intercession; intervention.
  • mysen10pron. Myself.

N

  • naken9v. To make naked; nake.
  • neven8v. To utter; mention the name of.
  • nomen7n. The family name of an Ancient Roman, designating their gens.
  • numen7n. A divinity, especially a local or presiding god.

O

  • oaken9adj. Made from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses...
  • oaten5adj. Of, pertaining to, or made of oats.
  • odden7v. To make or become odd (all senses).
  • often8adv. Frequently; many times on different occasions.
  • olden6adj. From or relating to a previous era.
  • onsen5n. A (Japanese) hot spring.
  • outen5adj. Being from without; strange; foreign; peculiar.

P

  • palen7v. To make or become pale.
  • paren7n. A parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text).
  • paten7n. The plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist.
  • preen7n. A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.

Q

  • queen14n. The wife, consort, or widow of a king.

R

  • raden6n. The Japanese technique of inserting a board-like material, a cut-out...
  • ramen7n. Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese-Chinese...
  • raven8n. Any of several, generally large, species of birds in the genus Corvus...
  • regen6n. A regenerative radio receiver.
  • ripen7v. Of grain, fruit, flowers, etc., to grow ripe; to become mature.
  • risen5adj. Having risen.
  • riven8adj. Torn apart.
  • rosen5adj. Made of or consisting of roses.
  • rowen8n. A stubble field left unploughed until late in the autumn, so that it...
  • ruden6v. To make rude; make raw, simplified, or more robust; toughen.
  • rumen7n. The first compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminants.

S

  • seven8n. The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.
  • sheen8n. Splendor; radiance; shininess.
  • siren5n. One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
  • soken9n. The 'resort' (right) of specific farmers to have their grain ground at...
  • solen5n. A cradle, as for a broken limb.
  • somen7n. Thin, white noodles usually served cold with sauce for dipping.

T

  • taken9adj. Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.
  • token9n. Something serving as an expression of something else.
  • treen5adj. Pertaining to or derived from trees; wooden; made of wood.
  • tsien5n. Synonym of mace (“old Chinese unit of weight”).
  • tween8n. An action of tweening (inserting frames for continuity); a sequence of...

V

  • vixen15n. A female fox.

W

  • waken12v. To wake or rouse from sleep.
  • waxen15adj. Grown.
  • wheen11n. A little; a small number.
  • widen9v. To become wide or wider.
  • wisen8v. To become wise or wiser.
  • woken12v. To make or become woke or woker.
  • woven11adj. Fabricated by weaving.

Y

  • yamen10n. A residence of an official of the Chinese Empire.
  • yugen9n. A Japanese ideal of grace and subtlety.

Z

  • zazen23n. A form of seated meditation in Zen Buddhism.
40 rare five-letter words ending in EN

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words ending in EN are there?
Word.ws lists 105 five-letter words ending in EN, plus 40 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words ending in EN?
given, often, taken, green, seven, queen, dozen and alien.
Which of the five-letter words ending in EN has the highest letter score?
zazen scores 23 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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