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5-Letter Words Starting with AN

There are 35 five-letter words that start with AN on Word.ws, from ancho to anyon. The most common are angry, angel, anger, angle and anime.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

All 35 five-letter words that start with AN

  • ancho10n. A broad, flat, dried poblano pepper, often ground into a powder.
  • ancon7n. A console that appears to support a cornice.
  • andon6n. A Japanese paper lantern.
  • andor6n. Synonym of dandy or hammock litter, a strong cloth suspended from a...
  • andro6n. A Meitei traditional type of alcoholic beverage or drink, originated...
  • anele5v. To anoint; to give extreme unction with oil.
  • anent5prep. Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as...
  • angel6n. An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other...
  • anger6n. A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or...
  • angle6n. A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane...
  • anglo6n. An English person or person of English ancestry.
  • angor6n. Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of...
  • angry9adj. Displaying or feeling anger.
  • angst6n. Emotional turmoil; painful sadness; anguish.
  • anile5adj. Characteristic of a crone or a feeble old woman.
  • anima7n. The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as...
  • anime7n. An animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic...
  • anion5n. A negatively charged ion.
  • anise5n. An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt...
  • anjan12n. A hardwood tree (Hardwickia binata) native to dry regions of the Indian...
  • anker9n. A measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this...
  • ankle9n. The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost...
  • annal5n. The record of a single event or item.
  • annet5n. A duck or drake.
  • annex12n. An addition, an extension.
  • annoy8v. To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to...
  • annul5v. To formally revoke the validity of.
  • annum7n. A one-year period, particularly (finance) a fiscal year or (sciences) a...
  • anode6n. An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through...
  • anole5n. Any member of the family Dactyloidae of chiefly arboreal dactyloid...
  • anona5n. Custard apple (Annona).
  • antic7adj. Playful, funny, absurd.
  • antsy8adj. Restless, apprehensive and fidgety.
  • anvil8n. A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon...
  • anyon8n. Any particle that obeys a continuum of quantum statistics, only two of...
21 rare five-letter words that start with AN

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with AN are there?
Word.ws lists 35 five-letter words that start with AN, plus 21 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with AN?
angry, angel, anger, angle, anime, ankle, anglo and annex.
Which of the five-letter words that start with AN has the highest letter score?
annex scores 12 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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