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5-Letter Words Starting with NA

There are 65 five-letter words that start with NA on Word.ws, from nabal to nazar. The most common are named, naval, nasty, nails and naive.

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All 65 five-letter words that start with NA

NAB

  • nabal7n. A long, straight, valveless brass trumpet used in the traditional music...
  • nabby12n. A skiff used for fishing.
  • nabla7n. A Hebrew stringed instrument.
  • nabob9n. An Indian ruler within the Mogul empire.

NAC

  • nacho10n. A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos.
  • nacre7n. A pearly substance made mainly of stacked layers of aragonite and...

NAD

  • nadir6n. The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith...

NAG

  • naggy10adj. Prone to nag, irritable.

NAH

  • nahal8n. Synonym of wadi.
  • nahor8n. Mesua ferrea (Ceylon ironwood).

NAI

  • naiad6n. A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring...
  • naias5n. Synonym of naiad (“female water deity”).
  • nails5n. The four round-topped pedestals outside the Corn Exchange in Bristol on...
  • naira5n. The official currency of Nigeria. Equal to 100 kobo. (The naira...
  • naive8adj. Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.

NAJ

  • najis12adj. Ritually unclean, such that contact with it puts a Muslim in a state of...

NAK

  • nakba11n. In Arab contexts: a catastrophe; a grave setback.
  • naken9v. To make naked; nake.
  • nakey12adj. Naked.

NAL

  • naled6n. A particular organophosphate insecticide.
  • nalla5n. Useless person, slacker.

NAM

  • namaz16n. Synonym of salat (“Islamic prayer”).
  • namba9n. A penis sheath worn by tribesmen in parts of the Pacific.
  • named8adj. Having a name.
  • namee7n. That which is given a name.
  • namer7n. One who names, or calls by name.
  • namus7n. A concept of virtue and honor within a family, typically relating to...

NAN

  • nance7v. To move in a prissy or stereotypically effeminate manner.
  • nandu6n. Rhea (large, flightless birds).
  • nanga6n. A simple wooden harp or zither used in central and eastern Africa.
  • nanna5n. Grandmother.
  • nanny8n. A child's nurse.
  • nanti5det. No; not any.
  • nanto5n. A horse.

NAP

  • naped8adj. Having a nape (of the neck) of a specified kind.
  • nappe9n. The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a...
  • nappy12n. An absorbent garment worn by a baby or toddler who does not yet have...

NAQ

  • naqib16n. One of the leading missionaries of the Hashimiyya movement who prepared...

NAR

  • naras5n. A spiny shrub, Acanthosicyos horridus, growing in Namibia and the...
  • narco7n. Narcotics.
  • naris5n. A nostril.
  • narks9n. Nitrogen narcosis.
  • narky12adj. Irritated, in a bad mood; disparaging.
  • narra5n. Any of the pantropical genus Pterocarpus of trees in the family...

NAS

  • nasal5adj. Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion.
  • nasib7n. An Arabic literary form, 'usually defined as an erotic or amatory...
  • nasri5n. A coin formerly used as a currency unit in Tunisia from medieval to...
  • nasse5n. Synonym of cyrtos.
  • nasty8adj. Dirty, filthy.
  • nasus5n. A horn-like elongated rostrum on the head of soldier termites of the...

NAT

  • natak9n. A play or dramatic production.
  • natal5adj. Of or relating to birth.
  • natch10adv. Naturally; of course.
  • nates5n. The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain...
  • natto5n. A traditional Japanese food product made from fermented soybeans.
  • natty8adj. Smart and fashionable.
  • natya8n. The classical Indian forms of dance, singing, and dramatics.

NAU

  • nause5n. An annoying person, especially one who intentionally annoys others.

NAV

  • naval8adj. Of or relating to a navy.
  • navar8n. A kind of Zoroastrian priest.
  • naved9adj. Having a (specified kind or number of) nave.
  • navel8n. The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals...
  • navvy14n. A laborer on a civil engineering project such as a canal or railroad.

NAW

  • nawab10n. A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler...

NAZ

  • nazar14n. An eye-shaped amulet supposed to protect against the evil eye in...
31 rare five-letter words that start with NA

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with NA are there?
Word.ws lists 65 five-letter words that start with NA, plus 31 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with NA?
named, naval, nasty, nails, naive, nanny, nasal and natal.
Which of the five-letter words that start with NA has the highest letter score?
naqib scores 16 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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