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5-Letter Words Starting with NE

There are 31 five-letter words that start with NE on Word.ws, from neath to nexus. The most common are never, needs, newly, nerve and negro.

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All 31 five-letter words that start with NE

  • neath8prep. Beneath.
  • neato5interj. Neat (in the sense of being excellent or desirable).
  • nebby12adj. Overly inquiring; nosey.
  • nebel7n. A Hebrew stringed instrument, possibly the same as the nabla.
  • neddy10n. A donkey or ass.
  • needs6adv. Either directly or indirectly preceded or followed by an auxiliary...
  • needy9adj. In need; poor.
  • neeld6n. A needle.
  • neele5n. A needle.
  • neeps7n. Mashed swede (called "turnip" in Scotland), especially when served with...
  • neera5n. A sweet sap extracted from the inflorescence of various species of...
  • negro6adj. Relating to a black ethnicity.
  • negus6n. A drink made of wine, often port, mixed with hot water, oranges or...
  • neigh9n. The cry of a horse.
  • nelly8n. A person's life.
  • nemes7n. A headcloth worn by pharaohs.
  • neral5n. Citral.
  • nerka9n. A sockeye salmon.
  • neros5n. A period of 600 years.
  • nerve8n. A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels...
  • nervy11adj. Having nerve; bold; brazen.
  • nesty8adj. Resembling or characteristic of a nest.
  • netty8adj. Netted: made of or employing a net.
  • neven8v. To utter; mention the name of.
  • never8adv. At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.
  • nevus8n. Any of a number of different, usually benign, pigmented, raised or...
  • newco10n. A new company, especially one spun-off from or replacing an existing...
  • newel8n. A central pillar around which some types of spiral staircase are...
  • newly11adv. Very recently/lately; in the immediate past.
  • newsy11adj. Containing lots of news; informative.
  • nexus12n. A form or state of connection.
27 rare five-letter words that start with NE

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with NE are there?
Word.ws lists 31 five-letter words that start with NE, plus 27 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with NE?
never, needs, newly, nerve, negro, nexus, needy and nelly.
Which of the five-letter words that start with NE has the highest letter score?
nexus 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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