5-Letter Words with N

All 1,964 five-letter words with N: page 1 of 5

A

• aband8v. To desist in practicing, using, or doing; to renounce.
• abend8n. The abnormal termination of a program.
• aborn7adj. Born, begotten, created, developed.
• abrin7n. A toxin, akin to ricin, found in jequirity beans (Abrus precatorius).
• abuna7n. The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.
• acana7n. A tree from the West Indies that was valued for its wood and was one of...
• acorn7n. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or...
• acron7n. Synonym of prostomium.
• actin7n. A globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to...
• 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...
• admin8n. Administration, or administrative work.
• adorn6v. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
• adown9adv. Down, downward; to or in a lower place.
• again6adv. Another time: indicating a repeat of an action.
• agent6n. One who exerts power, or has the power to act.
• aging7n. The process of becoming older or more mature.
• agnel6n. A 13th century French gold coin.
• agony9n. Extreme pain or anguish.
• agrin6adj. Grinning; having happiness or satisfaction apparent on one's face.
• agung7n. A gong used in the Philippines and Indonesia.
• ajahn15n. A Buddhist teacher.
• aland6adv. On dry land, as opposed to in the water.
• alane5n. Aluminium hydride, AlH₃.
• alban7n. A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by...
• alfin8n. A bishop.
• alien5n. A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the...
• align6v. To form a line; to fall into line.
• aline5adv. In line.
• alone5adj. By oneself, solitary.
• along6prep. By the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to.
• altyn8n. An obsolete Russian coin worth three kopeks.
• amain7adv. Out of control.
• amand8n. A fine or penalty.
• amant7n. A lover, especially if illicit; a paramour.
• ameen7n. Any of various native Indian officials employed by the civil courts...
• amend8v. To make better; improve.
• ament7n. A catkin or similar inflorescence.
• amine7n. A functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two...
• amino7adj. Relating to an amine.
• amnio7n. Amniocentesis.
• among8prep. Of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people...
• 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...
• apian7adj. Relating to bees.
• aping8n. Foolish imitation or mimicry.
• apnea7n. The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient...
• apron7n. An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for...
• arena5n. An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting...
• arene5n. Any monocyclic or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
• arent5adj. Drying out, parching, withering.
• argan6n. A tree of species Sideroxylon spinosum (formerly Argania spinosa), of...
• argon6n. The chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18. The third...
• arion5n. Any slug of the genus Arion.
• arkan9n. The five "pillars", requirements or devotional duties of Islam...
• arnis5n. Traditional Philippine stickfighting, a martial art.
• arran5n. Spider.
• arson5n. The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.
• asana5n. A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga.
• ascon7n. A cavity, in the form of a bag or tube, lined with choanocytes, that...
• ashen8adj. Made from the wood of the ash-tree.
• aspen7adj. Pertaining to the aspen tree.
• aspin7n. Synonym of askal.
• astin5n. Any of a group of cyclical pentapeptides originating from the plant...
• aston5n. A lower third.
• atman7n. The true self of an individual beyond identification with worldly...
• atone5v. To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an...
• atony8n. Lack of muscle tone; flaccidity or atonia.
• augen6n. Flattened eye-shaped mineral grains present in some metamorphic rocks.
• aurin5n. A red colouring matter derived from phenol. Used as an indicator.
• auton5n. A machine or robot, usually in the form of a living being, designed to...
• auxin12n. A class of plant growth substance (often called phytohormones or plant...
• avant8n. The front of an army; the vanguard.
• avens8n. A plant of the genus Geum, especially Geum urbanum, or herb bennet.
• avian8adj. Characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying...
• awing9adv. On the wing; flying; fluttering.
• axing13n. An assault carried out with an axe.
• axion12n. A hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to resolve certain...
• azran14n. A position, often in polar coordinates, of an object located by radar.

B

• bacne9n. Acne on the back.
• bacon9n. Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.
• bairn7n. A child or baby.
• balun7n. An electronic device for connecting a balanced transmission line to an...
• banal7adj. Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing...
• banan7n. Banana.
• banat7n. The territory governed by a ban.
• banca9n. A canoe; an outrigger canoe or dugout.
• banco9adj. Being or relating to a type of court involving a bench of judges, often...
• banda8n. A style of Mexican brass band music, emerged in the 19th century.
• bandh11n. A general strike, shutdown, or other form of protest used in South Asia...
• bando8n. A Welsh team sport related to hockey, hurling, shinty, and bandy.
• bandy11v. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
• bangs8n. Hair hanging over the forehead.
• banjo14n. A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body...
• banku11n. A Ghanaian dish of fermented corn and cassava dough formed into a paste...
• banky14adj. Hilly; sloping.
• banna7n. A young male friend; mate, buddy.
• banns7n. The announcement of a forthcoming marriage (legally required for a...
• bants7n. Banter, particularly among men.
• banty10adj. Bantam (small, but aggressive).
• banya10n. A type of steam bath, popular in Russia (and in some parts of Alaska as...
• baren7n. A tool for pressing woodcuts, consisting of a disk with a coil of...
• barin7n. Synonym of boyar.
• barny10adj. Barn-like.
• baron7n. The male ruler of a barony.
• basen7v. To make or become base (inferior or unworthy); to lower.
• basin7n. A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.
• batin7n. The internal or hidden meaning of the Qur'an.
• baton7n. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.
• bavin10n. Impure limestone.
• bayan10n. A type of chromatic button accordion developed in Russia in the early...
• bazin16n. An unleavened bread in the cuisine of Libya prepared with barley, water...
• beano7n. A beanfeast; any noisy celebration, a party.
• beans7n. Pills; drugs in pill form.
• beany10adj. Resembling or characteristic of beans.
• bedan8n. A kind of woodturning tool consisting of a bar with a single bevel.
• begin8v. To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
• begun8adj. Having begun.
• behen10n. Behen rubrum or red behen: said in some sources to be Salvia haematodes...
• being8n. A living creature.
• bejan14n. A freshman at various Scottish and continental universities.
• beman9v. To furnish or fill with men; man.
• bench12n. A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and...
• benda8n. An old Guinean unit of mass, equivalent to 0.0642 kilograms.
• bends8n. The thickest and strongest planks in a wooden ship's side, wales.
• bendy11adj. Having the ability to be bent easily.
• benet7v. To catch in a net; ensnare.
• benga8n. A genre of Kenyan popular music in an urban style associated with...
• benim9v. To take away; rob; deprive; ravish.
• benna7n. A calypso-like genre of traditional music from Antigua and Barbuda.
• benne7n. Sesame.
• benny10n. An amphetamine tablet.
• bento7n. A Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged...
• benzo16adj. Of a ring compound, especially a heterocycle, which also has a fused...
• besan7n. Gram flour, as used in Indian and Burmese cuisine.
• bevan10n. A bogan.
• bhang11n. A traditional South Asian preparation made from the leaves and flowers...
• bhuna10n. A type of curry, in which the onions and spices are cooked in oil with...
• bicon9n. An iconic bisexual celebrity or fictional character, or a celebrity or...
• bidon8n. A bottle or flask for holding a beverage such as water or wine...
• bilin7n. Any of various biological pigments formed in many organisms as a...
• bindi8n. The “holy dot” traditionally worn on the forehead of Hindu women.
• bindy11n. A stinging burr of the bindii plant.
• binge8n. A short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol...
• bingo8n. A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a...
• binky14n. A stuffed animal, pillow, blanket, or toy that a small child is more...
• binny10n. Niger barb (Labeobarbus bynni or Barbus bynni), a species of yellowfish...
• binos7n. Binoculars.
• bison7n. A large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.
• bizen16n. Something serving as a warning or an example to be avoided.
• blain7n. Skin swelling or sore; blister; blotch.
• blanc9n. A white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables, used especially for...
• bland8adj. Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
• blank11adj. Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be...
• blend8n. A mixture of two or more things.
• blind8adj. Unable to see, or only partially able to see.
• bling8n. An ostentatious display of richness or style.
• blini7n. A small pancake, of Russian origin, made from buckwheat flour...
• blink11v. To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
• blond8adj. Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.
• blown10adj. Distended, swollen, or inflated.
• blunt7adj. Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
• bogan8n. An unsophisticated person from a working class background.
• boing8interj. A representation of the sound of something bouncing.
• boink11v. To have sexual intercourse (with); to bonk.
• bolon7n. A traditional harp played in Mali.
• bonce9n. A large marble of grey stone used in various games, such as bonce...
• bonch12n. The perineum.
• bonds8n. Imprisonment, captivity.
• boned8adj. Having a (specific type of) bone.
• boner7n. One who or that which removes bones.
• bones7n. A percussive folk musical instrument played as a pair in one hand...
• bongo8n. A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.
• bonks11adj. Crazy, bonkers.
• bonne7n. A French nursemaid.
• bonus7n. Something extra that is good; an added benefit.
• bonza16n. A reddish apple originating in Australia.
• bonze16n. A Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia.
• boong8n. A native of New Guinea or Malaysia.
• borne7adj. Carried, supported.
• boron7n. The chemical element (symbol B) with an atomic number of 5, which is a...
• boson7n. A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which...
• bound8adj. Obliged (to).
• boxen14adj. Made of boxwood.
• bozon16n. A notional particle of stupidity.
• brain7n. The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located...
• brand8n. A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark...
• brane7n. A hypothetical object extending across a number of (often specified)...
• brank11n. A metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a...
• brant7n. Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the...
• brawn10n. Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
• brian7v. To keep fire at the mouth of (as of an oven), to give light or to...
• brine7n. Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a...
• bring8v. To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
• brink11n. The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank...
• briny10adj. Of, relating to, resembling, or containing brine (“water saturated or...
• bronc9n. A bronco.
• brony10n. A (usually major, often male) fan of the animated television series My...
• broon7n. The colour brown.
• brown10n. A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
• bruin7n. A folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos.
• brune7adj. Brunette.
• brunt7n. The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of...
• buang8v. To discard or throw something out.
• bunce9n. A bonus; additional pay; money.
• bunch12n. A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or...
• bunco9n. A swindle or confidence trick.
• bunda8n. Ass, butt.
• bundt8n. A baking pan with a hollow, circular, raised area in the middle.
• bundu8n. A wilderness region, away from cities.
• bundy11n. A tree, Eucalyptus goniocalyx.
• bungo8n. A Japanese written language established mainly during the Heian period...
• bunia7n. Bunya (a traditional Kanak and Ni-Vanuatu dish).
• bunji14n. A mate; a kinsman.
• bunny10n. A rabbit, especially a juvenile one.
• bunta7adj. Crazy, riotous, out of control.
• bunts7n. Money.
• bunya10n. The bunya pine, Araucaria bidwillii, native to Queensland.
• burin7n. A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver.
• burnt7adj. Damaged or injured by fire or heat.
• burny10adj. Tending to burn.
• buron7n. A traditional Auvergne shepherd's hut with a thatched roof, or a rustic...
• bwana10n. Big boss, important person.

C

• caban9n. A grain measure equal to 3.47 cubic feet, used in the Philippine...
• cabin9n. A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built...
• cairn7n. A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the...
• cajan14n. Synonym of pigeon pea (“Cajanus cajan”).
• cajon14n. A large valley surrounded by mountains of considerable height...
• calin7n. An alloy of lead and tin, from the Far East.
• canal7n. An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel...
• candy11n. Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.
• caned8adj. Intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
• caner7n. One who canes.
• canes7n. Bamboo plants of genus Arundinaria, the sole temperate genus of bamboo...
• canid8n. Any member of the family Canidae, including canines (dogs, wolves...
• canna7n. Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and...
• canny10adj. Careful, prudent, cautious.
• canoe7n. A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people...
• canon7n. A generally accepted principle; a rule.
• canso7n. A love song sung by a troubadour.
• canto7n. One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
• canty10adj. Lively; cheerful; merry; brisk.
• capon9n. A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
• carny10n. A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated...
• caron7n. Háček.
• cavan10n. A unit of dry capacity approximately equivalent to 2.3 US bushels.
• cavin10n. A hollow route, adapted to cover troops and facilitate their approach...
• cense7v. To perfume with incense.
• cento7n. A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from...
• cetin7n. The white, waxy constituent of spermaceti.
• chain10n. A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
• chana10n. A dish principally made from chickpeas or chickpea paste.
• chang11n. A traditional harp of central and southwest Asia.
• chank14n. The large spiral shell of several species of sea conch, much used in...
• chant10v. To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic...
• chaun10n. A gap or rift.
• china10n. Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from...
• chine10n. The top of a ridge.
• ching11n. A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy...
• chink14n. A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
• chino10n. A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.
• chone10n. An inhalant or exhalant canal in a sponge; a pore sieve.
• chown13v. To change the owner of (a file or directory).
• chron10n. A period of time between two geomagnetic reversals.
• chunk14n. A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick...
• churn10v. To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or...
• cinch12n. A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
• clang8n. A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects...
• clank11n. A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.
• clean7adj. Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty...
• cline7n. A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species, deme, or...
• cling8n. Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
• clink11n. The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
• clint7n. The relatively flat part of a limestone pavement between the grikes.
• clone7n. A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single...
• clonk11n. The abrupt sound of two hard objects coming into contact.
• clown10n. A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and...
• clung8adj. Shrunken; wasted away.
• clunk11n. A dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into...
• codon8n. A handbell used for summoning monks.
• cogen8n. Cogeneration; a combination heating plant and power generator.
• cogon8n. Any of several perennial rhizomatous grasses of genus Imperata...
• cohen10n. A Jewish priest: direct male descendant of the Biblical high priest...
• colin7n. The American quail or bobwhite, or related species.
• colon7n. The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.
• conal7adj. Shaped like a cone or funnel; conic.
• conch12n. A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own...
• conda8n. A pattern morph of hognose snake that results in fewer but larger spots...
• conde8n. The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to...
• condy11n. The giant Caribbean sea anemone, Condylactis gigantea.
• coned8adj. Segregated or delineated by traffic cones (of an area).
• coner7n. A marijuana cigarette tapered to a conical shape.
• coney10n. The Jamaican coney (Geocapromys brownii), a hutia endemic to Jamaica.
• conga8n. A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin.
• congo8interj. Congratulations.
• conic9adj. Synonym of conical.
• conky14adj. Having a prominent nose.
• conny10adj. Brave; fine; canny.
• const7n. A variable whose value cannot be changed directly.
• conte7n. An Italian count.
• conto7n. In Portugal and Brazil, a million reis.
• conus7n. A cone.
• convo10n. A conversation.
• copen9v. To cowrite.
• copin9n. Synonym of medio, particularly in Asturias, a traditional Spanish unit...
• corno7n. French horn.
• cornu7n. A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
• corny10adj. Boring and unoriginal.
• count7v. To recite numbers in sequence.
• coven10n. A nunnery, a convent.
• covin10n. Fraud, deception.
• cowan10n. A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an...
• cozen16v. To become cozy; (by extension) to become acquainted, comfortable, or...
• crane7n. Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long...
• crank11adj. Hard; difficult.
• creen7v. To complain; to whine; to moan.
• crine7v. To wither, wilt, shrivel.
• crone7n. An archetypal figure, a wise woman.
• cronk11v. To honk like a goose.
• crony10n. A close friend.
• croon7v. To hum or sing (a song or tune), or to speak (words), softly in a low...
• crown10n. A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
• crunk11adj. Crazy and intoxicated.
• cumin9n. The flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family Apiaceae.
• cyano10n. A univalent functional group, -CN, consisting of a carbon and a...
• cynic12n. A person whose outlook is scornfully negative.

D

• daing7n. Dried fish, usually split open (though they may be left whole), gutted...
• daman8n. The rock hyrax.
• dance8n. A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music...
• dancy11adj. Ready to dance.
• danda7n. A punctuation character (।) used in the Devanāgarī script to mark the...
• dandy10n. A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language...
• dango7n. A Japanese dumpling made from mochiko (rice flour).
• danio6n. Any of various fish of the genera Danio or Devario.
• danna6n. Human feces.
• danso6n. A small notched, end-blown vertical flute made of bamboo or plastic...
• danta6n. A deciduous timber-yielding tree native to West and West Central...
• danza15n. A Puerto Rican music genre associated with ballroom dancing.
• daunt6v. To discourage, intimidate.
• daven9v. To recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray.
• dayan9n. A rabbinic judge.
• deben8n. A measure of weight used during the Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt...
• decan8n. One of a collection of 36 small constellations or zodiacal subdivisions...
• defin9v. To remove the fins from.
• degen7n. Sword.
• deign7v. To consider it appropriate or worthy to do or give (something), often...
• deman8v. To sack employees from.
• demin8n. Demineralized water.
• demon8n. An evil being resident in or working for Hell; a devil.
• denar6n. The currency of North Macedonia, divided into 100 deni.
• dench11adj. Excellent; impressive; awesome.
• denim8n. A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.
• denpa8n. Works of fiction associated with alienation from reality, society, and...
• dense6adj. Having relatively high density.
• derny9n. A motorized bicycle for paced cycling events such as keirin.
• devan9v. To unload (goods) from a container.
• devon9n. A type of processed meat sausage.
• dewan9n. A holder of any of various offices in various (usually Islamic)...
• dhoni9n. A handcrafted sailboat with a motor or lateen sails, resembling a dhow...
• diene6n. An organic compound, especially a hydrocarbon, containing two double...
• digne7adj. Worthy; honourable; deserving; suitable.
• dijon13n. Dijon mustard, a prepared mustard containing white wine in place of...
• dinar6n. The official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain...
• diner6n. Someone who dines.
• dinge7n. Dinginess.
• dingo7n. A wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris...
• dingy10adj. Dark, dull.

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words with N are there?

Word.ws lists 1,964 five-letter words with N, plus 993 rare ones.

What are common five-letter words with N?

think, being, going, never, since, under, thing and again.

Which of the five-letter words with N has the highest letter score?

zazen scores 23 points with the standard letter tile values.

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