Word lists
5 Letter Words Starting With N
Our word list has 83 five letter words starting with N. Start with the 26 common ones, ranked by everyday use (NEVER, NIGHT, NEEDS), or open the full list for the other 57. The most common second letter is O, found in 24 of them.
- Words
- 83
- 26 common
- Top letters in spots 2 to 5
- e57%s39%a33%o33%i27%
- Repeated letters
- 30
- 36% of words, like NEVER
- 2+ vowels
- 58
- 70% of words
Common 5 letter words starting with N
26 everyday words, ranked by how often they appear in English, most common first.
- never
- night
- needs
- north
- named
- names
- notes
- noted
- novel
- noise
- newly
- nurse
- noble
- nasty
- nerve
- nails
- newer
- nodes
- naive
- noisy
More common words, in order (6)
nicer noses nests nouns nicks naked
More 5 letter words starting with N
The other 57 words in our dictionary, A to Z. Most are rarer words, plurals and word forms that many word games accept.
Show all 57 more words
NA... 13
nabob nacho nacre nadir naiad napes nappy nasal natal natty naval navel naves
NE... 10
nears neath necks needy neigh nervy newel newsy newts nexus
NI... 12
niche niece nifty nimbi nines ninja ninny ninth nippy niter nixed nixes
NO... 14
nobly nodal noddy noels nomad nonce nooks noose norms nosed notch novae novas noway
NU... 6
nuder nudes nudge nulls numbs nutty
NY... 2
nylon nymph
Tips for this pattern
- Check the second letter. O follows the N in 24 words (29%), as in NORTH and NOTES. A (19) and E (16) come next.
- Look at the last letter. 29% of five letter words starting with N end in S, like NEEDS and NAMES. Most of those are plurals, which some daily word games never use as answers.
- A strong first guess. If you know the word starts with N, NOISE is a good opener: it tests O, I, S and E, four of the seven most common letters in the open spots.
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Questions
How many 5 letter words starting with N are there?
Our dictionary has 83 five letter words starting with N. 26 of them are common everyday words, and the other 57 are rarer words that are still in our dictionary.
What are the most common 5 letter words starting with N?
NEVER, NIGHT, NEEDS, NORTH and NAMED, ranked by how often they appear in everyday English. 30 of all 83 words repeat a letter, and 58 have two or more vowels.
What is the most common second letter in 5 letter words starting with N?
O. 24 of the 83 words (29%) have O second, such as NORTH and NOTES. A is next with 19 words, then E with 16.
Word lists are based on SCOWL. “Most common” order uses data from wordfreq by Robyn Speer, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.