5 Letter Words Ending in AN
Here are all 52 5 letter words ending in AN, from a standard word-game dictionary, with everyday words first. 15 of them are common words; the rest are rarer but still valid in most word games. Use the Wordle helper to add the letters you know.
Most of these words start with R, L, H. Good picks with five different letters include human, woman, began, clean.
- Words found
- 52
- Most used
- human
- Most common first letter
- R
Wordle helper: 5 letter words ending in AN
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Common 5 letter words ending in AN
| # | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | human | characteristic of humanity |
| 2 | woman | an adult female person (as opposed to a man) |
| 3 | began | take the first step or steps in carrying out an action |
| 4 | clean | free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits |
| 5 | japan | a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and... |
| 6 | ocean | a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere |
| 7 | urban | relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area |
| 8 | roman | relating to or characteristic of people of Rome |
| 9 | organ | a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular... |
| 10 | logan | a mountain peak in the St. Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high) |
| 11 | vegan | a strict vegetarian; someone who eats no animal or dairy products at all |
| 12 | titan | a person of exceptional importance and reputation |
| 13 | hogan | United States golfer who won many major golf tournaments (1912-1997) |
| 14 | pagan | someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures |
| 15 | sedan | a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors |
| 16 | rowan | Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits |
| 17 | avian | pertaining to or characteristic of birds |
| 18 | groan | indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure |
| 19 | mayan | a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached... |
| 20 | pecan | wood of a pecan tree |
| 21 | glean | gather, as of natural products |
| 22 | saran | any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things |
| 23 | divan | a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall) |
| 24 | paean | a formal expression of praise |
| 25 | ratan | a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms |
| 26 | diwan | a collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one author) |
| 27 | liman | a long narrow lagoon near the mouth of a river |
| 28 | lagan | goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered |
| 29 | pavan | music composed for dancing the pavane |
| 30 | hazan | the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers... |
| 31 | solan | very large white gannet with black wing tips |
| 32 | jawan | (India) a private soldier or male constable |
| 33 | furan | a colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon |
| 34 | reran | broadcast again, as of a film |
| 35 | adman | someone whose business is advertising |
5 letter words ending in an, by first letter
A (3)
- avian
- atman
- adman
B (3)
- began
- bogan
- buran
C (1)
- clean
D (4)
- divan
- dewan
- diwan
- daman
F (1)
- furan
G (3)
- groan
- glean
- gowan
H (4)
- human
- hogan
- honan
- hazan
J (2)
- japan
- jawan
L (5)
- logan
- leman
- loran
- liman
- lagan
M (1)
- mayan
O (2)
- ocean
- organ
P (4)
- pagan
- pecan
- paean
- pavan
R (6)
- roman
- rowan
- ratan
- reman
- redan
- reran
S (4)
- sedan
- saran
- solan
- spean
T (3)
- titan
- toman
- tolan
U (2)
- urban
- unban
V (1)
- vegan
W (3)
- woman
- wigan
- witan
More 5 letter word lists
ending in A ending in B ending in C ending in D ending in E ending in F ending in G ending in H ending in I ending in K ending in L ending in M ending in N ending in O ending in P ending in R ending in S ending in T ending in U ending in W ending in X ending in Y ending in Z ending in AE ending in AL ending in AR ending in AT ending in CE ending in DE ending in DY
Questions people ask
How many 5 letter words ending in AN are there?
This list has 52, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words seen in real English text.
What are common 5 letter words ending in AN?
human, woman, began, clean, japan, ocean, urban, roman.
Which 5 letter words ending in AN are good Wordle guesses?
human, woman, began, clean, ocean, urban use five different letters, so each guess tests more of the alphabet.
Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.