5 Letter Words Ending in N

267 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are all 267 5 letter words ending in N, from a standard word-game dictionary, with everyday words first. 79 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 S, R, B. Good picks with five different letters include women, given, often, human.

Words found: 267
Most used: again
Most common first letter: S

Wordle helper: 5 letter words ending in N

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Common 5 letter words ending in N

#	Word	Meaning
1	again	anew
2	women	an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
3	given	acknowledged as a supposition
4	often	many times at short intervals
5	known	apprehended with certainty
6	human	characteristic of humanity
7	woman	an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
8	taken	understood in a certain way; made sense of
9	learn	gain knowledge or skills
10	green	of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass
11	seven	being one more than six
12	union	an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
13	began	take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
14	brown	of a color similar to that of wood or earth
15	clean	free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
16	train	create by training and teaching
17	brain	that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers
18	shown	give an exhibition of to an interested audience
19	japan	a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and...
20	queen	the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites
21	begin	take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
22	ocean	a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
23	grown	(of animals) fully developed
24	chain	a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
25	urban	relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area
26	crown	the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy
27	drawn	showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; ; ; ; - Charles Dickens
28	roman	relating to or characteristic of people of Rome
29	plain	clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
30	begun	take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
31	dozen	the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
32	robin	small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
33	alien	not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
34	blown	being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor
35	grain	a relatively small granular particle of a substance
36	bacon	back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried
37	mason	American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights...
38	organ	a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular...
39	cabin	small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
40	eaten	take in solid food

5 letter words ending in n, by first letter

A (20)

again
alien
align
aspen
arson
apron
actin
avian
acorn
adorn
argon
anion
ashen
atman
auxin
avion
axion
ancon
adown
adman

B (23)

began
brown
brain
begin
begun
blown
bacon
basin
baron
baton
bison
boron
boson
brawn
bogan
bruin
blain
bourn
bairn
bosun
burin
beton
buran

C (17)

clean
chain
crown
cabin
canon
colin
clown
colon
churn
cumin
coven
cairn
cajon
codon
croon
capon
cozen

D (13)

drawn
dozen
drain
devon
drown
divan
dewan
djinn
diwan
deign
doyen
daman
daven

E (4)

eaten
elfin
eosin
eikon

F (8)

flown
frown
felon
feign
futon
fanon
fagin
furan

G (11)

given
green
grown
grain
groin
groan
glean
gowan
gluon
giron
gamin

H (9)

human
haven
hogan
heron
hymen
honan
hazan
hosen
hyson

J (2)

japan
jawan

K (2)

known
kroon

L (17)

learn
lemon
logan
laden
linen
levin
lumen
lupin
liven
liken
leben
leman
loran
liman
lagan
lapin
loden

M (12)

mason
moron
mourn
melon
macon
mayan
maven
matin
meson
mucin
mizen
mavin

N (4)

nylon
nomen
ninon
numen

O (9)

often
ocean
organ
onion
olden
odeon
oaken
opsin
oaten

P (15)

plain
pagan
pecan
prawn
pylon
prion
paean
pekin
preen
pavan
piton
paten
pinon
patin
pavin

Q (3)

queen
quoin
quern

R (27)

roman
robin
reign
risen
raven
resin
rowan
recon
rayon
rerun
radon
rouen
riven
ripen
rosin
ricin
ratan
rumen
renin
rowen
reman
ravin
repin
redon
redan
rutin
reran

S (34)

seven
shown
stern
sworn
spoon
salon
shawn
stain
stein
sedan
slain
siren
satin
spawn
sheen
scorn
scion
swain
swoon
seton
sarin
solon
saran
savin
shorn
sabin
spurn
skein
skeen
solan
syren
shewn
serin
spean

T (17)

taken
train
token
titan
thorn
twain
toxin
takin
talon
tween
taxon
thein
tenon
toman
tolan
treen
tabun

U (3)

union
urban
unban

V (2)

vegan
vixen

W (11)

women
woman
wagon
woven
wigan
woken
widen
waken
waxen
witan
wheen

X (1)

xenon

Y (2)

yearn
yamen

Z (1)

zazen

Questions people ask

How many 5 letter words ending in N are there?

This list has 267, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words seen in real English text.

What are common 5 letter words ending in N?

again, women, given, often, known, human, woman, taken.

Which 5 letter words ending in N are good Wordle guesses?

women, given, often, human, woman, taken 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.

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