5-letter words with N as the fifth letter
There are 521 five-letter words with N as the fifth letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is ZAZEN at 23 points. S is the most common first letter among them (69), and the average score is 8.3 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green N in the fifth position leaves these 521 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with N in slot 5, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include ZAZEN, ZYGON, HAZAN, WIZEN and ZAYIN. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an N in slot 5 further.
For Wordle, OCEAN is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 521 words.
5-letter words with N as the fifth letter in numbers
- Words
- 521
- Highest scoring
- ZAZEN 23 pts
- Average score
- 8.3 pts
- With a definition
- 251 (48%)
- A44
- B34
- C33
- D22
- E15
- F12
- G19
- H17
- I6
- J7
- K9
- L34
- M17
- N5
- O16
- P32
- Q5
- R41
- S69
- T29
- U15
- V7
- W14
- X2
- Y11
- Z6
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with n as the fifth letter
5-letter words with N as the fifth letter (521)
These 300 of the 521 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every first letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words have N as the fifth letter?
Unscrambly's list has 521 five-letter words with N in the fifth position, 4.1% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your fifth tile turned green as N, these 521 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as OCEAN.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with N as the fifth letter?
ZAZEN scores 23 points in Scrabble. Next come ZYGON (18), HAZAN (17) and HIZEN (17). The average is 8.3 points.