5-letter words with N as the first letter
There are 317 five-letter words with N as the first letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is NUDZH at 18 points. A is the most common second letter among them (81), and the average score is 7.8 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green N in the first position leaves these 317 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with N in slot 1, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include NUDZH, NIQAB, NIZAM, NYMPH and NAVVY. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an N in slot 1 further.
For Wordle, NOISE 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 317 words.
5-letter words with N as the first letter in numbers
- Words
- 317
- Highest scoring
- NUDZH 18 pts
- Average score
- 7.8 pts
- With a definition
- 156 (49%)
- A81
- E64
- G5
- I56
- K1
- O80
- U24
- Y6
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with n as the first letter
5-letter words with N as the first letter (317)
These 300 of the 317 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every second 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 first letter?
Unscrambly's list has 317 five-letter words with N in the first position, 2.5% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your first tile turned green as N, these 317 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 NOISE.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with N as the first letter?
NUDZH scores 18 points in Scrabble. Next come NIQAB (16), NIZAM (16) and NYMPH (15). The average is 7.8 points.