5-letter words with N as the second letter
There are 338 five-letter words with N as the second letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is ENZYM at 19 points. U is the most common first letter among them (77), and the average score is 7.6 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green N in the second position leaves these 338 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with N in slot 2, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include ENZYM, UNZIP, ENJOY, KNACK and KNOCK. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an N in slot 2 further.
For Wordle, ANISE 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 338 words.
5-letter words with N as the second letter in numbers
- Words
- 338
- Highest scoring
- ENZYM 19 pts
- Average score
- 7.6 pts
- With a definition
- 170 (50%)
- A52
- C1
- E34
- G9
- I53
- J1
- K33
- M1
- O14
- S63
- U77
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with n as the second letter
5-letter words with N as the second letter (338)
These 300 of the 338 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 second letter?
Unscrambly's list has 338 five-letter words with N in the second position, 2.7% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your second tile turned green as N, these 338 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 ANISE.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with N as the second letter?
ENZYM scores 19 points in Scrabble. Next come UNZIP (16), ENFIX (15) and ENJOY (15). The average is 7.6 points.