5-letter words with N as the third letter
There are 934 five-letter words with N as the third letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring are ZANZA and ZANZE, tied at 23 points. M is the most common first letter among them (85), and the average score is 8.4 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green N in the third position leaves these 934 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with N in slot 3, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include ZANZA, ZANZE, ZANJA, ZINKY and JUNKY. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an N in slot 3 further.
For Wordle, SINGE 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 934 words.
5-letter words with N as the third letter in numbers
- Words
- 934
- Highest scoring
- ZANZA 23 pts
- Average score
- 8.4 pts
- With a definition
- 521 (56%)
- A21
- B80
- C48
- D55
- E7
- F43
- G50
- H43
- I5
- J18
- K30
- L57
- M85
- N22
- O9
- P77
- Q1
- R50
- S62
- T68
- U7
- V26
- W38
- X3
- Y9
- Z20
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with n as the third letter
5-letter words with N as the third letter (934)
These 300 of the 934 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 third letter?
Unscrambly's list has 934 five-letter words with N in the third position, 7.4% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your third tile turned green as N, these 934 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 SINGE.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with N as the third letter?
ZANZA and ZANZE tie at 23 points in Scrabble. Next come ZANJA (21), ZINKY (21) and JUNKY (19). The average is 8.4 points.