5-letter words with A as the 1st letter and N as the 4th letter

The pattern is A _ _ N _, so the fourth tile is fixed while the middle pair stays open. ALONG, AMONG, ALONE, AGENT, and ATONE show how different the remaining letters can be. Only 10 matches rank among common English words, so familiar examples sit beside less familiar tournament entries.

How many 5-letter words have A first and N fourth?

• Collins lists 56 words for this exact five-tile pattern.
• NWL2023 has 45 matches, while ENABLE has 43.
• ALONG, AMONG, and ALONE are among the recognizable examples.
• Final E leads with 14 words; S follows with 11.
• AZANS, AZINE, and AZONS tie for the top score at 14.

Which words fit A _ _ N _?

The middle letters create very different results: ALONG and AMONG are familiar, while AGENT and ARENA offer other everyday choices. ATONE puts a common verb into the same shape. With A and N already fixed, compare the second and third tiles first; that pair separates many plausible guesses.

Dictionary coverage differs across the three tournament lists. Collins includes all 56 matches, compared with 45 in NWL2023 and 43 in ENABLE. A word accepted in Collins is not automatically accepted in a North American game, so check the word list your game uses before relying on a less familiar entry.

Which endings and scores stand out?

The final letter is not evenly spread: E appears 14 times, S 11 times, and G 10 times. Together, those endings account for most of the familiar shape variety in this group. If your last tile is known, start with that ending rather than scanning every A-starting word.

AZANS, AZINE, and AZONS each score 14, the highest mark among the examples here; AXING follows at 13. Those top scorers use a Z or X, while everyday options such as ALONG and AMONG are easier to recognize. The average score is 7.6, so the rare-letter entries stand out from the typical match.