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

Thirty 5-letter words with C as the 1st letter and N as the 5th letter exist, and every one ends in N.

30 wordsTop pick CLEANHighest score COZEN 16

9 of 30 are everyday words (30%). A friendly list: most players will know the top picks.

With C in 1st place, S is the most common 5th letter (252 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 30 · most-used first

All valid words 30

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

Letters by positionIn 43% of these words the 2nd letter is O.
2nd letter
  1. O43%
  2. A27%
  3. H7%
3rd letter
  1. O10%
  2. T10%
  3. I7%
4th letter
  1. O30%
  2. I23%
  3. A13%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 7 in Scrabble; COZEN tops the list with 16. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 77 points: 9 words
  2. 8 points: 4 words
  3. 99 points: 5 words
  4. 10 points: 8 words
  5. 1111 points: 0 words
  6. 12 points: 0 words
  7. 1313 points: 0 words
  8. 14 points: 3 words
  9. 1515 points: 0 words
  10. 16 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
COZEN1618All three
CAJUN1419Collins only
CAJON1418All three
CAXON1416Collins only
CHAIN1011All three
CROWN1012All three
CLOWN1013All three
COWAN1012Collins only
CHURN1012All three
COVEN1013All three
COVIN1013All three
CYTON1011All three

C opens the word and N closes it, so the frame is C???N. CO- leads the second letter with 13 words, and 25 of the 30 put a vowel in the fourth slot, which keeps the middle open. Eleven matches are Wordle answers and nine are common.

C-first, N-fifth words at a glance

  • Thirty words start with C and end in N.
  • CO- opens 13 of them, from colon and coven to codon and cogon.
  • The fourth letter is a vowel in 25 of the 30 matches.
  • Nine words are common and eleven are Wordle answers.
  • Cozen tops the scores at 16, then cajun, cajon and caxon on 14.
  • Collins holds all 30, while NWL2023 and ENABLE each hold 26.

Which C-first, N-fifth words are Wordle answers?

Eleven of the 30 matches are Wordle answers: cabin, cairn, canon, chain, churn, clean, clown, colon, coven, crown and cumin. Nine count as common, so most answers here are words you already know rather than tournament rarities.

The N ending makes the last tile a given and the C gives the first, so everything rests on the middle three letters. When both edge letters are green, the answer almost always hides in the vowel-consonant pairs inside.

Why the middle stays vowel-heavy

Twenty-five of the 30 matches place a vowel fourth, led by O in nine words and I in seven. Cumin, colon, coven and canon all follow that vowel-then-N shape, which makes a vowel-heavy middle a reliable clue for the pattern.

The second letter leans the same way. Vowels open 23 of the 30 words and O alone takes 13, so cajon, croon and cozen share a rounded middle sound as well as the final N.

The N ending changes your search

Tip

With N fixed at the end, guess the middle vowel early. Words like clean, chain, crown and clown all slot a vowel before the N, so a green O or I in the fourth slot narrows the field fast.

Questions people ask

How many five-letter words start with C and end in N?
There are 30. CO- opens 13 of them, 11 are Wordle answers and nine count as common, so the pattern mixes familiar words with a few tournament entries.
Which C-first, N-fifth words are Wordle answers?
Eleven are answers: cabin, cairn, canon, chain, churn, clean, clown, colon, coven, crown and cumin. All 30 matches are also accepted guesses, so the pattern rewards familiar words.
What is the highest-scoring word starting with C and ending in N?
Cozen leads at 16 points on its Z. Cajun, cajon and caxon follow on 14, then chain, crown, clown, cowan, churn and coven each score 10.

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