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

The 5-letter words with W as the 1st letter and N as the 5th letter come to 14, and nine of them end in -EN.

14 wordsTop pick WOMENHighest score WIZEN 17

7 of 14 are everyday words (50%). A friendly list: most players will know the top picks.

With W in 1st place, S is the most common 5th letter (147 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 14 · most-used first

  • WOMEN10
  • WOMAN10
  • WAGON9
  • WOVEN11
  • WIGAN9
  • WOKEN12
  • WIDEN9
  • WAKEN12
  • WOMYN13
  • WAXEN15
  • WITAN8
  • WHEEN11
  • WIZEN17
  • WOXEN15
All valid words 14

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

  • WAGON9
  • WAKEN12
  • WAXEN15
  • WHEEN11
  • WIDEN9
  • WIGAN9
  • WITAN8
  • WIZEN17
  • WOKEN12
  • WOMAN10
  • WOMEN10
  • WOMYN13
  • WOVEN11
  • WOXEN15
Letters by positionIn 64% of these words the 4th letter is E.
2nd letter
  1. O43%
  2. I29%
  3. A21%
3rd letter
  1. M21%
  2. G14%
  3. K14%
4th letter
  1. E64%
  2. A21%
  3. O7%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
WIZEN1718All three
WAXEN1516All three
WOXEN1516Collins only
WOMYN1314Collins · NWL
WOKEN1213All three
WAKEN1213All three
WOVEN1113All three
WHEEN1111All three
WOMEN1012All three
WOMAN1012All three
WAGON911All three
WIGAN911All three

W first, N last, three letters to fill: that is the whole frame here. WOMAN, WOMEN, WOVEN and WAGON are the familiar names, and they sit alongside rarer forms such as WHEEN and WOMYN. Half of the fourteen are Wordle answers, an unusually strong ratio for a pattern this small.

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

  • Fourteen words place W first and N last, and half of them are Wordle answers.
  • Nine end in -EN: WOVEN, WOMEN, WOKEN, WIDEN, WAKEN, WIZEN, WAXEN, WOXEN and WHEEN.
  • Seven count as common English words; the other seven are rarer forms.
  • Collins takes all 14, NWL2023 takes 13 and ENABLE takes 12.
  • WIZEN scores 17 points, with WAXEN and WOXEN sharing 15 behind it.

How many of the fourteen end in -EN?

Nine of the fourteen run to -EN, and the internal shape is consistent: a W, then a vowel, a consonant and EN. WOMEN and WOVEN are the everyday pair, WOKEN, WIDEN, WAKEN and WIZEN fill the middle, and WAXEN, WOXEN and WHEEN are the rarities around them.

The remaining five split three ways. WOMAN heads an -AN group alongside WIGAN and WITAN, WAGON is the lone -ON word, and WOMYN is the only entry ending in -YN.

Picking a W-to-N word for your board

  1. After a solve, reach for WOMAN, WOMEN, WAGON, WOVEN, WOKEN or WIDEN: every one is both a Wordle answer and a common word.
  2. After points, reach for WIZEN at 17, or WAXEN and WOXEN at 15 apiece.
  3. After a challenge, remember that WOXEN is the single match only Collins allows.
  4. WOMYN and WHEEN are the two members missing from the common list and the answer list together.

Questions people ask

How many 5-letter words begin with W and end with N?
Fourteen words match, and nine of them close on -EN. That -EN group covers WOMEN, WOVEN, WOKEN, WIDEN, WAKEN, WIZEN, WAXEN, WOXEN and WHEEN. Collins accepts all fourteen, NWL2023 thirteen and ENABLE twelve.
Which W-to-N word scores highest in Scrabble?
WIZEN scores 17 points, the best here, and its value comes from the Z. WAXEN and WOXEN share second place at 15 points. WOMAN and WOMEN trail at 10 apiece, so the rare spellings pay better than the common ones.
Are half of these words Wordle answers?
Yes, seven of the fourteen are answers: WAGON, WAXEN, WIDEN, WOKEN, WOMAN, WOMEN and WOVEN. WAXEN is the only one of those that is not also a common English word, which makes it the hardest of the seven to recall.

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