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6-letter words with E as the 5th letter and N as the 6th letter

6-letter words with E as the 5th letter and N as the 6th letter total 321 matches, including listen, garden, hidden, and broken.

321 wordsTop pick HAPPENHighest score WIZZEN 27

56 of 321 are everyday words (17%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With E in 5th place, D is the most common 6th letter (2,103 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 56 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 56 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 321

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

  • ACUMEN10
  • AIDMEN9
  • AIRMEN8
  • ALPEEN8
  • ANAGEN7
  • APEMEN10
  • ARISEN6
  • ASHMEN11
  • ATWEEN9
  • AWAKEN13
  • AWOKEN13
  • AXEMEN15
  • BADMEN11
  • BAGMEN11
  • BALEEN8
  • BARKEN12
  • BARMEN10
  • BARREN8
  • BATMEN10
  • BATTEN8
  • BAYMEN13
  • BEATEN8
  • BERGEN9
  • BESEEN8
  • BIDDEN10
  • BINMEN10
  • BIOGEN9
  • BIRKEN12
  • BITTEN8
  • BOGMEN11
  • BOKKEN16
  • BOLDEN9
  • BOLLEN8
  • BOREEN8
  • BOWMEN13
  • BRAZEN17
  • BROKEN12
  • BUNSEN8
  • BURDEN9
  • BUSMEN10
  • CABMEN12
  • CAREEN8
  • CARMEN10
  • CARVEN11
  • CAUSEN8
  • CHEVEN14
  • CHOSEN11
  • CLOVEN11
  • COOSEN8
  • COWMEN13
  • CRAVEN11
  • CRIMEN10
  • CRUMEN10
  • CUDDEN10
  • CULMEN10
  • CUPMEN12
  • DAIMEN9
  • DAMPEN11
  • DARKEN11
  • DEADEN8
  • DEAFEN10
  • DEEPEN9
  • DOCKEN13
  • DOGMEN10
  • DOLMEN9
  • DRIVEN10
  • DUDEEN8
  • DUSKEN11
  • DZEREN16
  • ELEVEN9
  • EOTHEN9
  • EUGHEN10
  • EWGHEN13
  • EXAMEN15
  • EXOGEN14
  • FALLEN9
  • FARDEN10
  • FARREN9
  • FASTEN9
  • FATTEN9
  • FENMEN11
  • FIZZEN27
  • FLAMEN11
  • FLAXEN16
  • FLYMEN14
  • FOEMEN11
  • FOGMEN12
  • FORREN9
  • FROREN9
  • FROZEN18
  • GAGMEN10
  • GARDEN8
  • GASMEN9
  • GEMMEN11
  • GERMEN9
  • GIGMEN10
  • GILDEN8
  • GIPSEN9
  • GIZZEN25
  • GLAZEN16
  • GLUTEN7
  • GODDEN9
  • GOLDEN8
  • GORHEN10
  • GOTTEN7
  • GOWPEN12
  • GRABEN9
  • GRAVEN10
  • GULDEN8
  • GUNMEN9
  • GUNNEN7
  • GYLDEN11
  • HADDEN11
  • HAGDEN11
  • HALFEN12
  • HAPPEN13
  • HAPTEN11
  • HARDEN10
  • HARKEN13
  • HARTEN9
  • HASTEN9
  • HAUSEN9
  • HEAVEN12
  • HEMPEN13
  • HERDEN10
  • HETMEN11
  • HIDDEN11
  • HIPPEN13
  • HITMEN11
  • HODDEN11
  • HODMEN12
  • HOIDEN10
  • HOLDEN10
  • HOLPEN11
  • HOOVEN12
  • HOYDEN13
  • HUDDEN11
  • HUMPEN13
  • HURDEN10
  • HYPHEN17
  • ICEMEN10
  • KAIZEN19
  • KANTEN10
  • KEPPEN14
  • KHAZEN22
  • KIPPEN14
  • KITTEN10
  • KRAKEN14
  • KRONEN10
  • KUCHEN15
  • KYOGEN14
  • LAGGEN8
  • LARGEN7
  • LATEEN6
  • LATHEN9
  • LATTEN6
  • LAWMEN11
  • LAYMEN11
  • LEADEN7
  • LEAVEN9
  • LEDDEN8
  • LEGLEN7
  • LEGMEN9
  • LENTEN6
  • LESSEN6
  • LIBKEN12
  • LICHEN11
  • LIGGEN8
  • LINDEN7
  • LIPPEN10
  • LISTEN6
  • LITTEN6
  • LOADEN7
  • LOIPEN8
  • LOOSEN6
  • LOOTEN6
  • LOUDEN7
  • LOUPEN8
  • LUCKEN12
  • LUITEN6
  • LUMPEN10
  • LUPPEN10
  • LURDEN7
  • LUTTEN6
  • MADDEN10
  • MADMEN11
  • MAIDEN9
  • MARTEN8
  • MEEKEN12
  • MERMEN10
  • MIDDEN10
  • MILDEN9
  • MILKEN12
  • MISKEN12
  • MISPEN10
  • MITTEN8
  • MIZZEN26
  • MOLTEN8
  • MOREEN8
  • MORGEN9
  • MUDHEN12
  • MULLEN8
  • MURREN8
  • MYOGEN12
  • NEATEN6
  • NONMEN8
  • OILMEN8
  • OROGEN7
  • OXYGEN17
  • PANGEN9
  • PARPEN10
  • PATTEN8
  • PEAHEN11
  • PEASEN8
  • PECTEN10
  • PENMEN10
  • PERCEN10
  • PIECEN10
  • PIEMEN10
  • PIGPEN11
  • PINKEN12
  • PITMEN10
  • PITTEN8
  • PLATEN8
  • POLLEN8
  • POTEEN8
  • POTMEN10
  • PREMEN10
  • PROVEN11
  • PUDDEN10
  • PUTTEN8
  • RAGMEN9
  • RAPPEN10
  • RATEEN6
  • RATTEN6
  • REDDEN8
  • REEDEN7
  • REOPEN8
  • RESEEN6
  • RICHEN11
  • RIDDEN8
  • RODMEN9
  • ROTTEN6
  • RUSHEN9
  • SADDEN8
  • SARSEN6
  • SATEEN6
  • SAXMEN15
  • SAZHEN18
  • SCREEN8
  • SEAMEN8
  • SEITEN6
  • SEPHEN11
  • SHAKEN13
  • SHAPEN11
  • SHAVEN12
  • SICKEN12
  • SILKEN10
  • SITHEN9
  • SITTEN6
  • SKREEN10
  • SKYMEN15
  • SLIVEN9
  • SLOKEN10
  • SLOVEN9
  • SOAKEN10
  • SOCMEN10
  • SODDEN8
  • SOFTEN9
  • SPLEEN8
  • SPOKEN12
  • STAMEN8
  • STEVEN9
  • STOLEN6
  • STONEN6
  • SUBMEN10
  • SUCKEN12
  • SUDDEN8
  • SULLEN6
  • SUNKEN10
  • SWEVEN12
  • TAUTEN6
  • TAXMEN15
  • TEGMEN9
  • TELLEN6
  • TICKEN12
  • TINMEN8
  • TITMEN8
  • TOPMEN10
  • TORTEN6
  • TOSSEN6
  • TOYMEN11
  • TUREEN6
  • TURFEN9
  • TUTMEN8
  • UNBEEN8
  • UNEVEN9
  • UNOPEN8
  • UNSEEN6
  • VANMEN11
  • VATMEN11
  • VERVEN12
  • VOTEEN9
  • WARDEN10
  • WARMEN11
  • WARREN9
  • WASHEN12
  • WEAKEN13
  • WEAZEN18
  • WEETEN9
  • WHATEN12
  • WHITEN12
  • WICKEN15
  • WIPPEN13
  • WIZZEN27
  • WOODEN10
  • WOOLEN9
  • WORSEN9
  • WROKEN13
  • YEOMEN11
  • YITTEN9
Letters by positionIn 22% of these words the 4th letter is M.
1st letter
  1. S12%
  2. L10%
  3. B9%
2nd letter
  1. A21%
  2. O17%
  3. I16%
3rd letter
  1. R13%
  2. A10%
  3. T10%
4th letter
  1. M22%
  2. D13%
  3. T12%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; WIZZEN tops the list with 27. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 66 points: 29 words
  2. 7 points: 13 words
  3. 88 points: 55 words
  4. 9 points: 50 words
  5. 1010 points: 58 words
  6. 11 points: 40 words
  7. 1212 points: 29 words
  8. 13 points: 17 words
  9. 1414 points: 7 words
  10. 15 points: 7 words
  11. 1616 points: 4 words
  12. 17 points: 3 words
  13. 1818 points: 3 words
  14. 19 points: 1 words
  15. 2020 points: 0 words
  16. 21 points: 0 words
  17. 2222 points: 1 words
  18. 23 points: 0 words
  19. 2424 points: 0 words
  20. 25 points: 1 words
  21. 2626 points: 1 words
  22. 27 points: 2 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
WIZZEN2728All three
FIZZEN2728Collins only
MIZZEN2628All three
GIZZEN2527Collins only
KHAZEN2222All three
KAIZEN1920Collins · NWL
FROZEN1819All three
SAZHEN1818Collins only
WEAZEN1819Collins only
OXYGEN1718All three
BRAZEN1719All three
HYPHEN1716All three

That fixed EN ending narrows the search, but the words vary widely at the start: listen, garden, and oxygen all fit different patterns. Of the 321 matches, 56 are common English words, while 227 have definitions. The strongest plays are less familiar, so separate a puzzle-friendly guess from a high-scoring board play.

How many 6-letter words have E fifth and N sixth?

  • There are 321 six-letter matches, and every one ends in EN.
  • Common picks include listen, broken, screen, garden, and golden.
  • The most frequent starting letter is S, with 37 matches; L follows with 33.
  • WIZZEN and FIZZEN lead the scoring examples at 27 points apiece.
  • Collins lists 317 matches, compared with 207 in NWL2023 and 196 in ENABLE.

Which familiar words fit the pattern?

Listen, garden, broken, and hidden are easy to recognize, and each puts E immediately before its final N. Screen and chosen show how much the first four letters can change while that ending stays fixed. The list includes 56 common words, so start with these familiar options when a puzzle clue calls for a real word.

S begins 37 matches, more than any other starting letter; L begins 33, while B and H each begin 28. That makes S and L good places to look when the first tile is unknown. By contrast, the related pattern with O fifth and N last has 277 matches, fewer than this E-and-N combination.

How should you use these words in a game?

For Scrabble scoring, WIZZEN and FIZZEN top the examples at 27 points, followed by MIZZEN at 26 and GIZZEN at 25. KAIZEN scores 19; more familiar FROZEN scores 18. The average score across the matches is 10.2, so the most recognizable answer is not automatically the biggest play.

A practical limitation: the dictionary sets differ. Collins includes 317 matches, but NWL2023 includes 207 and ENABLE includes 196; check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry. In a pattern puzzle, lock in the final N and fifth-position E first, then test the earlier letters rather than cycling through endings.

Questions people ask

What are common six-letter words ending in EN with E fifth?
Listen, garden, broken, screen, golden, chosen, and hidden are common matches. The full pattern has 321 words, but 56 are common English words. Try the recognizable examples first when solving a clue, then use the fixed E-N ending to check each candidate.
Which word in this pattern scores the most?
WIZZEN and FIZZEN tie for the top score at 27 points each. MIZZEN follows at 26, and GIZZEN scores 25. These high scorers are less familiar than choices like FROZEN, which scores 18, so confirm an unusual play in your game's dictionary.
Are there more six-letter words with E fifth and N last than with O fifth?
Yes. The E-fifth, N-last pattern has 321 matches, compared with 277 for O fifth and N last. Both patterns share the same final N, but changing the fifth letter from O to E adds 44 matches.

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