6-letter words with N as the 2nd letter and A as the 5th letter

The pattern fixes N in the second position and A in the fifth, leaving four slots open. ANNUAL, ANIMAL, and ANYWAY make the shape easy to spot, while UNREAL shows that the first letter need not be A. The set leans heavily toward U-openers, and its strongest score comes from ANYWAY.

A U-heavy pattern at a glance

• 70 six-letter entries fit _N__A_; N stays second and A stays fifth.
• U begins 31 matches, more than twice A’s 14; UNREAL and ANNUAL show both starts.
• Collins includes 69 matches; ENABLE includes 41 and NWL2023 includes 46.
• ANYWAY and ENZIAN share the lead on 15 points, the top base score.

6-letter words with N as the 2nd letter and A as the 5th letter

Those fixed slots are N second and A fifth. ANIMAL and ANNUAL begin with A, while UNREAL and UNLOAD begin with U. Those familiar examples make it easier to check the fixed letters before testing the remaining spaces.

Openings are notably uneven: U starts 31 words, A starts 14, E starts 12, and I starts 8. At the other end, L is the most frequent final letter, with 17 matches; D comes next on 10, with R and S on 8 apiece.

Which matches score highest, and what is the catch?

ANYWAY and ENZIAN lead at 15 points apiece, against an average score of 8.1. UNTHAW scores 12, while UNWRAP and ENDCAP each reach 11. For a familiar high scorer, ANYWAY is the standout; the top score alone does not make every entry common.

Only 7 matches fall among the most common English words, even though 60 have definitions. Collins lists 69 of them and ENABLE lists 41. Confirm the word list your game uses before you play a rarer option such as ENZIAN.

Swapping the fifth letter reshapes the set: E fifth gives 143 words and R fifth gives 95, against 70 here. The 14 five-letter matches make a tighter companion clue when the grid is short.