6-letter words with N as the 3rd letter and N as the 6th letter

The repeated N does more than force an ending: it narrows the search to a set where familiar choices such as CANNON, CANYON, and TENDON sit beside specialist entries. Ten of the 94 are classed as common. Starting letters are unevenly spread, so the first letter can quickly cut down your options when a puzzle supplies both N positions.

What stands out in the N-N pattern?

• 94 six-letter words have N in both the third and final positions.
• Every match ends in N; the fixed pattern is __N__N.
• Ten entries are classed as common.
• P starts 14 entries, more than any other first letter in this set.
• BENZIN leads the score list at 17 points; FINJAN follows at 16.

Which letters start these six-letter words?

P leads with 14 words, while B and T each start 9. That makes P the strongest first-letter clue in this group, but it still accounts for only a small share of the 94 matches.

F, M, N, R, and S each begin 6 words. Familiar examples include CANNON, CANYON, and TENDON, while BENIGN and GUNMAN show how widely the middle letters can vary around the fixed N positions.

For comparison, replacing the third-position N with A leaves 90 six-letter words ending in N, just four fewer than this N-N pattern.

How to use 6-letter words with N as the 3rd and 6th letters

Start by locking in the pattern __N__N, then test known letters in the open slots. CANTON and CANNON differ in their middle letters, while CANYON shares the same ending and offers another familiar option.

For a score-first play, BENZIN is the leader at 17 points and FINJAN scores 16. Those high scorers are less familiar than CANYON, which scores 11; a strong board placement can matter as much as the word’s base score.

The 94 matches are drawn from words appearing in at least one tournament dictionary, not a guarantee that every game accepts every entry. The source counts differ: Collins has 92, NWL2023 has 70, and ENABLE has 65. Check your game’s word list before relying on an obscure option.