6-letter words with N as the 4th letter and S as the 6th letter

6-letter words with N as the 4th letter and S as the 6th letter number 381; common examples include THANKS, POINTS, and THINGS.

381 wordsTop pick THINGSHighest score QUONKS 19

64 of 381 are everyday words (17%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

4th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

6th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With N in 4th place, S is the most common 6th letter (381 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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Common words 64 · most-used first

THINGS₁₀
THANKS₁₃
POINTS₈
EVENTS₉
SOUNDS₇
THINKS₁₃
PLANTS₈
BRINGS₉
STANDS₇
SCENES₈
AGENTS₇
POUNDS₉
PHONES₁₁
DRINKS₁₁
TENNIS₆
BRANDS₉
TRENDS₇
GIANTS₇
STONES₆
ROUNDS₇
COUNTS₈
BEINGS₉
PLANES₈
SAINTS₆
GRANTS₇
PRINTS₈
WOUNDS₁₀
SPENDS₉
JOINTS₁₃
DRONES₇
TONNES₆
BOUNDS₉
PAINTS₈
SWINGS₁₀
SHINES₉
FRONTS₉
MOUNTS₈
CHUNKS₁₅
FRANCS₁₁
MAGNUS₉
TRUNKS₁₀
CHANTS₁₁
CLONES₈
GLANDS₈
STUNTS₆
BLENDS₉
CRANES₈
AMENDS₉

Showing the top 48 of 64 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 381

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

ABANDS₉
ABUNAS₈
ACINUS₈
ADONIS₇
AGENES₇
AGENTS₇
AGINGS₈
AGONES₇
AKENES₁₀
ALANDS₇
ALANGS₇
ALANTS₆
ALINES₆
AMENDS₉
AMENTS₈
AMINES₈
AMINOS₈
ANANAS₆
ARENAS₆
ARENES₆
ASANAS₆
ATONES₆
AXONES₁₃
AZINES₁₅
BEANOS₈
BEINGS₉
BENNES₈
BENNIS₈
BHANGS₁₂
BHUNAS₁₁
BIONTS₈
BLANDS₉
BLANKS₁₂
BLENDS₉
BLINDS₉
BLINGS₉
BLINIS₈
BLINKS₁₂
BLONDS₉
BLUNKS₁₂
BLUNTS₈
BOINGS₉
BOINKS₁₂
BONNES₈
BOONGS₉
BOUNDS₉
BOWNES₁₁
BRANDS₉
BRANKS₁₂
BRANTS₈
BRENTS₈
BRINES₈
BRINGS₉
BRINKS₁₂
BRONCS₁₀
BRONDS₉
BRUNTS₈
BWANAS₁₁
CANNAS₈
CERNES₈
CHANAS₁₁
CHANGS₁₂
CHANKS₁₅
CHANTS₁₁
CHINAS₁₁
CHINES₁₁
CHINGS₁₂
CHINKS₁₅
CHINOS₁₁
CHINTS₁₁
CHUNKS₁₅
CLANGS₉
CLANKS₁₂
CLINES₈
CLINGS₉
CLINKS₁₂
CLINTS₈
CLONES₈
CLONKS₁₂
CLONUS₈
CLUNKS₁₂
CONNES₈
CORNUS₈
COUNTS₈
CRANES₈
CRANKS₁₂
CRANTS₈
CRENAS₈
CRINES₈
CRONES₈
CRUNKS₁₂
CTENES₈
DAINES₇
DAUNTS₇
DIENES₇
DJINNS₁₄
DOINGS₈
DONNAS₇
DONNES₇
DOONAS₇
DRANTS₇
DRINKS₁₁
DRONES₇
DRUNKS₁₁
DWANGS₁₁
DWINES₁₀
DYINGS₁₁
ELANDS₇
ELINTS₆
EMENDS₉
ERINUS₆
ETHNOS₉
EVENTS₉
EXINES₁₃
FAENAS₉
FAINES₉
FAINTS₉
FAUNAS₉
FAYNES₁₂
FEINTS₉
FIENDS₁₀
FIENTS₉
FITNAS₉
FLANES₉
FLANKS₁₃
FLINGS₁₀
FLINTS₉
FLONGS₁₀
FLUNKS₁₃
FOUNDS₁₀
FOUNTS₉
FOYNES₁₂
FRANCS₁₁
FRANKS₁₃
FRONDS₁₀
FRONTS₉
GAUNTS₇
GERNES₇
GIANTS₇
GLANDS₈
GLENTS₇
GLINTS₇
GOINGS₈
GRANDS₈
GRANTS₇
GRINDS₈
GRONES₇
GRUNTS₇
GUANAS₇
GUANOS₇
HAINTS₉
HAUNTS₉
HENNAS₉
HOUNDS₁₀
HUDNAS₁₀
HYENAS₁₂
ICINGS₉
ICONES₈
IDANTS₇
IDENTS₇
IMINES₈
INANES₆
IRONES₆
JAUNTS₁₃
JINNIS₁₃
JNANAS₁₃
JOINTS₁₃
KEENOS₁₀
KERNES₁₀
KIANGS₁₁
KLANGS₁₁
KLONGS₁₁
KOINES₁₀
KRANGS₁₁
KRENGS₁₁
KYANGS₁₄
LAUNDS₇
LEONES₆
LIANAS₆
LIANES₆
LIANGS₇
LIGNES₇
LLANOS₆
LOUNDS₇
LOWNDS₁₀
LOWNES₉
LYINGS₁₀
MAGNES₉
MAGNUS₉
MANNAS₈
MAUNDS₉
MEANES₈
MESNES₈
MORNES₈
MOUNDS₉
MOUNTS₈
NANNAS₆
NAUNTS₆
NGANAS₇
NOINTS₆
OBANGS₉
OPINES₈
ORANGS₇
ORANTS₆
OVINES₉
OZONES₁₅
PAINTS₈
PANNES₈
PANNUS₈
PENNES₈
PENNIS₈
PEONES₈
PHANGS₁₂
PHENES₁₁
PHONES₁₁
PHONOS₁₁
PIANOS₈
PIENDS₉
PIGNUS₉
PINNAS₈
PLANES₈
PLANKS₁₂
PLANTS₈
PLINGS₉
PLINKS₁₂
PLONGS₉
PLONKS₁₂
PLUNKS₁₂
POINDS₉
POINTS₈
PORNOS₈
POUNDS₉
POWNDS₁₂
POYNTS₁₁
PRANAS₈
PRANGS₉
PRANKS₁₂
PRENTS₈
PRINKS₁₂
PRINTS₈
PRONES₈
PRONGS₉
PRONKS₁₂
PRUNES₈
PRUNTS₈
PRUNUS₈
QUANTS₁₅
QUENAS₁₅
QUINAS₁₅
QUINES₁₅
QUINOS₁₅
QUINTS₁₅
QUONKS₁₉
RAINES₆
RAYNES₉
REINKS₁₀
RENNES₆
RHINES₉
RHINOS₉
RHONES₉
RHYNES₁₂
ROUNDS₇
ROWNDS₁₀
ROYNES₉
RUANAS₆
RUINGS₇
SAINTS₆
SAUNAS₆
SAUNTS₆
SCANTS₈
SCENAS₈
SCENDS₉
SCENES₈
SCENTS₈
SCONES₈
SEGNOS₇
SEINES₆
SENNAS₆
SHANDS₁₀
SHANKS₁₃
SHENDS₁₀
SHINES₉
SHUNTS₉
SIENTS₆
SKANKS₁₄
SKENES₁₀
SKINKS₁₄
SKUNKS₁₄
SLANES₆
SLANGS₇
SLANTS₆
SLINGS₇
SLINKS₁₀
SONNES₆
SOUNDS₇
SOWNDS₁₀
SOWNES₉
SPANES₈
SPANGS₉
SPANKS₁₂
SPENDS₉
SPINAS₈
SPINES₈
SPINKS₁₂
SPUNKS₁₂
STANDS₇
STANES₆
STANGS₇
STANKS₁₀
STENDS₇
STENOS₆
STENTS₆
STINGS₇
STINKS₁₀
STINTS₆
STONDS₇
STONES₆
STONKS₁₀
STONNS₆
STUNTS₆
SUINGS₇
SUINTS₆
SUNNAS₆
SWANKS₁₃
SWINES₉
SWINGS₁₀
SWINKS₁₃
SWONES₉
TAINTS₆
TANNAS₆
TAUNTS₆
TEENDS₇
TEENES₆
TEINDS₇
TENNES₆
TENNIS₆
TENNOS₆
TERNES₆
THANAS₉
THANES₉
THANGS₁₀
THANKS₁₃
THINGS₁₀
THINKS₁₃
THONGS₁₀
THUNKS₁₃
TOINGS₇
TONNES₆
TRANKS₁₀
TRANQS₁₅
TRANTS₆
TRENDS₇
TRINES₆
TRONAS₆
TRONCS₈
TRONES₆
TRONKS₁₀
TRUNKS₁₀
TUINAS₆
TWANGS₁₀
TWANKS₁₃
TWINES₉
TWINKS₁₃
UPENDS₉
URENAS₆
URINES₆
VARNAS₉
VAUNTS₉
VEENAS₉
VIANDS₁₀
VISNES₉
VYINGS₁₃
WHANGS₁₃
WHENAS₁₂
WHINES₁₂
WOUNDS₁₀
WRANGS₁₀
WRINGS₁₀
WRONGS₁₀
YOUNGS₁₀
ZOUNDS₁₆

Letters by positionIn 26% of these words the 3rd letter is I.

1st letter

S16%
P10%
T9%

2nd letter

R17%
L13%
O12%

3rd letter

I26%
A23%
U12%

5th letter

E24%
T17%
G14%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 8 in Scrabble; QUONKS tops the list with 19. Scores before board bonuses.

66 points: 56 words
7 points: 49 words
88 points: 73 words
9 points: 70 words
1010 points: 39 words
11 points: 23 words
1212 points: 33 words
13 points: 19 words
1414 points: 5 words
15 points: 12 words
1616 points: 1 words
17 points: 0 words
1818 points: 0 words
19 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
QUONKS	19	21	Collins only
ZOUNDS	16	18	All three
CHUNKS	15	17	All three
QUANTS	15	17	All three
QUINTS	15	17	All three
TRANQS	15	16	All three
QUINES	15	17	Collins only
OZONES	15	16	All three
AZINES	15	16	All three
CHANKS	15	16	Collins only
QUENAS	15	17	Collins only
QUINAS	15	17	Collins only

The fixed pattern is _ _ _ N _ S: the fourth tile is N, and the final tile is S. THANKS, THINGS, and POINTS show how ordinary plurals and verb forms fill the pattern. Yet only 64 of the 381 entries count as common English words, so the full tournament list quickly moves beyond everyday vocabulary.

At a glance: 6-letter words with N fourth and S sixth

Exactly 381 tournament-dictionary words match the _ _ _ N _ S pattern.
THANKS, THINGS, POINTS, and SOUNDS are recognizable examples.
Sixty-four entries are classed as common English words.
QUONKS leads the score list at 19 points; ZOUNDS follows at 16.
Starting S is the most frequent opening, with 62 matches.

Which starting letters appear most often?

Openings cluster around S: 62 words begin with S, compared with 40 beginning with P and 35 with T. That makes S the strongest first-letter anchor, while P and T offer the next broad batches. Try those starts before testing less frequent initial letters.

THINGS, THANKS, SOUNDS, POINTS, and EVENTS are familiar candidates; the remaining entries include narrower vocabulary. The list contains 328 defined entries, but a definition does not guarantee that every game accepts the word. Check your game's word list once, especially in cross-dictionary play.

The contrast across fourth-letter patterns is sharp: E has 907 matches, I has 617, and A has 609, all ending in S. N's 381 sits below those leaders but above L's 359 and T's 319. Changing just the fourth tile shifts the search space dramatically.

Which matching words score highest?

QUONKS scores 19 points, topping the scorers; ZOUNDS is next at 16. CHUNKS, QUANTS, QUINTS, TRANQS, QUINES, OZONES, AZINES, and CHANKS each score 15. Those totals are base tile scores, not a promise of a premium-square result.

Because every answer ends in S, don't spend a guess proving that final tile when the clue already fixes it. Work the _ _ _ N _ slots instead: familiar forms such as THANKS or PLANTS offer likely consonants, while POINTS checks a different opening. The strongest clue-solving move is to treat the fixed N and S as anchors, then test the four open positions.

Questions people ask

How many six-letter words have N fourth and S last?

There are 381 matching six-letter words. Every entry follows the pattern _ _ _ N _ S and appears in at least one of the tournament dictionaries used for this list. THANKS, THINGS, and POINTS are familiar examples among them.

What are some common words with N in the fourth position and S at the end?

THANKS, THINGS, POINTS, SOUNDS, and EVENTS are recognizable matches. The common-word count is 64, so many of the 381 tournament entries are less familiar. Try the familiar examples first when solving a clue, then widen your search if they do not fit.

What is the highest-scoring word in this pattern?

QUONKS scores 19 points and leads the scorers. ZOUNDS follows at 16, while CHUNKS and several other entries score 15. These are base tile totals; board bonuses can change the points earned during a Scrabble play.

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