7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and N as the 3rd letter

7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and N as the 3rd letter number 706, including familiar choices such as MANAGER, DANCING, and BANKING.

706 wordsTop pick MANAGERHighest score JANIZAR 23

69 of 706 are everyday words (10%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

2nd letter
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G
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I
J
K
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M
N
O
P
Q
R
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T
U
V
W
X
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Z

3rd letter
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C
D
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F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
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Z

With A in 2nd place, R is the most common 3rd letter (916 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 69 · most-used first

MANAGER₁₀
MANAGED₁₁
FANTASY₁₃
DANCING₁₁
HANGING₁₂
WANTING₁₁
LANDING₉
BANKING₁₄
HANDLED₁₂
RANGERS₈
RANGING₉
RANKING₁₂
HANDFUL₁₄
MANSION₉
SANDERS₈
MANDATE₁₀
MANAGES₁₀
DANCERS₁₀
DANGERS₉
MANKIND₁₄
MANNING₁₀
HANDLES₁₁
BANGKOK₁₈
VANILLA₁₀
MANNERS₉
CANDLES₁₀
BANNING₁₀
BANKERS₁₃
HANDING₁₂
VANESSA₁₀
BANANAS₉
BANGING₁₁
PANTHER₁₂
LANTERN₇
BANNERS₉
CANCERS₁₁
BANQUET₁₈
HANDLER₁₁
SANDALS₈
TANGLED₉
CANNONS₉
HANDBAG₁₄
PANDORA₁₀
BANDITS₁₀
LANGLEY₁₁
MANUALS₉
HANDGUN₁₂
PANCAKE₁₅

Showing the top 48 of 69 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 706

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

BANALER₉
BANALLY₁₂
BANANAS₉
BANDAGE₁₁
BANDAID₁₁
BANDANA₁₀
BANDARI₁₀
BANDARS₁₀
BANDBOX₁₉
BANDEAU₁₀
BANDERS₁₀
BANDIED₁₁
BANDIER₁₀
BANDIES₁₀
BANDING₁₁
BANDITO₁₀
BANDITS₁₀
BANDOGS₁₁
BANDOOK₁₄
BANDORA₁₀
BANDORE₁₀
BANDROL₁₀
BANDSAW₁₃
BANDURA₁₀
BANEFUL₁₂
BANGERS₁₀
BANGING₁₁
BANGKOK₁₈
BANGLED₁₁
BANGLES₁₀
BANIANS₉
BANJOES₁₆
BANKERS₁₃
BANKETS₁₃
BANKING₁₄
BANKITS₁₃
BANKSIA₁₃
BANNERS₉
BANNETS₉
BANNING₁₀
BANNOCK₁₅
BANOFFI₁₅
BANQUET₁₈
BANSELA₉
BANSHEE₁₂
BANSHIE₁₂
BANTAMS₁₁
BANTENG₁₀
BANTERS₉
BANTIES₉
BANTING₁₀
BANYANS₁₂
BANZAIS₁₈
CANADAS₁₀
CANAKIN₁₃
CANALED₁₀
CANAPES₁₁
CANARDS₁₀
CANASTA₉
CANBANK₁₅
CANCANS₁₁
CANCELS₁₁
CANCERS₁₁
CANCHAS₁₄
CANDELA₁₀
CANDENT₁₀
CANDIDA₁₁
CANDIDS₁₁
CANDIED₁₁
CANDIES₁₀
CANDLED₁₁
CANDLER₁₀
CANDLES₁₀
CANDOCK₁₆
CANDORS₁₀
CANDOUR₁₀
CANELLA₉
CANFULS₁₂
CANGLED₁₁
CANGLES₁₀
CANGUES₁₀
CANIEST₉
CANIKIN₁₃
CANINES₉
CANINGS₁₀
CANKERS₁₃
CANKERY₁₆
CANKLES₁₃
CANNACH₁₄
CANNELS₉
CANNERS₉
CANNERY₁₂
CANNIER₉
CANNILY₁₂
CANNING₁₀
CANNOLI₉
CANNONS₉
CANNULA₉
CANOERS₉
CANOLAS₉
CANONIC₁₁
CANONRY₁₂
CANOPIC₁₃
CANSFUL₁₂
CANTALA₉
CANTALS₉
CANTARS₉
CANTATA₉
CANTATE₉
CANTDOG₁₁
CANTEEN₉
CANTERS₉
CANTEST₉
CANTHAL₁₂
CANTHIC₁₄
CANTHUS₁₂
CANTICO₁₁
CANTIER₉
CANTILY₁₂
CANTINA₉
CANTING₁₀
CANTION₉
CANTLED₁₀
CANTLES₉
CANTLET₉
CANTONS₉
CANTORS₉
CANTRAP₁₁
CANTRED₁₀
CANTREF₁₂
CANTRIP₁₁
CANULAE₉
CANULAR₉
CANULAS₉
CANVASS₁₂
CANYONS₁₂
CANZONA₁₈
CANZONE₁₈
CANZONI₁₈
DANAZOL₁₇
DANCERS₁₀
DANCIER₁₀
DANCING₁₁
DANDERS₉
DANDIER₉
DANDIES₉
DANDIFY₁₅
DANDILY₁₂
DANDLED₁₀
DANDLER₉
DANDLES₉
DANELAW₁₁
DANGERS₉
DANGEST₉
DANGING₁₀
DANGLED₁₀
DANGLER₉
DANGLES₉
DANKEST₁₂
DANKISH₁₅
DANNIES₈
DANSAKS₁₂
DANSEUR₈
DANTING₉
DANTONS₈
EANLING₈
FANARTS₁₀
FANATIC₁₂
FANBASE₁₂
FANBOYS₁₅
FANCIED₁₃
FANCIER₁₂
FANCIES₁₂
FANCIFY₁₈
FANCILY₁₅
FANDING₁₂
FANDOMS₁₃
FANEGAS₁₁
FANFARE₁₃
FANFICS₁₅
FANFOLD₁₄
FANGING₁₂
FANGIRL₁₁
FANGLED₁₂
FANGLES₁₁
FANIONS₁₀
FANJETS₁₇
FANKLED₁₅
FANKLES₁₄
FANLIKE₁₄
FANNELL₁₀
FANNELS₁₀
FANNERS₁₀
FANNIES₁₀
FANNING₁₁
FANTADS₁₁
FANTAIL₁₀
FANTASM₁₂
FANTAST₁₀
FANTASY₁₃
FANTEEG₁₁
FANTODS₁₁
FANTOMS₁₂
FANWISE₁₃
FANWORT₁₃
FANZINE₁₉
GANACHE₁₃
GANCHED₁₄
GANCHES₁₃
GANDERS₉
GANGERS₉
GANGING₁₀
GANGLED₁₀
GANGLES₉
GANGLIA₉
GANGREL₉
GANGSTA₉
GANGUES₉
GANGWAY₁₅
GANJAHS₁₈
GANKING₁₃
GANNETS₈
GANNING₉
GANOIDS₉
GANOINE₈
GANOINS₈
GANSEYS₁₁
GANTING₉
GANTLET₈
HANAPER₁₂
HANCHED₁₆
HANCHES₁₅
HANDBAG₁₄
HANDCAR₁₃
HANDERS₁₁
HANDFED₁₅
HANDFUL₁₄
HANDGUN₁₂
HANDIER₁₁
HANDILY₁₄
HANDING₁₂
HANDISM₁₃
HANDJAR₁₈
HANDLED₁₂
HANDLER₁₁
HANDLES₁₁
HANDOFF₁₇
HANDOUT₁₁
HANDSAW₁₄
HANDSEL₁₁
HANDSET₁₁
HANGARS₁₁
HANGDOG₁₃
HANGERS₁₁
HANGING₁₂
HANGMAN₁₃
HANGMEN₁₃
HANGOUT₁₁
HANGTAG₁₂
HANGULS₁₁
HANGUPS₁₃
HANJARS₁₇
HANKERS₁₄
HANKIES₁₄
HANKING₁₅
HANSELS₁₀
HANSOMS₁₂
HANTING₁₁
HANTLES₁₀
HANUMAN₁₂
JANDALS₁₅
JANGLED₁₆
JANGLER₁₅
JANGLES₁₅
JANITOR₁₄
JANIZAR₂₃
JANKERS₁₈
JANKIER₁₈
JANNEYS₁₇
JANNIED₁₅
JANNIES₁₄
JANNOCK₂₀
JANSKYS₂₁
JANTIER₁₄
JANTIES₁₄
KANAKAS₁₅
KANBANS₁₃
KANDIES₁₂
KANGHAS₁₅
KANTARS₁₁
KANTELA₁₁
KANTELE₁₁
KANTENS₁₁
KANTHAS₁₄
KANTING₁₂
LANATED₈
LANCERS₉
LANCETS₉
LANCHED₁₃
LANCHES₁₂
LANCING₁₀
LANDAUS₈
LANDERS₈
LANDING₉
LANDLER₈
LANDMAN₁₀
LANDMEN₁₀
LANEWAY₁₃
LANGAHA₁₁
LANGARS₈
LANGERS₈
LANGEST₈
LANGLEY₁₁
LANGREL₈
LANGUED₉
LANGUES₈
LANGUET₈
LANGUID₉
LANGUOR₈
LANGURS₈
LANIARD₈
LANIARY₁₀
LANITAL₇
LANKEST₁₁
LANKIER₁₁
LANKILY₁₄
LANKING₁₂
LANNERS₇
LANOLIN₇
LANTANA₇
LANTERN₇
LANUGOS₈
LANYARD₁₁
MANACLE₁₁
MANAGED₁₁
MANAGER₁₀
MANAGES₁₀
MANAKIN₁₃
MANANAS₉
MANATEE₉
MANATIS₉
MANAWAS₁₂
MANCALA₁₁
MANCHES₁₄
MANCHET₁₄
MANDALA₁₀
MANDATE₁₀
MANDIOC₁₂
MANDIRA₁₀
MANDIRS₁₀
MANDOLA₁₀
MANDOMS₁₂
MANDORA₁₀
MANDREL₁₀
MANDRIL₁₀
MANEGED₁₁
MANEGES₁₀
MANGABY₁₅
MANGALS₁₀
MANGEAO₁₀
MANGELS₁₀
MANGERS₁₀
MANGIER₁₀
MANGILY₁₃
MANGING₁₁
MANGLED₁₁
MANGLER₁₀
MANGLES₁₀
MANGOES₁₀
MANGOLD₁₁
MANHOLE₁₂
MANHOOD₁₃
MANHUNT₁₂
MANIACS₁₁
MANIHOC₁₄
MANIHOT₁₂
MANIKIN₁₃
MANILAS₉
MANILLA₉
MANILLE₉
MANIOCA₁₁
MANIOCS₁₁
MANIPLE₁₁
MANITOS₉
MANITOU₉
MANITUS₉
MANJACK₂₂
MANKIER₁₃
MANKIND₁₄
MANLESS₉
MANLIER₉
MANLIKE₁₃
MANLILY₁₂
MANMADE₁₂
MANNANS₉
MANNERS₉
MANNING₁₀
MANNISH₁₂
MANNITE₉
MANNOSE₉
MANOAOS₉
MANPACK₁₇
MANREDS₁₀
MANRENT₉
MANROPE₁₁
MANSARD₁₀
MANSION₉
MANTEAU₉
MANTEEL₉
MANTELS₉
MANTIDS₁₀
MANTIES₉
MANTLED₁₀
MANTLES₉
MANTLET₉
MANTOES₉
MANTRAM₁₁
MANTRAP₁₁
MANTRAS₉
MANTRIC₁₁
MANTUAS₉
MANUALS₉
MANUARY₁₂
MANUKAS₁₃
MANUMEA₁₁
MANUMIT₁₁
MANURED₁₀
MANURER₉
MANURES₉
MANWARD₁₃
MANWISE₁₂
MANYATA₁₂
NANCIES₉
NANDINA₈
NANDINE₈
NANDINS₈
NANDOOS₈
NANISMS₉
NANKEEN₁₁
NANKINS₁₁
NANNIED₈
NANNIES₇
NANOBES₉
NANOBOT₉
NANODOT₈
NANOOKS₁₁
PANACEA₁₁
PANACHE₁₄
PANADAS₁₀
PANAMAS₁₁
PANAXES₁₆
PANCAKE₁₅
PANCHAX₂₁
PANDANI₁₀
PANDANS₁₀
PANDARS₁₀
PANDECT₁₂
PANDERS₁₀
PANDIED₁₁
PANDIES₁₀
PANDITS₁₀
PANDOOR₁₀
PANDORA₁₀
PANDORE₁₀
PANDOUR₁₀
PANDURA₁₀
PANEERS₉
PANEITY₁₂
PANELED₁₀
PANFISH₁₅
PANFULS₁₂
PANGAMY₁₅
PANGENE₁₀
PANGENS₁₀
PANGING₁₁
PANGRAM₁₂
PANICKS₁₅
PANICKY₁₈
PANICLE₁₁
PANICUM₁₃
PANIERS₉
PANINIS₉
PANISCS₁₁
PANISKS₁₃
PANLIKE₁₃
PANNAGE₁₀
PANNERS₉
PANNICK₁₅
PANNIER₉
PANNING₁₀
PANNIST₉
PANNOSE₉
PANOCHA₁₄
PANOCHE₁₄
PANOPLY₁₄
PANPIPE₁₃
PANSIED₁₀
PANSIES₉
PANTERS₉
PANTHER₁₂
PANTIES₉
PANTILE₉
PANTINE₉
PANTING₁₀
PANTLER₉
PANTONS₉
PANTOUM₁₁
PANTSED₁₀
PANTSES₉
PANTUNS₉
PANZERS₁₈
RANCELS₉
RANCHED₁₃
RANCHER₁₂
RANCHES₁₂
RANCHOS₁₂
RANCING₁₀
RANCORS₉
RANCOUR₉
RANDANS₈
RANDEMS₁₀
RANDIER₈
RANDIES₈
RANDILY₁₁
RANDING₉
RANDOMS₁₀
RANDONS₈
RANGERS₈
RANGIER₈
RANGILY₁₁
RANGING₉
RANGOLI₈
RANKERS₁₁
RANKEST₁₁
RANKING₁₂
RANKISH₁₄
RANKISM₁₃
RANKLED₁₂
RANKLES₁₁
RANPIKE₁₃
RANSACK₁₃
RANSELS₇
RANSOMS₉
RANTERS₇
RANTING₈
RANULAR₇
RANULAS₇
RANZELS₁₆
SANCAIS₉
SANCHOS₁₂
SANCTUM₁₁
SANDALS₈
SANDBAG₁₁
SANDBAR₁₀
SANDBOX₁₇
SANDBOY₁₃
SANDBUR₁₀
SANDDAB₁₁
SANDEKS₁₂
SANDERS₈
SANDFLY₁₄
SANDHIS₁₁
SANDHOG₁₂
SANDIER₈
SANDING₉
SANDLOT₈
SANDMAN₁₀
SANDMEN₁₀
SANDPIT₁₀
SANGARS₈
SANGERS₈
SANGHAS₁₁
SANGHAT₁₁
SANGOMA₁₀
SANGRIA₈
SANICLE₉
SANIOUS₇
SANJAKS₁₈
SANNIES₇
SANNOPS₉
SANNUPS₉
SANPANS₉
SANPROS₉
SANSARS₇
SANSEIS₇
SANTALS₇
SANTERA₇
SANTERO₇
SANTIMI₉
SANTIMS₉
SANTIMU₉
SANTIRS₇
SANTOKU₁₁
SANTOLS₇
SANTONS₇
SANTOOR₇
SANTOUR₇
SANTURS₇
SANYASI₁₀
TANADAR₈
TANAGER₈
TANAGRA₈
TANBARK₁₃
TANDEMS₁₀
TANDOOR₈
TANGELO₈
TANGENT₈
TANGHIN₁₁
TANGIER₈
TANGIES₈
TANGING₉
TANGLED₉
TANGLER₈
TANGLES₈
TANGOED₉
TANGOES₈
TANGRAM₁₀
TANGUNS₈
TANISTS₇
TANIWHA₁₃
TANKAGE₁₂
TANKARD₁₂
TANKERS₁₁
TANKFUL₁₄
TANKIAS₁₁
TANKIES₁₁
TANKING₁₂
TANKINI₁₁
TANLING₈
TANNAGE₈
TANNAHS₁₀
TANNATE₇
TANNERS₇
TANNERY₁₀
TANNEST₇
TANNIES₇
TANNING₈
TANNINS₇
TANNISH₁₀
TANNOYS₁₀
TANRECS₉
TANSIES₇
TANTARA₇
TANTIVY₁₃
TANTONY₁₀
TANTRAS₇
TANTRIC₉
TANTRUM₉
TANUKIS₁₁
TANYARD₁₁
VANADIC₁₃
VANDALS₁₁
VANDYKE₁₈
VANESSA₁₀
VANILLA₁₀
VANITAS₁₀
VANLOAD₁₁
VANNERS₁₀
VANNING₁₁
VANPOOL₁₂
VANTAGE₁₁
VANWARD₁₄
WANDERS₁₁
WANDOOS₁₁
WANGANS₁₁
WANGLED₁₂
WANGLER₁₁
WANGLES₁₁
WANGUNS₁₁
WANHOPE₁₅
WANIEST₁₀
WANIGAN₁₁
WANINGS₁₁
WANIONS₁₀
WANKERS₁₄
WANKIER₁₄
WANKING₁₅
WANKSTA₁₄
WANNABE₁₂
WANNESS₁₀
WANNEST₁₀
WANNING₁₁
WANNISH₁₃
WANTAGE₁₁
WANTERS₁₀
WANTIES₁₀
WANTING₁₁
WANTONS₁₀
WANZING₂₀
XANTHAM₁₉
XANTHAN₁₇
XANTHIC₁₉
XANTHIN₁₇
YANKERS₁₄
YANKIES₁₄
YANKING₁₅
YANQUIS₁₉
YANTRAS₁₀
ZANANAS₁₆
ZANDERS₁₇
ZANELLA₁₆
ZANIEST₁₆
ZANJERO₂₃
ZANYING₂₀
ZANYISH₂₂
ZANYISM₂₁

Letters by positionIn 38% of these words the 7th letter is S.

1st letter

M14%
C12%
P9%

4th letter

D19%
T16%
G14%

5th letter

I24%
E15%
A12%

6th letter

E23%
N14%
R13%

7th letter

S38%
G8%
R8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; JANIZAR tops the list with 23. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 32 words
8 points: 58 words
99 points: 135 words
10 points: 130 words
1111 points: 114 words
12 points: 71 words
1313 points: 50 words
14 points: 38 words
1515 points: 28 words
16 points: 10 words
1717 points: 10 words
18 points: 15 words
1919 points: 5 words
20 points: 3 words
2121 points: 3 words
22 points: 2 words
2323 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
JANIZAR	23	26	Collins only
ZANJERO	23	26	Collins only
MANJACK	22	27	Collins only
ZANYISH	22	21	All three
JANSKYS	21	23	Collins only
PANCHAX	21	23	All three
ZANYISM	21	22	Collins only
JANNOCK	20	25	Collins only
WANZING	20	23	Collins only
ZANYING	20	22	Collins only
FANZINE	19	21	All three
BANDBOX	19	22	All three

The spelling frame is _AN____: A and N stay fixed while the first letter and final four slots vary. MANAGER and MANAGED make the M-start cluster easy to spot; FANTASY, DANCING, HANGING, WANTING, LANDING, and BANKING show how widely the frame supports familiar word forms. Just 69 entries fall among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so many matches are less familiar.

7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and N as the 3rd letter

Exactly 706 words meet the seven-letter pattern _AN____.
Only 69 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by word frequency.
Words ending in S lead with 271; G is next at 56.
M starts 99 entries, ahead of C at 86 and P at 65.

Which starting and ending letters dominate?

M leads the first-letter count with 99 words, followed by C at 86 and P at 65. MANAGER, MANAGED, MANSION, and MANDATE are recognizable M examples; DANCING and DANGERS show that the pattern is not tied to one opening.

The ending is much less balanced: 271 entries finish in S, nearly five times the 56 ending in G. R, D, and E follow with 54, 52, and 50, so a final S is a strong clue rather than a minor preference.

Several M examples share a recognizable family: MANAGER, MANAGED, and MANAGES keep the MAN- opening while changing the ending. By contrast, HANGING, LANDING, and RANGING move the same A-N sequence later in the word, making the fixed second and third positions easy to misread.

How can you narrow a word-game clue?

For a clue asking for 7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and N as the 3rd letter, lock in _AN____ before testing the remaining letters. MANAGER, FANTASY, and BANKING give three distinct endings and help confirm that the fixed N is position three, not the first N you happen to see.

The 706 matches are not equally familiar or accepted everywhere: 69 are common by our frequency cutoff, and 591 have definitions. Counts differ by tournament list: ENABLE contains 471, Collins 682, and NWL2023 537. Many entries are specialist vocabulary, so check your game's word list once before relying on an obscure fit.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have A second and N third?

There are 706 seven-letter matches with A in position two and N in position three. The fixed pattern is _AN____, and it includes familiar words such as MANAGER, FANTASY, and BANKING alongside less common entries.

What are some familiar words with this letter pattern?

MANAGER, MANAGED, FANTASY, DANCING, HANGING, WANTING, LANDING, and BANKING all fit. They show how varied the pattern is: some begin MAN-, while others place the A-N sequence after a different first letter.

Are all 706 words accepted in every word-game dictionary?

No. The counts differ by tournament dictionary: ENABLE has 471 matches, Collins has 682, and NWL2023 has 537. The total counts words found in at least one of those lists, so check your game's dictionary when an unfamiliar entry matters.

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7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and N as the 3rd letter

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7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and N as the 3rd letter

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