7-letter words with N as the 3rd letter and A as the 5th letter

The 261 7-letter words with N as the 3rd letter and A as the 5th letter include CONTACT, FANTASY, and CONTAIN.

261 wordsTop pick CONTACTHighest score MANJACK 22

23 of 261 are everyday words (9%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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With N in 3rd place, I is the most common 5th letter (605 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 23 · most-used first

CONTACT₁₁
FANTASY₁₃
CONTAIN₉
BENEATH₁₂
VINTAGE₁₁
MANDATE₁₀
LINEAGE₈
SANDALS₈
MUNDANE₁₀
PENDANT₁₀
RENTALS₇
MANUALS₉
PANCAKE₁₅
MONTAGE₁₀
FANBASE₁₂
VANTAGE₁₁
WANNABE₁₂
BANDAGE₁₁
FANFARE₁₃
LINKAGE₁₂
RUNWAYS₁₃
PINBALL₁₁

Showing the top 22 of 23 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 261

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

ANNEALS₇
ANNUALS₇
BANDAGE₁₁
BANDAID₁₁
BANDANA₁₀
BANDARI₁₀
BANDARS₁₀
BANIANS₉
BANTAMS₁₁
BANYANS₁₂
BANZAIS₁₈
BENDAYS₁₃
BENEATH₁₂
BENZALS₁₈
BONDAGE₁₁
BONHAMS₁₄
BONIATO₉
BONSAIS₉
BUNRAKU₁₃
BUNTALS₉
CANBANK₁₅
CANCANS₁₁
CANNACH₁₄
CANTALA₉
CANTALS₉
CANTARS₉
CANTATA₉
CANTATE₉
CANVASS₁₂
CENTAGE₁₀
CENTALS₉
CENTARE₉
CENTAUR₉
CENTAVO₁₂
CINEAST₉
CONCAVE₁₄
CONFABS₁₄
CONGAED₁₁
CONLANG₁₀
CONNATE₉
CONTACT₁₁
CONTAIN₉
CUNEATE₉
DANSAKS₁₂
DENIALS₈
DENTALS₈
DENTARY₁₁
DENTATE₈
DONNARD₉
DONNART₈
DONNATS₈
DUNNAGE₉
DUNNART₈
ENNEADS₈
FANBASE₁₂
FANFARE₁₃
FANTADS₁₁
FANTAIL₁₀
FANTASM₁₂
FANTAST₁₀
FANTASY₁₃
FENLAND₁₁
FINBACK₁₈
FINGANS₁₁
FINIALS₁₀
FINJANS₁₇
FINMARK₁₆
FINNACK₁₆
FINNACS₁₂
FINNANS₁₀
FONDANT₁₁
FUNFAIR₁₃
FUNGALS₁₁
GANJAHS₁₈
GINGALL₉
GINGALS₉
GUNNAGE₉
GUNWALE₁₁
GUNYAHS₁₄
HANGARS₁₁
HANJARS₁₇
HENBANE₁₂
HENNAED₁₁
HUNGANS₁₁
INNYARD₁₁
JANDALS₁₅
JINGALL₁₅
JINGALS₁₅
JUNCATE₁₆
KANBANS₁₃
KANTARS₁₁
KUNKARS₁₅
LANDAUS₈
LANGAHA₁₁
LANGARS₈
LANIARD₈
LANIARY₁₀
LANTANA₇
LANYARD₁₁
LINDANE₈
LINEAGE₈
LINEATE₇
LINGAMS₁₀
LINHAYS₁₃
LINKAGE₁₂
LINSANG₈
LONGANS₈
LUNGANS₈
MANCALA₁₁
MANDALA₁₀
MANDATE₁₀
MANGABY₁₅
MANGALS₁₀
MANIACS₁₁
MANJACK₂₂
MANMADE₁₂
MANNANS₉
MANOAOS₉
MANPACK₁₇
MANSARD₁₀
MANUALS₉
MANUARY₁₂
MANWARD₁₃
MANYATA₁₂
MENIALS₉
MINBARS₁₁
MINIATE₉
MINTAGE₁₀
MINYANS₁₂
MONDAIN₁₀
MONIALS₉
MONTAGE₁₀
MONTANE₉
MONTANT₉
MUNDANE₁₀
NONBANK₁₃
NONCASH₁₂
NONFACT₁₂
NONFANS₁₀
NONFARM₁₂
NONGAME₁₀
NONGAYS₁₁
NONPAID₁₀
NONPAST₉
NONWAGE₁₁
NONWARS₁₀
OMNIANA₉
PANCAKE₁₅
PANDANI₁₀
PANDANS₁₀
PANDARS₁₀
PANGAMY₁₅
PANNAGE₁₀
PENDANT₁₀
PENNALS₉
PENNAME₁₁
PENNANT₉
PENNATE₉
PENTACT₁₁
PENTADS₁₀
PENTANE₉
PINBALL₁₁
PINCASE₁₁
PINDANS₁₀
PINDARI₁₀
PINEALS₉
PINFALL₁₂
PINNACE₁₁
PINNATE₉
PINTADA₁₀
PINTADO₁₀
PINTAIL₉
PINTANO₉
PINWALE₁₂
PONDAGE₁₁
PONGALS₁₀
PONIARD₁₀
PONTAGE₁₀
PUNKAHS₁₆
QINDARS₁₇
QINTARS₁₆
RANDANS₈
RANSACK₁₃
RENNASE₇
RENTALS₇
RUNBACK₁₅
RUNDALE₈
RUNWAYS₁₃
SANCAIS₉
SANDALS₈
SANGARS₈
SANJAKS₁₈
SANPANS₉
SANSARS₇
SANTALS₇
SANYASI₁₀
SENDALS₈
SENSATE₇
SINKAGE₁₂
SINUATE₇
SONDAGE₉
SONTAGS₈
SUNBACK₁₅
SUNBAKE₁₃
SUNBATH₁₂
SUNCARE₉
SUNDAES₈
SUNDARI₈
SUNFAST₁₀
SUNGARS₈
SUNHATS₁₀
SUNLAMP₁₁
SUNLAND₈
SUNNAHS₁₀
SUNRAYS₁₀
SUNTANS₇
SUNWARD₁₁
SYNCARP₁₄
SYNGAMY₁₆
SYNTAGM₁₃
SYNTANS₁₀
TANBARK₁₃
TANKAGE₁₂
TANKARD₁₂
TANNAGE₈
TANNAHS₁₀
TANNATE₇
TANTARA₇
TANYARD₁₁
TENTAGE₈
TINCALS₉
TINDALS₈
TINTACK₁₃
TINWARE₁₀
TONEARM₉
TONNAGE₈
TONNAGS₈
TUNNAGE₈
UNNEATH₁₀
VANDALS₁₁
VANTAGE₁₁
VANWARD₁₄
VENDACE₁₃
VENDAGE₁₂
VENTAGE₁₁
VENTAIL₁₀
VENTANA₁₀
VINTAGE₁₁
WANGANS₁₁
WANNABE₁₂
WANTAGE₁₁
WINDACS₁₃
WINDAGE₁₂
WINNARD₁₁
ZINCATE₁₈
ZINGANI₁₇
ZINGANO₁₇
ZINGARA₁₇
ZINGARE₁₇
ZINGARI₁₇
ZINGARO₁₇

Letters by positionIn 36% of these words the 7th letter is S.

1st letter

S13%
P12%
M10%

2nd letter

A33%
I21%
O16%

4th letter

T20%
D14%
G11%

6th letter

R19%
N16%
L14%

7th letter

S36%
E25%
D7%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; MANJACK tops the list with 22. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 13 words
8 points: 31 words
99 points: 45 words
10 points: 47 words
1111 points: 42 words
12 points: 26 words
1313 points: 17 words
14 points: 7 words
1515 points: 10 words
16 points: 6 words
1717 points: 10 words
18 points: 6 words
1919 points: 0 words
20 points: 0 words
2121 points: 0 words
22 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
MANJACK	22	27	Collins only
FINBACK	18	21	All three
BANZAIS	18	20	All three
GANJAHS	18	21	All three
SANJAKS	18	21	All three
ZINCATE	18	20	All three
BENZALS	18	21	Collins only
ZINGANO	17	20	All three
ZINGARO	17	19	All three
ZINGARA	17	19	All three
MANPACK	17	21	All three
ZINGARI	17	19	All three

The pattern is _ _ N _ A _ _, so the clue fixes two positions but leaves five open. Familiar matches include BENEATH, VINTAGE, MANDATE, and PANCAKE, alongside rarer tournament entries. Dictionary coverage varies: 256 entries appear in Collins, compared with 190 in NWL2023 and 172 in ENABLE.

At a glance

261 seven-letter entries fit the N-at-third, A-at-fifth pattern.
CONTACT, FANTASY, and CONTAIN are recognizable matches.
95 matches end in S; 65 end in E.
23 entries are classed as common English words.
MANJACK leads the listed Scrabble scores at 22 points.

Which letters and endings appear most often?

S dominates the endings: 95 words finish in S, while 65 end in E. The next endings are D with 18 and A or T with 13 each. If the final tile is known, start with the S and E groups before testing the smaller endings.

Initial letters narrow the search too. S leads with 33 matches, followed closely by P at 32; M has 27 and C has 23. That near tie between S and P is a useful solving cue: when the first tile is uncertain, test both before spending time on lower-count starts such as L, with 16.

How does this pattern compare, and which words score well?

Keeping N in third place but changing A in fifth place to I gives 605 matches; changing it to E gives 448. Those larger pools show how selective A is in this slot, even though 261 remains a substantial set.

Score-focused players have a different angle: MANJACK reaches 22 points, while FINBACK and ZINCATE each score 18. These are tile values before board bonuses, so the printed total is not a guaranteed move score. The average is 10.9 points, making the top result an outlier rather than a typical play.

CONTACT and FANTASY are easier to recognize than MANJACK, FINBACK, or ZINCATE. Only 23 entries are among the common English words, so the full set includes plenty of specialist vocabulary. Check the word list used in your game before committing to an unfamiliar choice; a match in one tournament dictionary does not guarantee acceptance in every one.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have N third and A fifth?

There are 261 seven-letter matches with N in third place and A in fifth place. The dictionary totals differ: 256 appear in Collins, 190 in NWL2023, and 172 in ENABLE. Those figures overlap, so they should not be added together as separate words.

What are some familiar words with N third and A fifth?

CONTACT, FANTASY, and CONTAIN are familiar examples that match the pattern. BENEATH, VINTAGE, MANDATE, and PANCAKE also fit. Each has seven letters, with N in the third position and A in the fifth.

Which matching word has the highest score?

MANJACK has the highest listed tile score at 22 points. FINBACK and ZINCATE follow at 18 points each. These totals reflect letter values, not bonuses from premium board squares, so a played word’s score depends on its placement.

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