Five-letter words starting with N

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NADIR Very unlikely used NAIVE Very unlikely used NANNY Very unlikely used NASAL Very unlikely used NASTY Very unlikely used NATAL Very unlikely used NAVAL Possible used NAVEL Very unlikely used NEEDY Very unlikely used NEIGH Very unlikely used NERDY Very unlikely used NERVE Very unlikely used NERVY Very unlikely used NEVER Very unlikely used NEWER Likely NEWLY Very unlikely used NICER Very unlikely used NICHE Very unlikely used NIECE Very unlikely used NIFTY Very unlikely used NIGHT Very unlikely used NINJA Very unlikely used NINNY Likely NINTH Very unlikely used NOBLE Very unlikely used NOBLY Very unlikely used NOISE Very unlikely used NOISY Very unlikely used NOMAD Very unlikely used NOOSE Likely NORTH Very unlikely used NOSEY Likely NOTCH Very unlikely used NOVEL Very unlikely used NUDGE Very unlikely used NURSE Very unlikely used NUTTY Very unlikely used NYLON Very unlikely used NYMPH Very unlikely used NACHO Possible NAGAR Very unlikely NAILS Very unlikely NAKED Possible NAMED Possible NAMES Very unlikely NANCY Very unlikely NAZIS Very unlikely NECKS Very unlikely NEEDS Very unlikely NEGRO Very unlikely NELLY Very unlikely NERDS Very unlikely NESTS Very unlikely NEXUS Possible NICKS Very unlikely NICKY Very unlikely NIGER Very unlikely NIGGA Very unlikely NITRO Possible NODES Very unlikely NOONE Very unlikely NORMA Very unlikely NORMS Very unlikely NOSED Possible NOSES Very unlikely NOTED Possible NOTES Very unlikely NOUNS Very unlikely NUDES Very unlikely NUKES Very unlikely NAAMS Very unlikely NAANS Very unlikely NAATS Very unlikely NABAM Very unlikely NABBY Very unlikely NABES Very unlikely NABIS Very unlikely NABKS Very unlikely NABLA Very unlikely NABOB Possible NACHE Very unlikely NACRE Very unlikely NADAS Very unlikely NAEVE Very unlikely NAEVI Very unlikely NAFFS Very unlikely NAGAS Very unlikely NAGES Very unlikely NAGGY Possible NAGOR Very unlikely NAHAL Very unlikely NAIAD Very unlikely NAIBS Very unlikely NAICE Very unlikely NAIDS Very unlikely NAIEO Very unlikely NAIFS Very unlikely NAIKS Very unlikely NAILY Very unlikely NAINS Very unlikely NAIOS Very unlikely NAIRA Very unlikely NAIRU Very unlikely NAJIB Very unlikely NAKAS Very unlikely NAKER Very unlikely NAKFA Very unlikely NALAS Very unlikely NALED Very unlikely NALLA Very unlikely NAMAD Very unlikely NAMAK Very unlikely NAMAZ Very unlikely NAMER Very unlikely NAMMA Very unlikely NAMUS Very unlikely NANAS Very unlikely NANCE Very unlikely NANDU Very unlikely NANNA Very unlikely NANOS Very unlikely NANTE Very unlikely NANTI Very unlikely NANTO Very unlikely NANTS Very unlikely NANTY Very unlikely NANUA Very unlikely NAPAS Very unlikely NAPED Very unlikely NAPES Very unlikely NAPOH Very unlikely NAPOO Very unlikely NAPPA Very unlikely NAPPE Very unlikely NAPPY Possible NARAS Very unlikely NARCO Very unlikely NARCS Very unlikely NARDS Very unlikely NARES Very unlikely NARIC Very unlikely NARIS Very unlikely NARKS Very unlikely NARKY Very unlikely NAROD Very unlikely NARRA Very unlikely NARRE Very unlikely NASHI Very unlikely NASHO Very unlikely NASIS Very unlikely NASON Very unlikely NASUS Very unlikely NATAK Very unlikely NATCH Very unlikely NATES Very unlikely NATIS Very unlikely NATTO Very unlikely NATTY Very unlikely NATYA Very unlikely NAUCH Very unlikely NAUNT Very unlikely NAVAR Very unlikely NAVED Very unlikely NAVES Very unlikely NAVEW Very unlikely NAVVY Very unlikely NAWAB Very unlikely NAWAL Very unlikely NAZAR Very unlikely NAZES Very unlikely NAZIR Very unlikely NAZZY Very unlikely NDUJA Very unlikely NEAFE Very unlikely NEALS Very unlikely NEANT Very unlikely NEAPS Very unlikely NEARS Very unlikely NEATH Very unlikely NEATO Very unlikely NEATS Very unlikely NEBBY Very unlikely NEBEK Very unlikely NEBEL Very unlikely NECHE Very unlikely NEDDY Very unlikely NEEBS Very unlikely NEEFS Very unlikely NEELD Very unlikely NEELE Very unlikely NEEMB Very unlikely NEEMS Very unlikely NEEPS Very unlikely NEESE Very unlikely NEEZE Very unlikely NEFIE Very unlikely NEGRI Very unlikely NEGUS Very unlikely NEIFS Very unlikely NEIST Very unlikely

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AROSE leaves 19.6626 matching words on average, weighted by the answer model through 2026-11-05. This is the recommended move among a fixed panel of 64 evaluated guesses. All 468 matching words count, including words outside the working answer pool.

This move is an information probe: it does not fit this list and cannot solve this illustrated position immediately. It tests letters in Normal Mode; a Hard Mode move must also keep your revealed hints.

To attempt the most likely matching answer now, NEWER has a 12.0% modelled immediate solve chance and leaves 103.3645 words on average. This compares an immediate answer attempt with the information gained by the recommended move.

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How many five-letter words start with N?
There are 468 five-letter words that start with N in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 39 words are possible answers.