5 Letter Words Starting with N

Common five-letter words that start with N

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• never 8/10 not ever
• night 9/10 the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
• needs 6/7 in such a manner as could not be otherwise
• named 8/10 (form of name) assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
• north 8/8 the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
• names 7/9 (form of name) assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
• nurse 5/7 one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
• naked 10/11 completely unclothed
• noise 5/6 sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
• notes 5/6 (form of note) a brief written record
• nerve 8/10 any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
• nasty 8/8 offensive or even (of persons) malicious
• nancy 10/12 a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
• noble 7/10 impressive in appearance
• nails 5/7 (form of nail) attach something somewhere by means of nails
• nanny 8/10 a woman who is the custodian of children
• novel 8/11 an extended fictional work in prose
• niece 7/9 a daughter of your brother or sister
• nicer 7/9 (form of nice) pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
• ninth 8/9 position nine in a countable series of things
• naive 8/10 marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
• naval 8/11 connected with or belonging to or used in a navy
• nazis 14/15 (form of nazi) relating to or consistent with or typical of the ideology and practice of Nazism or the Nazis
• noisy 8/8 full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds
• noted 6/7 widely known and esteemed
• noses 5/6 (form of nose) the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract
• nutty 8/9 having the flavor of nuts
• notch 10/11 a V-shaped indentation
• necks 11/13 (form of neck) the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
• needy 9/9 needy people collectively
• newly 11/12 very recently
• ninja 12/16 a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations
• nukes 9/11 (form of nuke) the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb
• noose 5/6 a trap for birds or small mammals
• nasal 5/7 of or in or relating to the nose
• nerds 6/7 (form of nerd) an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
• nitro 5/6
• nifty 11/11 very good
• nylon 8/10 a thermoplastic polyamide
• nacho 10/11 a tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled
• nelly 8/10
• navel 8/11 a scar where the umbilical cord was attached
• nudge 7/10 to push against gently
• nexus 12/14 the means of connection between things linked in series
• nines 5/7 (form of nine) the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
• newer 8/9 (form of new) not of long duration
• nudie 6/8
• nippy 12/14 a sharp biting taste
• niche 10/11 a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it
• ninny 8/10 a stupid foolish person

All 199 five-letter words that start with N

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