5 Letter Words That Start With NE

All 66 five-letter words beginning with NE, scored for Scrabble and Words With Friends.

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Letter run takes _ as a one-letter gap, so E_O finds lemon. Dictionary keeps only the words your game accepts.

All words · 66
neafe8
neals5
neaps7
nears5
neath8
neats5
nebek11
nebel7
necks11
neddy10
needs6
needy9
neeld6
neele5
neemb9
neems7
neeps7
neese5
neeze14
negro6
negus6
neifs8
neigh9
neist5
neive8
nelis5
nelly8
nemas7
nemns7
nempt9
nenes5
neons5
neper7
nepit7
neral5
nerds6
nerdy9
nerka9
nerks9
nerol5
nerts5
nertz14
nerve8
nervy11
nests5
netes5
netop7
netts5
netty8
neuks9
neume7
neums7
nevel8
never8
neves8
nevus8
newbs10
newed9
newel8
newer8
newie8
newly11
newsy11
newts8
nexts12
nexus12

5 letter words beginning NE

There are 66 5 letter words beginning with NE in our dictionary — about 20% of the 325 5 letter words that start with N.

Not every game takes every word. Of these 66:44 are valid in Scrabble US, 65 are valid in Scrabble UK and 65 are valid in Words With Friends. Use the Dictionary filter under More filters to keep only the ones your game accepts.

Highest scoring

The best Scrabble play on this list is neeze at 14 points. The top of the table:

  • neeze · 14 pts
  • nertz · 14 pts
  • nexus · 12 pts
  • nexts · 12 pts
  • newsy · 11 pts
  • newly · 11 pts

How the rest of the word behaves

29 of them end with S, 8 of them end with E and 8 of them end with Y.32of them repeat a letter, which matters when you are working out whether a yellow tile can appear twice.

Using this list

Type the letters you already know into the solver at the top of the page. Put confirmed letters in Right spot in the slot they occupy, letters you know are present but misplaced in Wrong spot, and dead letters in Not in the word. The list narrows as you go, and the answer is never revealed for you.