5-Letter Words Ending in NS
There are 161 five-letter words ending in NS in our dictionary; 94 of them are common words.
Type your own letters to find only the 5-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.
All 161 words
- joins12 points
- evens8 points
- warns8 points
- means7 points
- opens7 points
- plans7 points
- gains6 points
- signs6 points
- turns5 points
- jeans12 points
- damns8 points
- towns8 points
- twins8 points
- beans7 points
- burns7 points
- coins7 points
- icons7 points
- mains7 points
- moans7 points
- moons7 points
- pains7 points
- scans7 points
- earns5 points
- leans5 points
- loans5 points
- nouns5 points
- rains5 points
- ruins5 points
- stuns5 points
- hymns13 points
- fawns11 points
- whens11 points
- yawns11 points
- chins10 points
- pawns10 points
- dawns9 points
- downs9 points
- gowns9 points
- keens9 points
- kilns9 points
- skins9 points
- ferns8 points
- horns8 points
- lawns8 points
- ovens8 points
- shins8 points
- shuns8 points
- swans8 points
- thins8 points
- veins8 points
- weans8 points
- wrens8 points
- yarns8 points
- barns7 points
- boons7 points
- clans7 points
- corns7 points
- miens7 points
- morns7 points
- omens7 points
- peons7 points
- spans7 points
- spins7 points
- darns6 points
- deans6 points
- glens6 points
- goons6 points
- grins6 points
- irons5 points
- lions5 points
- loins5 points
- loons5 points
- reins5 points
- teens5 points
- johns15 points
- liens5 points
- axons12 points
- khans12 points
- fauns8 points
- banns7 points
- coons7 points
- limns7 points
- roans5 points
- terns5 points
- quins14 points
- flans8 points
- grans6 points
- naans5 points
- tarns5 points
- exons12 points
- wains8 points
- weens8 points
- peens7 points
- glans6 points
- whins11 points
- phons10 points
- kaons9 points
- avens8 points
- ayins8 points
- frons8 points
- yeans8 points
- conns7 points
- muons7 points
- peans7 points
- pions7 points
- poons7 points
- guans6 points
- noons5 points
- azans14 points
- azons14 points
- zeins14 points
- zoons14 points
- djins13 points
- jinns12 points
- fohns11 points
- wynns11 points
- cyans10 points
- pyins10 points
- ikons9 points
- kains9 points
- karns9 points
- kerns9 points
- kirns9 points
- koans9 points
- firns8 points
- foins8 points
- herns8 points
- thens8 points
- yuans8 points
- amens7 points
- amins7 points
- brans7 points
- brens7 points
- brins7 points
- bunns7 points
- cains7 points
- carns7 points
- cions7 points
- clons7 points
- curns7 points
- ebons7 points
- peins7 points
- pians7 points
- pirns7 points
- porns7 points
- agons6 points
- durns6 points
- girns6 points
- aeons5 points
- airns5 points
- alans5 points
- elans5 points
- linns5 points
- neons5 points
- sains5 points
- sorns5 points
- sunns5 points
- tains5 points
- toons5 points
- trans5 points
- ulans5 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 161
- By usage: 74 very common, 20 common, 67 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- johns 15
- azans 14
- azons 14
- quins 14
- zeins 14
- zoons 14
- djins 13
- hymns 13
- axons 12
- exons 12
Most common
- joins
- evens
- warns
- means
- opens
- plans
- gains
- signs
- turns
- jeans
Definitions
- means (noun)
- To have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end.
- jeans (noun)
- (used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear.
There are 161 five-letter words ending in NS, and 94 of them are words you would expect to see in everyday writing. The rest are technical terms, plurals, variant spellings and the odd loanword, all of which are legal in most tile games. The highest-scoring entry is JOHNS at 15 points. Scan the common words first, then dip into the rare ones when the board leaves you no other option.
How to use this page
Read the list from the top if you want the everyday words, or jump to the quick facts for the highest scorers. Click any word with a link to see every shorter word hidden inside it. When you have a specific rack, the search box at the top filters the list down to the words you can play right now.
Tips
A balanced rack has roughly three vowels and four consonants, and a lopsided rack is the most common reason players get stuck. If you are drowning in vowels, look for the words on this page with the most vowels and use them to reset. If you have too many consonants, a word with a single vowel will do the same job. When you cannot find a decent play, it is often better to swap tiles or play a short word that dumps the surplus than to force a poor score and keep the bad rack.
Questions
Which five-letter words ending in NS are the most common?
JOINS, EVENS and WARNS are among the most familiar. The list is sorted with everyday words first, and the very common ones carry a small dot, so you can read the top of the page and skip the obscure entries at the bottom.
Can I search this list with my own letters?
Yes. Type your letters into the search box at the top of the page, using a question mark for a blank, and the tool will show only the five-letter words ending in NS you can actually spell from that rack, with scores.