5-Letter Words Starting With N and Ending in D
There are 12 five-letter words starting with N and ending in D in our dictionary; 8 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 12 words
- named8 points
- noted6 points
- naked10 points
- nomad8 points
- nosed6 points
- nuked10 points
- nixed13 points
- naiad6 points
- nitid6 points
- nicad8 points
- nided7 points
- naled6 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 12
- By usage: 5 very common, 3 common, 4 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- nixed 13
- naked 10
- nuked 10
- named 8
- nicad 8
- nomad 8
- nided 7
- naiad 6
- naled 6
- nitid 6
Most common
- named
- noted
- naked
- nomad
- nosed
- nuked
- nixed
- naiad
- nitid
- nicad
Definitions
- noted (adjective)
- Widely known and esteemed.
- naked (adjective)
- Having no clothes on the body.
- nomad (noun)
- A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
- nosed (adjective)
- Having a nose (either literal or metaphoric) especially of a specified kind.
Words that start with N and end in D come up constantly in tile games, crosswords and daily letter puzzles, and this page gathers all 12 of the five-letter ones. The most useful are the common words at the top of the list; the rare ones at the bottom are worth knowing when you need to hook onto an awkward board position. NIXED is the top scorer here, worth 13 points before any board multiplier.
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
If you know some letters of a word and their positions, a pattern search finds it faster than scanning a list. Open the word finder, type the word with question marks for the unknown letters, and every match appears immediately. You can combine a pattern with the starts-with and ends-with filters to narrow the set further. This works for crosswords, for daily five-letter puzzles and for any tile game where a board word gives you two or three fixed letters.
Questions
How many five-letter words starting with N and ending in D are there?
Our dictionary has 12 five-letter words starting with N and ending in D, of which 8 are common English words. The count comes from the public-domain ENABLE list, so it can differ slightly from the dictionary a particular game uses.
What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words starting with N and ending in D?
NIXED scores 13 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.