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5-Letter Words Starting With T and Ending in N

There are 20 five-letter words starting with T and ending in N in our dictionary; 11 of them are common words.

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All 20 words

  • taken9 points
  • token9 points
  • train5 points
  • toxin12 points
  • thorn8 points
  • talon5 points
  • twain8 points
  • tenon5 points
  • titan5 points
  • taxon12 points
  • tween8 points
  • takin9 points
  • thegn9 points
  • tigon6 points
  • tolan5 points
  • treen5 points
  • thein8 points
  • toyon8 points
  • tabun7 points
  • toman7 points

Quick facts

  • Total words: 20
  • By usage: 6 very common, 5 common, 9 rare

Highest scoring (classic tiles)

  1. taxon 12
  2. toxin 12
  3. taken 9
  4. takin 9
  5. thegn 9
  6. token 9
  7. thein 8
  8. thorn 8
  9. toyon 8
  10. twain 8

Most common

  1. taken
  2. token
  3. train
  4. toxin
  5. thorn
  6. talon
  7. twain
  8. tenon
  9. titan
  10. taxon

Definitions

taken (adjective)
Understood in a certain way; made sense of.
token (adjective)
Insignificantly small; a matter of form only (‘tokenish’ is informal).
train (noun)
Public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive.
toxin (noun)
A poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species.

Words that start with T and end in N come up constantly in tile games, crosswords and daily letter puzzles, and this page gathers all 20 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. TAXON is the top scorer here, worth 12 points before any board multiplier.

How to use this page

Use this list in two ways. Browse it to learn the words that start with T and end in N, common ones first, or search it by typing your own letters, with question marks for blanks, to see only the words you can make. Every word shows its classic tile score, and linked words open a page with all their sub-words.

Tips

Hooks are single letters added to the front or back of an existing word to make a new one, and they are the cheapest way to score in a crowded game. Look through the words on this page for ones that become a different valid word with one more letter, or that can be formed by extending a shorter word already on the board. Suffixes such as S, ED, ER and ING, and prefixes such as RE and UN, do most of the work. A hook lets you play a second word in parallel and collect both scores.

Questions

How many five-letter words starting with T and ending in N are there?

Our dictionary has 20 five-letter words starting with T and ending in N, of which 11 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 T and ending in N?

TAXON scores 12 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.

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