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5 Letter Words Starting With M and Ending in N
Every five-letter word that fits M _ _ _ N — answer-eligible words are flagged in green, and you can tap any word to play it.
How Many 5-Letter Words Start With M and End in N?
17 words start with M and end with N, 4 of them answer-eligible. MELON is the most efficient probe from here, clearing about 94.2%.
Once both ends are green, the second letter is where the puzzle actually lives — and here it is A far more often than anything else, 41% of the time, as in MASON.
100% of these words carry two or more vowels, so the middle is vowel-rich — test consonants with your next probe.
Green-dotted words are answer-eligible — the everyday vocabulary the daily puzzle actually draws from — while hollow-dotted words are valid guesses you can play but that will never be the solution. Flip on Answers only to focus on the 4 words that could truly win the board.
Best Wordle Guesses That Fit M _ _ _ N
Once M and N are green, the strongest follow-up is a word that both fits the pattern and rules out as many remaining answers as possible. These three score highest, measured across all 2296 possible answers:
- 01 MELON — eliminates about 94.2% of remaining answers on average.
- 02 MASON — eliminates about 93.5% of remaining answers on average.
- 03 MOURN — eliminates about 92% of remaining answers on average.
The Full List, Grouped by Second Letter
Reading by square two: MA·7 MI·3 MO·3 ME·2 MU·2. Tap the group that matches your board rather than scrolling the whole 17-word column.
M···N Words That Have Been Wordle Answers
This shape is rare in the daily puzzle. In 1916 Wordles, only 4 words with M and ending in N have been the answer: MAVEN (#1839, 2026-07-02), MELON (#1084, 2024-06-07), MASON (#861, 2023-10-28), MOURN (#257, 2022-03-03). That leaves 1 candidate the puzzle has never used — MORON.
| Puzzle | Date | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| #1839 | 2026-07-02 | MAVEN |
| #1084 | 2024-06-07 | MELON |
| #861 | 2023-10-28 | MASON |
| #257 | 2022-03-03 | MOURN |
Never used as an answer
1 answer-eligible M···N word has never been the solution: MORON . Wordle avoided repeats entirely for its first 1,688 puzzles and only began reusing old answers in February 2026 — 24 times so far. An unused word is still the likelier bet, just no longer a certainty; see how repeats work for the full picture.
The other 13 words are valid guesses the game accepts but will never choose as a solution. They are still useful as probes — words you play to expose new letters — but when you are guessing to win, a green-dotted answer word is the smarter pick.
M···N Words by Vowel Count & Second Letter
Vowel structure is the fastest way to narrow the middle three squares. Here is how the 17 M···N words split by how many vowels they contain in total:
| Vowels | Words | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 or fewer | 0 | 0% |
| Exactly 2 | 17 | 100% |
| 3 or more | 0 | 0% |
And the most common second letters among M···N words — handy when a yellow tile hints at the square right after M:
| Pattern | Words |
|---|---|
| MA···N | 7 |
| MI···N | 3 |
| MO···N | 3 |
| ME···N | 2 |
| MU···N | 2 |
How to Use These Words to Win Wordle
- Pin the second letter first. The square after M splits the list fastest — MA alone accounts for 7 of the 17 candidates, so fixing that tile drops most of the rest.
- Favor distinct letters early. 14 of the 17 words here use five different letters and 3 repeat one.
- Lean toward an unused word. Repeats stayed at zero until February 2026 and number just 24 in 1916 puzzles, so the 1 never-used M···N word above remains the stronger bet.
Full strategy lives in the how-to-play guide, and you can practice any time on the unlimited Wordle board.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many 5-letter words start with M and end in N?
There are 17 valid five-letter words that start with M and end in N in our Wordle dictionary, and 4 of them can appear as a daily answer. Turn on the "Answers only" filter above to narrow the M···N list to answer-eligible words.
What are the best M···N words for Wordle?
MELON, MASON, MOURN are the strongest. MELON eliminates about 94.2% of the answer pool on average, so if a clue has already fixed M and N, guessing MELON both tests the pattern and rules out the most remaining words. See more best Wordle starting words.
Which M to N words have been Wordle answers?
4 of them, across 1916 puzzles. The most recent was MAVEN (#1839) on 2026-07-02, and the first was MOURN on 2022-03-03. 1 answer-eligible M···N word has never come up, including MORON. Browse the full past Wordle answers archive.
Do these M···N words work in hard mode?
Yes. Once M and N are green you must keep them, so this list is exactly your hard-mode candidate set. 14 of the 17 words use five distinct letters and 3 repeat one — worth knowing, because hard mode will not let you drop a confirmed letter to probe elsewhere. See the how-to-play guide.
What is the most common second letter in M···N words?
A — MA accounts for 7 of the 17 words (41%), ahead of MI with 3. With both ends already green, square two is usually the tile worth testing first.
How many vowels do M···N words usually have?
100% of these 17 words carry two or more vowels — 17 have exactly two and 0 have three or more, against 0 with one or fewer. With M and N already fixed, that tells you how much vowel room the three middle squares still need. For a full clue-by-clue solve, send your board to the Wordle Solver.