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5 Letter Words Starting With N and Ending in A
Every five-letter word that fits N _ _ _ A — answer-eligible words are flagged in green, and you can tap any word to play it.
How Many 5-Letter Words Start With N and End in A?
20 words start with N and end with A, 1 of them answer-eligible. NINJA is the most efficient probe from here, clearing about 83%.
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, 40% of the time.
95% 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 1 words that could truly win the board.
Best Wordle Guesses That Fit N _ _ _ A
Once N and A 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 NINJA — eliminates about 83% of remaining answers on average.
The Full List, Grouped by Second Letter
Reading by square two: NA·8 NU·3 NG·2 NO·2 NY·2 +2 others. Tap the group that matches your board rather than scrolling the whole 20-word column.
N···A Words That Have Been Wordle Answers
This shape is rare in the daily puzzle. In 1916 Wordles, only 1 word with N and ending in A has been the answer: NINJA (#872, 2023-11-08). Every answer-eligible word here has already had its turn.
| Puzzle | Date | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| #872 | 2023-11-08 | NINJA |
The other 19 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.
N···A Words by Vowel Count & Second Letter
Vowel structure is the fastest way to narrow the middle three squares. Here is how the 20 N···A words split by how many vowels they contain in total:
| Vowels | Words | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 or fewer | 1 | 5% |
| Exactly 2 | 15 | 75% |
| 3 or more | 4 | 20% |
And the most common second letters among N···A words — handy when a yellow tile hints at the square right after N:
| Pattern | Words |
|---|---|
| NA···A | 8 |
| NU···A | 3 |
| NG···A | 2 |
| NO···A | 2 |
| NY···A | 2 |
| ND···A | 1 |
How to Use These Words to Win Wordle
- Pin the second letter first. The square after N splits the list fastest — NA alone accounts for 8 of the 20 candidates, so fixing that tile drops most of the rest.
- Favor distinct letters early. 7 of the 20 words here use five different letters and 13 repeat one.
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 N and end in A?
There are 20 valid five-letter words that start with N and end in A in our Wordle dictionary, and 1 of them can appear as a daily answer. Turn on the "Answers only" filter above to narrow the N···A list to answer-eligible words.
What are the best N···A words for Wordle?
NINJA are the strongest. NINJA eliminates about 83% of the answer pool on average, so if a clue has already fixed N and A, guessing NINJA both tests the pattern and rules out the most remaining words. See more best Wordle starting words.
Which N to A words have been Wordle answers?
1 of them, across 1916 puzzles. The most recent was NINJA (#872) on 2023-11-08. Every answer-eligible N···A word has already been used. Browse the full past Wordle answers archive.
Do these N···A words work in hard mode?
Yes. Once N and A are green you must keep them, so this list is exactly your hard-mode candidate set. 7 of the 20 words use five distinct letters and 13 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 N···A words?
A — NA accounts for 8 of the 20 words (40%), ahead of NU with 3. With both ends already green, square two is usually the tile worth testing first.
How many vowels do N···A words usually have?
95% of these 20 words carry two or more vowels — 15 have exactly two and 4 have three or more, against 1 with one or fewer. With N and A 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.