5-Letter Words Starting With NE

7 common words and 140 valid guesses start with "NE". Pick from here to refine your next guess.

7 common words140 valid words

Common Words (7)

Words most likely to be the answer.

needy
nerve
never
nerdy
neigh
newer
newly

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (133)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

neagh
neala
neale
neall
nealy
neaps
nears
neath
neats
nebby
nebel
neche
necho
necia
necks
necro
nedda
neddy
nedra
nedry
needn
needs
neela
neeld
neele
neely
neems
neeps
neese
neeze
nefas
nefen
neffs
neffy
neger
negev
negro
negus
nehru
neifs
neila
neile
neill
neils
neisa
neist
neith
neiva
nejdi
nelan
nelda
nelia
nelie
nella
nelle
nelli
nelly
nelse
neman
nemas
nemea
nemos
nenes
nenni
nenta
neoga
neola
neoma
neona
neons
neoza
nepal
neper
nephi
nepil
nepit
nepos
neral
nerds
nerin
nerka
nerol
neron
nerta
nerte
nerti
nerts
nerty
nertz
nerva
nervy
nesac
neses
nessa
nessi
nessy
nesta
nesto
nests
nesty
neter
netop
netta
nette
netti
netts
netty
neuks
neuma
neume
neums
neuss
nevai
nevat
nevel
neven
neves
nevil
nevin
nevis
nevoy
nevsa
nevus
newar
newby
newel
newie
newsy
newts
nexal
nexum
nexus
neysa

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 140 matches.

Most common letters

n140
e140
a46
s44
l32
r28
i28
t25
y19
v17

Most common letter by position

The most common letter in the 3rd position is r, appearing in 16 of 140 words.

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 52 with 1 unique vowel
  • 76 with 2 unique vowels
  • 12 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -la · 5 words
  • -ts · 5 words
  • -er · 5 words
  • -le · 4 words
  • -ly · 4 words

Strategy

7 answers start with "NE". Use the common endings shown above to lock in your remaining green letters.

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