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4 Letter Words Ending In N

There are 290 four-letter words ending in N. 191 of them are playable in Scrabble or Words With Friends, 57 are everyday English, and the highest scorer is john at 14 points.

The words

All 290 of them, everyday words first.

Everyday words 57

Word-game words 134

Archaic and rare 99

What is in this list

Every word carries its Scrabble score; hover one to see its Words With Friends score, which differs because the two games value tiles differently. Both are raw tile totals and exclude double- and triple-letter squares, since those depend on where you put the word rather than on the word itself.

Words in total
290
Playable in Scrabble or Words With Friends
191 (66%)
Everyday words
57
Archaic or rare
99
Highest Scrabble score
john at 14
Average Scrabble score
6.5
Letters that turn up most
N 100%, A 43%, O 30%, I 29%, E 25%, R 23%

Questions

How many 4 letter words end in N?
290, across every dictionary this site merges. 57 of those are everyday English, 134 are valid in word games without being words you would say out loud, and 99 come from Webster's 1913 and are largely obsolete.
Which of them are valid in Scrabble?
191 appear in ENABLE, the word list Scrabble and Words With Friends programs check against. The 99 archaic entries are shown last and labelled, because a word game will usually reject them.
What is the highest-scoring 4 letter word that end in N?
john, worth 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Both are raw tile values, before any double- or triple-letter square.
Which are the most common?
By frequency in ordinary English: when, been, than, then, even, sign, open, down. The list below is in that order, so the words you are most likely to want come first.

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