3-letter words containing N
Embark on an exploration of 3-letter words that contain the letter N. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate N within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| and | 4 | A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence. | - |
| not | 3 | negation of a word or group of words | he does not speak French |
| can | 5 | a buoy with a round bottom and conical top | - |
| one | 3 | (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier | that is one fine dog |
| now | 6 | in these times | it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished |
| man | 5 | someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force | - |
| any | 6 | one or some or every or all without specification | give me any peaches you don't want |
| won | 6 | the basic unit of money in North Korea | - |
| new | 6 | original and of a kind not seen before | - |
| son | 3 | the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus) | - |
| own | 6 | have ownership or possession of | He owns three houses in Florida |
| run | 3 | a small stream | - |
| men | 5 | the force of workers available | - |
| end | 4 | a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold | - |
| fun | 6 | activities that are enjoyable or amusing | I do it for the fun of it |
| gun | 4 | a hand-operated pump that resembles a pistol; forces grease into parts of a machine | - |
| win | 6 | attain success or reach a desired goal | - |
| ten | 3 | one of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face | - |
| sun | 3 | first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians | - |
| ran | 3 | - | - |
| ben | 5 | a mountain or tall hill | they were climbing the ben |
| nor | 3 | A negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, in the first member or clause (as or in affirmative propositions follows either). Nor is also used sometimes in the first member for neither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of nor. | - |
| san | 3 | - | - |
| van | 6 | the leading units moving at the head of an army | - |
| mon | 5 | the second day of the week; the first working day | - |
| fan | 6 | an enthusiastic devotee of sports | - |
| non | 3 | negation of a word or group of words | - |
| sin | 3 | estrangement from god | - |
| jin | 10 | - | - |
| nah | 6 | - | - |
| pen | 5 | a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes | - |
| dan | 4 | - | - |
| ken | 7 | range of what one can know or understand | beyond my ken |
| net | 3 | the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) | - |
| yen | 6 | have a desire for something or someone who is not present | - |
| ana | 3 | a collection of anecdotes about a person or place | - |
| han | 6 | imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization | - |
| ann | 3 | - | - |
| pan | 5 | cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel | - |
| nut | 3 | someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction | a car nut |
| jun | 10 | - | - |
| bin | 5 | an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself | - |
| con | 5 | commit to memory; learn by heart | - |
| pin | 5 | a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing | - |
| tin | 3 | a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide | - |
| hon | 6 | - | - |
| nap | 5 | the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave | - |
| ton | 3 | a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds | - |
| bon | 5 | - | - |
| lin | 3 | United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959) | - |
| nun | 3 | a buoy resembling a cone | - |
| nam | 5 | - | - |
| gin | 4 | a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers | - |
| tan | 3 | ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle | - |
| ned | 4 | - | - |
| den | 4 | the habitation of wild animals | - |
| ink | 7 | a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing | - |
| inn | 3 | a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers | - |
| ant | 3 | social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers | - |
| wan | 6 | abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress | her wan face suddenly flushed |
| qin | 12 | the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall | - |
| bun | 5 | small rounded bread either plain or sweet | - |
| nat | 3 | - | - |
| ban | 5 | forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper) | - |
| nan | 3 | the mother of your father or mother | - |
| fin | 6 | a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater) | - |
| ren | 3 | - | - |
| kin | 7 | a person having kinship with another or others | he's kin |
| zen | 12 | street name for lysergic acid diethylamide | - |
| yin | 6 | the dark negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology | the interaction of yin and yang maintains the harmony of the universe |
| hen | 6 | adult female chicken | - |
| nod | 4 | a sign of assent or salutation or command | - |
| rin | 3 | - | - |
| wen | 6 | a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked | - |
| nay | 6 | a negative | the nays have it |
| nag | 4 | someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault | - |
| ins | 3 | an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States | - |
| nil | 3 | a quantity of no importance | reduced to nil all the work we had done |
| nim | 5 | game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table | - |
| sen | 3 | a fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel | - |
| urn | 3 | a large pot for making coffee or tea | - |
| hun | 6 | offensive term for a person of German descent | - |
| nip | 5 | a tart spicy quality | - |
| din | 4 | make a resonant sound, like artillery | - |
| nab | 5 | take into custody | the police nabbed the suspected criminals |
| pun | 5 | a humorous play on words | I do it for the pun of it |
| yon | 6 | distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal) | yonder valley |
| mun | 5 | - | - |
| nee | 3 | (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman | Hillary Clinton nee Rodham |
| fen | 6 | low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water | the fens of eastern England |
| uni | 3 | - | - |
| ion | 3 | a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons | - |
| gen | 4 | informal term for information | give me the gen on your new line of computers |
| eng | 4 | - | - |
| ono | 3 | United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933) | - |
| gan | 4 | - | - |
| dun | 4 | a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color | she wore dun |
| nos | 3 | - | - |
| noh | 6 | - | - |
| ans | 3 | the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands | - |
| eon | 3 | (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe | - |
| tun | 3 | a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals | - |
| gnu | 4 | large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail | - |
| nav | 6 | - | - |
| nix | 10 | command against | Dad nixed our plans |
| neg | 4 | - | - |
| neb | 5 | horny projecting mouth of a bird | - |
| nob | 5 | informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person | - |
| nae | 3 | - | - |
| nit | 3 | a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source | - |
| nom | 5 | - | - |
| nog | 4 | a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface | - |
| nub | 5 | a small lump or protuberance | - |
| ani | 3 | black tropical American cuckoo | - |
| hin | 6 | ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons | - |
| nas | 3 | - | - |
| ern | 3 | bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland | - |
| nus | 3 | - | - |
| nib | 5 | horny projecting mouth of a bird | - |
| nef | 6 | - | - |
| ane | 3 | used of a single unit or thing; not two or more | `ane' is Scottish |
| nur | 3 | - | - |
| nye | 6 | - | - |
| syn | 6 | - | - |
| ens | 3 | - | - |
| nth | 6 | last or greatest in an indefinitely large series | to the nth degree |
| ene | 3 | the compass point midway between northeast and east | - |
| nox | 10 | Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx | - |
| zin | 12 | - | - |
| wyn | 9 | - | - |
| nys | 6 | - | - |
| noo | 3 | - | - |
| noy | 6 | - | - |
| naw | 6 | - | - |
| nis | 3 | - | - |
| nie | 3 | - | - |
| nek | 7 | - | - |
| nep | 5 | - | - |
| nid | 4 | - | - |
| oon | 3 | - | - |
| ons | 3 | - | - |
| ony | 6 | - | - |
| kon | 7 | - | - |
| mna | 5 | - | - |
| vin | 6 | - | - |
| uns | 3 | - | - |
| sny | 6 | - | - |
| ain | 3 | belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive | `ain' is Scottish |
| awn | 6 | slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses | - |
| gon | 4 | - | - |
| ean | 3 | - | - |
| een | 3 | - | - |
| don | 4 | the head of an organized crime family | - |
| fon | 6 | - | - |
| pwn | 8 | - | - |
| nym | 8 | - | - |
| nug | 4 | - | - |
| lun | 3 | - | - |
| ing | 4 | - | - |
