5-Letter Words Ending With EN

100 words

Words ending in -EN form one of English's most productive patterns, turning verbs and adjectives into past participles and descriptive forms. This collection spans everyday terms alongside archaic gems that remain valid in word games.

Pattern Guide

Word recommendations for board games.

Word Games

High-value words for board games

Top 5-Letter Words

WIZEN

lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness

17 pts
COZEN

be false to; be dishonest with

16 pts
MIZEN

third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy

16 pts
DIZEN

dress up garishly and tastelessly

15 pts
DOZEN

denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units

15 pts
VIXEN

a malicious woman with a fierce temper

15 pts
WAXEN

made of or covered with wax

15 pts
MIXEN
14 pts

WIZEN leads Scrabble scoring, but COZEN and MIZEN tie for the WWF crown thanks to the Z being worth 10 points in WWF versus 10 in Scrabble—the real difference comes from tile multiplier placement. VIXEN offers consistent high value across both games. QUEEN enters the WWF top scorers but falls outside Scrabble's elite, making it a smarter WWF play when Q tiles feel stuck in your rack.

Wordle

5-letter words for daily puzzles

Good Starters (E, A, R, S, T)

TAKENStarter

understood in a certain way; made sense of

EATENStarter
SIRENStarter

a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive

RISENStarter

(of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon

Common Words (likely answers)

HAVENCommon

a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

WOMENCommon
TAKENCommon

understood in a certain way; made sense of

GIVENCommon

an assumption that is taken for granted

TAKEN and EATEN test two vowels plus common consonants T, K, and N. SIREN and RISEN share four letters but probe different starting consonants, making them useful follow-up guesses.

Hidden Gems

Rare but valid words to surprise opponents

COZEN

be false to; be dishonest with

"He cozened the money out of the old man"

DOYEN

a man who is the senior member of a group

OAKEN

consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree

"the old oaken bucket"

PREEN

clean with one's bill

"The birds preened"

COZEN means to deceive or be dishonest with someone—a word that sounds invented but dates back centuries. Its C-O-Z-E-N structure scores 16-18 points in word games, making it both a vocabulary curiosity and a practical tile dump for that troublesome Z.

Popular crossword answers

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