4-letter words ending with N
Dive into the specific realm of 4-letter words that conclude with the letter N. This focused section reveals the fascinating ways in which words of this particular length, ending with N, contribute to the richness of the English language. Whether it's for expanding your vocabulary, solving puzzles, or simply for the love of words, discover how these terms uniquely blend length and ending sound.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| when | 10 | - | - |
| then | 7 | subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors) | then he left |
| been | 6 | - | - |
| down | 8 | English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) | - |
| even | 7 | to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons | looked sick and felt even worse |
| mean | 6 | (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt | - |
| than | 7 | A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that. | I would rather suffer than that you should want |
| seen | 4 | - | - |
| open | 6 | (of textures) full of small openings or gaps | an open texture |
| turn | 4 | to break and turn over earth especially with a plow | turn the earth in the Spring |
| damn | 7 | something of little value | his promise is not worth a damn |
| soon | 4 | in the near future | the doctor will soon be here |
| town | 7 | an administrative division of a county | the town is responsible for snow removal |
| plan | 6 | an arrangement scheme | a plan for seating guests |
| john | 14 | a room or building equipped with one or more toilets | - |
| sign | 5 | structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted | the highway was lined with signboards |
| born | 6 | being talented through inherited qualities | a born musician |
| pain | 6 | cause emotional anguish or make miserable | It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school |
| join | 11 | be or become joined or united or linked | Our paths joined |
| moon | 6 | United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954; was found guilty of conspiracy to evade taxes (born in 1920) | - |
| rain | 4 | anything happening rapidly or in quick successive | a rain of bullets |
| upon | 6 | On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable. | - |
| burn | 6 | pain that feels hot as if it were on fire | - |
| skin | 8 | a member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent | - |
| main | 6 | (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence | the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb |
| jean | 11 | a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric | - |
| amen | 6 | a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes | - |
| ruin | 4 | deprive of virginity | - |
| earn | 4 | earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | She earns a lot in her new job |
| iron | 4 | home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth | - |
| alan | 4 | - | - |
| dawn | 8 | become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions | It dawned on him that she had betrayed him |
| loan | 4 | a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English | - |
| horn | 7 | a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves | - |
| warn | 7 | advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior | I warned him not to go too far |
| thin | 7 | lacking excess flesh | you can't be too rich or too thin |
| sean | 4 | - | - |
| dean | 5 | United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955) | - |
| porn | 6 | creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire | - |
| lion | 4 | large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male | - |
| noon | 4 | the middle of the day | - |
| gain | 5 | the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input | - |
| spin | 6 | cause to spin | spin a coin |
| corn | 6 | a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes | - |
| coin | 6 | form by stamping, punching, or printing | strike coins |
| clan | 6 | group of people related by blood or marriage | - |
| worn | 7 | showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering | looking careworn as she bent over her mending |
| khan | 11 | an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans | - |
| torn | 4 | having edges that are jagged from injury | - |
| twin | 7 | being two identical | - |
| vain | 7 | unproductive of success | a vain attempt |
| chin | 9 | the protruding part of the lower jaw | - |
| barn | 6 | (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter | - |
| lean | 4 | lacking excess flesh | Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look |
| darn | 5 | something of little value | - |
| shin | 7 | a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg | - |
| bean | 6 | informal terms for a human head | - |
| oven | 7 | kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting | - |
| scan | 6 | examine hastily | She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi |
| lawn | 7 | a field of cultivated and mowed grass | - |
| keen | 8 | express grief verbally | - |
| shan | 7 | a branch of the Tai languages | - |
| yuan | 7 | the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368 | - |
| swan | 7 | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | - |
| glen | 5 | a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains) | - |
| gran | 5 | the mother of your father or mother | - |
| gown | 8 | outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions | - |
| pawn | 9 | leave as a guarantee in return for money | pawn your grandfather's gold watch |
| moan | 6 | indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure | - |
| boon | 6 | a desirable state | a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors |
| teen | 4 | being of the age 13 through 19 | teenage mothers |
| hwan | 10 | - | - |
| goon | 5 | an awkward stupid person | - |
| cain | 6 | (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God | - |
| omen | 6 | a sign of something about to happen | he looked for an omen before going into battle |
| vein | 7 | a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart | all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood |
| icon | 6 | a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface | - |
| grin | 5 | a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement | - |
| guan | 5 | any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling the curassows and valued as food | - |
| span | 6 | to cover or extend over an area or time period | The parking lot spans 3 acres |
| spun | 6 | - | - |
| shun | 7 | avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of | - |
| neon | 4 | a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts | - |
| yarn | 7 | a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving | - |
| sewn | 7 | fastened with stitches | - |
| stun | 4 | hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag | - |
| hymn | 12 | a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation) | - |
| amin | 6 | - | - |
| fern | 7 | any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores | - |
| oxen | 11 | domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age | a team of oxen |
| poon | 6 | any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum having shiny leathery leaves and lightweight hard wood | - |
| conn | 6 | conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane | - |
| flan | 7 | open pastry filled with fruit or custard | - |
| linn | 4 | - | - |
| coon | 6 | North American raccoon | - |
| morn | 6 | the time period between dawn and noon | I spent the morning running errands |
| rein | 4 | stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins | He reined in his horses in front of the post office |
| loon | 4 | a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought | - |
| yawn | 10 | an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom | he could not suppress a yawn |
| sown | 7 | sprinkled with seed | - |
| lain | 4 | - | - |
| lien | 4 | a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses | - |
| chon | 9 | 100 chon equal 1 won in North Korea | - |
| akin | 8 | similar in quality or character | a feeling akin to terror |
| bran | 6 | broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting | - |
| noun | 4 | a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action | - |
| fawn | 10 | a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color | - |
| aeon | 4 | (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe | - |
| loin | 4 | either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds | - |
| kern | 8 | United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945) | - |
| peon | 6 | a laborer who is obliged to do menial work | - |
| toon | 4 | a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence | - |
| anon | 4 | (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while | see you anon |
| roan | 4 | a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray | - |
| wean | 7 | gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk | she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk |
| bren | 6 | a submachine gun operated by gas pressure; used by the British in World War II | - |
| wynn | 10 | - | - |
| kiln | 8 | a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks | - |
| blin | 6 | - | - |
| wren | 7 | English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723) | - |
| fain | 7 | in a willing manner | I would fain do it |
| naan | 4 | leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop | - |
| thon | 7 | - | - |
| hewn | 10 | cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel | a house built of hewn logs |
| peen | 6 | the part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes) | - |
| quin | 13 | one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy | - |
| kain | 8 | - | - |
| tarn | 4 | a mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers) | - |
| zoon | 13 | - | - |
| tain | 4 | - | - |
| faun | 7 | ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr | - |
| durn | 5 | - | - |
| tern | 4 | small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail | - |
| yean | 7 | - | - |
| sawn | 7 | - | - |
| elan | 4 | distinctive and stylish elegance | - |
| doon | 5 | - | - |
| djin | 12 | - | - |
| pion | 6 | a meson involved in holding the nucleus together; produced as the result of high-energy particle collision | - |
| jinn | 11 | - | - |
| ulan | 4 | - | - |
| phon | 9 | a unit of subjective loudness | - |
| koan | 8 | a paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution; used in Zen Buddhism to show the inadequacy of logical reasoning | - |
| cyan | 9 | of a bluish shade of green | - |
| dern | 5 | - | - |
| mown | 9 | (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine | the smell of newly mown hay |
| mien | 6 | dignified manner or conduct | - |
| cran | 6 | a capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring | - |
| zein | 13 | - | - |
| reen | 4 | - | - |
| hern | 7 | - | - |
| lorn | 4 | - | - |
| muon | 6 | an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino | - |
| ween | 7 | - | - |
| pian | 6 | - | - |
| pean | 6 | a formal expression of praise | - |
| eyen | 7 | - | - |
| maun | 6 | - | - |
| agen | 5 | - | - |
| sorn | 4 | - | - |
| paan | 6 | - | - |
| shen | 7 | - | - |
| tiyn | 7 | - | - |
| tian | 4 | - | - |
| tein | 4 | - | - |
| cron | 6 | - | - |
| haun | 7 | - | - |
| gyan | 8 | - | - |
| hyen | 10 | - | - |
| hoon | 7 | - | - |
| jann | 11 | - | - |
| ikan | 8 | - | - |
| ikon | 8 | a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface | - |
| haen | 7 | - | - |
| hain | 7 | - | - |
| harn | 7 | - | - |
| hisn | 7 | - | - |
| kirn | 8 | - | - |
| jeon | 11 | - | - |
| karn | 8 | - | - |
| kaon | 8 | an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision | - |
| feen | 7 | - | - |
| fohn | 10 | a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps | - |
| foin | 7 | - | - |
| foen | 7 | - | - |
| firn | 7 | - | - |
| eoan | 4 | - | - |
| eevn | 7 | - | - |
| faan | 7 | - | - |
| exon | 11 | sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures | exons are interspersed with introns |
| eten | 4 | - | - |
| girn | 5 | - | - |
| gurn | 5 | - | - |
| gren | 5 | - | - |
| gaen | 5 | - | - |
| ginn | 5 | - | - |
| gien | 5 | - | - |
| gaun | 5 | - | - |
| gean | 5 | wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting | - |
| loun | 4 | - | - |
| lown | 7 | - | - |
| mawn | 9 | - | - |
| larn | 4 | gain knowledge or skills | - |
| limn | 6 | trace the shape of | - |
| nain | 4 | - | - |
| nemn | 6 | - | - |
| mein | 6 | - | - |
| clon | 6 | a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction | - |
| curn | 6 | - | - |
| cann | 6 | - | - |
| carn | 6 | - | - |
| cion | 6 | - | - |
| doun | 5 | - | - |
| doen | 5 | - | - |
| ebon | 6 | of a very dark black | - |
| duan | 5 | - | - |
| deen | 5 | - | - |
| anan | 4 | - | - |
| agon | 5 | a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes | - |
| agin | 5 | - | - |
| airn | 4 | - | - |
| bunn | 6 | - | - |
| boun | 6 | - | - |
| brin | 6 | - | - |
| bawn | 9 | - | - |
| azon | 13 | - | - |
| azan | 13 | - | - |
| axon | 11 | long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron | - |
| ayin | 7 | the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
| bien | 6 | - | - |
| bein | 6 | - | - |
| woon | 7 | - | - |
| toun | 4 | - | - |
| trin | 4 | - | - |
| tron | 4 | - | - |
| tyin | 7 | - | - |
| udon | 5 | - | - |
| tuan | 4 | - | - |
| wain | 7 | a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major | - |
| winn | 7 | - | - |
| whin | 10 | small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental | - |
| vuln | 7 | - | - |
| sain | 4 | - | - |
| sien | 4 | - | - |
| roin | 4 | - | - |
| roon | 4 | - | - |
| sten | 4 | - | - |
| syen | 7 | - | - |
| sunn | 4 | - | - |
| sken | 8 | - | - |
| ourn | 4 | - | - |
| pern | 6 | - | - |
| pein | 6 | - | - |
| nown | 7 | - | - |
| pyin | 9 | - | - |
| rean | 4 | - | - |
| rawn | 7 | - | - |
| raun | 4 | - | - |
| pirn | 6 | - | - |
| pown | 9 | - | - |
