4-letter words starting with N
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter N. This section showcases how N at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with N, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| need | 5 | have need of | - |
| name | 6 | assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to | They named their son David |
| nice | 6 | done with delicacy and skill | a nice bit of craft |
| next | 11 | immediately following in time or order | next in line |
| news | 7 | information about recent and important events | they awaited news of the outcome |
| none | 4 | a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise | - |
| near | 4 | with or in a close or intimate relationship | my sisters and brothers are near and dear |
| nine | 4 | the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one | - |
| nose | 4 | catch the scent of; get wind of | The dog nosed out the drugs |
| nuts | 4 | informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | - |
| neck | 10 | kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion | The couple were necking in the back seat of the car |
| nick | 10 | a small cut | - |
| note | 4 | a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) | he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes |
| nope | 6 | - | - |
| nail | 4 | hit hard | - |
| noon | 4 | the middle of the day | - |
| navy | 10 | a dark shade of blue | - |
| nest | 4 | move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position | - |
| nazi | 13 | a German member of Adolf Hitler's political party | - |
| neat | 4 | free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed | the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife |
| noah | 7 | the Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of Noah and the flood is told in the Book of Genesis | - |
| nana | 4 | - | - |
| nude | 5 | a statue of a naked human figure | - |
| numb | 8 | make numb or insensitive | The shock numbed her senses |
| nerd | 5 | an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious | - |
| nova | 7 | a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and becomes more luminous in the process | - |
| nosy | 7 | offensively curious or inquisitive | he flipped through my letters in his nosy way |
| noel | 4 | period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 | - |
| noir | 4 | - | - |
| norm | 6 | a statistic describing the location of a distribution | it set the norm for American homes |
| neal | 4 | - | - |
| nada | 5 | a quantity of no importance | - |
| ness | 4 | a strip of land projecting into a body of water | - |
| nuke | 8 | cook or heat in a microwave oven | - |
| 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 | - |
| naga | 5 | Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma | - |
| nong | 5 | - | - |
| newt | 7 | small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia | - |
| nook | 8 | an interior angle formed by two meeting walls | - |
| null | 4 | lacking any legal or binding force | null and void |
| nigh | 8 | not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances | - |
| narc | 6 | a lawman concerned with narcotics violations | - |
| nene | 4 | - | - |
| noun | 4 | a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action | - |
| napa | 6 | plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia | - |
| nave | 7 | the central area of a church | - |
| noma | 6 | acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals; often seen in undernourished children | - |
| node | 5 | the source of lymph and lymphocytes | - |
| nome | 6 | a town in western Alaska on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula; an important center of an Alaskan gold rush at the beginning of the 20th century | - |
| nous | 4 | that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason | - |
| nowt | 7 | - | - |
| nark | 8 | an informer or spy working for the police | - |
| nape | 6 | the back side of the neck | - |
| nary | 7 | (used with singular count nouns) colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a' | heard nary a sound |
| nosh | 7 | eat a snack; eat lightly | - |
| naan | 4 | leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop | - |
| nowy | 10 | - | - |
| neem | 6 | large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia | - |
| nibs | 6 | - | - |
| nock | 10 | make small marks into the surface of | - |
| nane | 4 | - | - |
| neve | 7 | the upper part of a glacier (beyond the limit of perpetual snow) where the snow turns to ice | - |
| nona | 4 | - | - |
| nard | 5 | an aromatic ointment used in antiquity | - |
| naif | 7 | marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience | - |
| nill | 4 | - | - |
| nipa | 6 | monotypic genus of palms of Australasia | - |
| naam | 6 | - | - |
| nabe | 6 | - | - |
| nabk | 10 | - | - |
| nabs | 6 | - | - |
| nach | 9 | - | - |
| nads | 5 | - | - |
| naes | 4 | - | - |
| naff | 10 | - | - |
| nags | 5 | - | - |
| naik | 8 | - | - |
| nain | 4 | - | - |
| nala | 4 | - | - |
| nams | 6 | - | - |
| namu | 6 | - | - |
| nang | 5 | - | - |
| nano | 4 | - | - |
| nans | 4 | - | - |
| naoi | 4 | - | - |
| naos | 4 | - | - |
| naps | 6 | - | - |
| nare | 4 | - | - |
| nats | 4 | - | - |
| navs | 7 | - | - |
| nays | 7 | - | - |
| naze | 13 | a cape at the southern tip of Norway | - |
| neap | 6 | a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon | - |
| nebs | 6 | - | - |
| neds | 5 | - | - |
| neep | 6 | - | - |
| nefs | 7 | - | - |
| negs | 5 | - | - |
| neif | 7 | - | - |
| neks | 8 | - | - |
| nema | 6 | - | - |
| nemn | 6 | - | - |
| neps | 6 | - | - |
| nerk | 8 | - | - |
| nesh | 7 | - | - |
| nete | 4 | - | - |
| nets | 4 | - | - |
| nett | 4 | catch with a net | - |
| neuk | 8 | - | - |
| neum | 6 | - | - |
| nevi | 7 | - | - |
| newb | 9 | - | - |
| ngai | 5 | - | - |
| nide | 5 | - | - |
| nidi | 5 | - | - |
| nids | 5 | - | - |
| nied | 5 | - | - |
| nief | 7 | - | - |
| nies | 4 | - | - |
| nife | 7 | - | - |
| niff | 10 | an unpleasant smell | - |
| nils | 4 | - | - |
| nimb | 8 | - | - |
| nims | 6 | - | - |
| nips | 6 | - | - |
| nirl | 4 | - | - |
| nish | 7 | - | - |
| nisi | 4 | not final or absolute | the decree is nisi and not absolute |
| nite | 4 | - | - |
| nits | 4 | - | - |
| nixe | 11 | - | - |
| nixy | 14 | - | - |
| nobs | 6 | - | - |
| nodi | 5 | - | - |
| nods | 5 | - | - |
| noes | 4 | - | - |
| nogg | 6 | - | - |
| nogs | 5 | - | - |
| noil | 4 | - | - |
| nole | 4 | - | - |
| noll | 4 | - | - |
| nolo | 4 | - | - |
| noms | 6 | - | - |
| noni | 4 | - | - |
| noob | 6 | - | - |
| noop | 6 | - | - |
| nori | 4 | - | - |
| nork | 8 | - | - |
| nota | 4 | - | - |
| nott | 4 | - | - |
| noul | 4 | - | - |
| noup | 6 | - | - |
| nout | 4 | - | - |
| nowl | 7 | - | - |
| nown | 7 | - | - |
| nows | 7 | - | - |
| noys | 7 | - | - |
| nubs | 6 | - | - |
| nuff | 10 | - | - |
| nugs | 5 | - | - |
| nuns | 4 | - | - |
| nurd | 5 | - | - |
| nurl | 4 | - | - |
| nurr | 4 | - | - |
| nurs | 4 | - | - |
| nyah | 10 | - | - |
| nyas | 7 | - | - |
| nyed | 8 | - | - |
| nyes | 7 | - | - |
