Verified pattern list

5 Letter Words With NE

This verified list contains 138 CORE words with NE, plus 48 entries in the broader extended tier.

NE · anywhere

Matching words

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Static CORE list

All 138 matching CORE words

Alphabetical, with base Scrabble points

alone5
amine7
anent5
annex12
apnea7
atone5
banes7
boned8
boner7
bones7
borne7
brine7
caned8
caner7
canes7
chine10
clone7
coned8
cones7
crane7
crone7
dined7
diner6
dines6
drone6
dunes6
enema7
enemy10
fined9
finer8
fines8
genes6
goner6
honed9
honer8
hones8
honey11
inane5
inept7
inert5
inner5
knead10
kneed10
kneel9
knees9
knell9
knelt9
krone9
lanes5
lined6
linen5
liner5
lines5
loner5
maned8
manes7
mined8
miner7
mines7
money10
neaps7
nears5
neath8
necks11
needs6
needy9
negro6
neigh9
nerds6
nerdy9
nerve8
nervy11
nests5
never8
nevus8
newel8
newer8
newly11
newsy11
newts8
nexus12
nines5
opine7
owned9
owner8
ozone14
panel7
panes7
penne7
phone10
pined8
pines7
piney10
plane7
pones7
prone7
prune7
pwned11
quine14
ranee5
renew8
runes5
saner5
scene7
scone7
seine5
shine8
shone8
sines5
sinew8
sneak9
sneer5
spine7
stone5
swine8
tenet5
thane8
thine8
tines5
toned6
toner5
tones5
tonne5
tuned6
tuner5
tunes5
twine8
urine5
vanes8
vines8
waned9
wanes8
whine11
wined9
wines8
zines14
zoned15
zones14

138CORE words

48extended words

186verified matches

7.6average CORE score

Useful CORE examples

Useful words

12 deterministic CORE selections

boned8
bones7
borne7
brine7
caned8
canes7
clone7
cones7
crane7
diner6
dines6
drone6

Base tile values

Highest-scoring words

CORE words, highest first

zoned15
ozone14
zones14
quine14
zines14
annex12
nexus12
honey11
necks11
newly11
newsy11
whine11

Letter intelligence

What the NE list contains

Where NE appears

Position 10 words
Position 20 words
Position 30 words
Position 40 words
Position 50 words

Vowels per word

1 vowel11 words
2 vowels115 words
3 vowels12 words

Repeated letters

23%

32 of 138 CORE words repeat at least one letter.

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Popular letter patterns

5 Letter Words With Two-Letter Patterns

5 Letter Words Starting With CH69 CORE · 21 extendedchafe, chain, chair, chaos 5 Letter Words Starting With CO94 CORE · 37 extendedcoals, coast, coats, cobra 5 Letter Words Starting With SH76 CORE · 15 extendedshade, shake, shame, shape 5 Letter Words Starting With ST96 CORE · 19 extendedstage, staid, stain, stair 5 Letter Words Ending In CH74 CORE · 11 extendedbeach, epoch, leach, peach 5 Letter Words Ending In ED297 CORE · 26 extendedached, acted, arced, armed 5 Letter Words Ending In ER240 CORE · 64 extendedabler, after, alter, amber 5 Letter Words Ending In LY68 CORE · 14 extendeddaily, doily, early, gaily

Pattern guide

How to use 5-letter words with NE

The CORE list contains 138 5-letter words with NE in at least one position. Unlike a fixed tile, this preset does not assume where the letter appears.

Contains keeps required letters anywhere in the word. Sequence pattern is stricter: AR requires adjacent letters, A_R allows one intervening letter, and A__R allows two. The broader tier adds 48 extended entries.

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Questions about this word list

How many 5-letter words contain NE?

This verified set contains 138 CORE words and 48 extended words, for 186 total matches.

What is the average Scrabble score for this NE group?

The 138 CORE words average 7.6 base Scrabble points. Board multipliers are not included.

Do these NE words often repeat letters?