5 Letter Words Ending in NES (59 Words)

Common 5-letter words that end in NES

With their Scrabble points and, for the first 15, a short meaning, most used first.

lines★5a formation of people or things one beside another
tones★5the quality of a person's voice
genes★6a hereditary unit
zones★14a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features
wines★8to provide with fermented juice
bones★7rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
tunes★5a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
mines★7excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
lanes★5a narrow passageway
fines★8money extracted as a penalty
pines★7a coniferous tree
dunes★6a hill of sand
vines★8a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along…
cones★7any cone-shaped artifact
canes★7a stick that people can lean on to help them walk

59 of the 12,982 5-letter words end in NES (0.5%).
50 are good in NWL2023, 59 in Collins Scrabble Words, 50 in WOW24 and 47 in the Words With Friends list. 15 are everyday words.
In Scrabble points, zones and zines share the top score (14), then jones and janes (12 each), then pynes (10).