Common 5-letter words that end in NS
With their Scrabble points and, for the first 16, a short meaning, most used first.
- means★7mean or intend to express or convey
- loans★5the temporary provision of money (usually at interest)
- plans★7to formulate a method for achieving an end
- teens★5a teenager
- signs★6to write one's name on
- turns★5to move around a central point
- coins★7a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
- opens★7cause to open or to become open
- icons★7a representation
- towns★8a compactly settled area
- jeans★12a durable cotton fabric
- gains★6to acquire
- burns★7to destroy by fire
- twins★8either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
- beans★7any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
- skins★9a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
All 223 words
5-letter words ending in ONS (35)
Top score: AZONS, 14 points (tied with one other). a radio-controlled aerial bomb
5-letter words ending in RNS (30)
Top score: KERNS, 9 points (tied with two others). to be formed with a projecting typeface
5-letter words ending in ANS (46)
Top score: AZANS, 14 points. a Muslim call to prayer
5-letter words ending in ENS (28)
Top score: WHENS, 11 points (tied with one other). the time in which something is done or occurs
5-letter words ending in INS (41)
Top score: QUINS, 14 points (tied with one other). a quintuplet
5-letter words ending in NNS (10)
Top score: JINNS, 12 points (tied with one other). a supernatural being in Muslim mythology
5-letter words ending in WNS (13)
Top score: YAWNS, 11 points (tied with one other). to open the mouth wide with a deep inhalation of air
5-letter words ending in UNS (9)
Top score: SHUNS, 8 points (tied with two others). to avoid
5-letter words ending in MNS (4)
Top score: HYMNS, 13 points. a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
5-letter words ending in VNS (1)
Top score: EEVNS, 8 points
5-letter words ending in HNS (2)
Top score: JOHNS, 15 points. a toilet
5-letter words ending in LNS (2)
Top score: KILNS, 9 points. to bake in a type of oven
5-letter words ending in GNS (1)
Top score: SIGNS, 6 points. to write one's name on
5-letter words ending in YNS (1)
Top score: TIYNS, 8 points. a monetary unit of Kazakhstan
About these words
- 223 of the 12,982 5-letter words end in NS (2%).
- 171 are good in NWL2023, 223 in Collins Scrabble Words, 171 in WOW24 and 160 in the Words With Friends list. 45 are everyday words.
- In Scrabble points, johns scores the most (15), then five words on 14.