Common 5-letter words that contain 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
- sense★5a general conscious awareness
- 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
All 262 words
5-letter words with A (12)
Top score: AZANS, 14 points (tied with one other). a Muslim call to prayer
5-letter words with B (13)
Top score: BAWNS, 10 points. a meadow for cows
5-letter words with C (18)
Top score: CHINS, 10 points (tied with two others). to hold with the lower part of the face
5-letter words with D (13)
Top score: DJINS, 13 points
5-letter words with E (11)
Top score: EXONS, 12 points (tied with one other). a sequence in the genetic code
5-letter words with F (10)
Top score: FAWNS, 11 points (tied with one other). to seek notice or favor by servile demeanor
5-letter words with G (13)
Top score: GOWNS, 9 points (tied with one other). a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn…
5-letter words with H (10)
Top score: HYMNS, 13 points. a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
5-letter words with I (6)
Top score: IKANS, 9 points (tied with one other)
5-letter words with J (6)
Top score: JOHNS, 15 points. a toilet
5-letter words with K (10)
Top score: KHANS, 12 points. an Asian ruler
5-letter words with L (13)
Top score: LAWNS, 8 points (tied with one other). a field of cultivated and mowed grass
5-letter words with M (13)
Top score: MAWNS, 10 points (tied with one other)
5-letter words with N (5)
Top score: NEMNS, 7 points
5-letter words with O (5)
Top score: OVENS, 8 points. an enclosed compartment in which substances are heated
5-letter words with P (17)
Top score: PANSY, 10 points (tied with four others). a flowering plant
5-letter words with Q (1)
Top score: QUINS, 14 points. a quintuplet
5-letter words with R (11)
Top score: RAWNS, 8 points
5-letter words with S (25)
Top score: SKINS, 9 points (tied with one other). a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
5-letter words with T (22)
Top score: TOWNS, 8 points (tied with seven others). a compactly settled area
5-letter words with U (10)
Top score: UNSEX, 12 points. to deprive of sexual power
5-letter words with V (2)
Top score: VEINS, 8 points (tied with one other). a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
5-letter words with W (10)
Top score: WHENS, 11 points (tied with two others). the time in which something is done or occurs
5-letter words with Y (4)
Top score: YAWNS, 11 points. to open the mouth wide with a deep inhalation of air
5-letter words with Z (2)
Top score: ZEINS, 14 points (tied with one other). a simple protein
About these words
- 262 of the 12,982 5-letter words contain NS (2%).
- 204 are good in NWL2023, 262 in Collins Scrabble Words, 204 in WOW24 and 187 in the Words With Friends list. 51 are everyday words.
- In Scrabble points, johns scores the most (15), then five words on 14.
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