5 Letter Words Starting with NE

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  • NEAPS
  • NEARS
  • NEATH
  • NEATS
  • NEBEL
  • NECKS
  • NEDDY
  • NEEDS
  • NEEDY
  • NEELD
  • NEELE
  • NEEMS
  • NEEPS
  • NEESE
  • NEEZE
  • NEGRO
  • NEGUS
  • NEIFS
  • NEIGH
  • NEIST
  • NELLY
  • NEMAS
  • NENES
  • NEONS
  • NEPER
  • NEPIT
  • NERAL
  • NERDS
  • NERDY
  • NERKA
  • NEROL
  • NERTS
  • NERTZ
  • NERVE
  • NERVY
  • NESTS
  • NETOP
  • NETTS
  • NETTY
  • NEUME
  • NEUMS
  • NEVEL
  • NEVER
  • NEVES
  • NEVUS
  • NEWEL
  • NEWER
  • NEWLY
  • NEWSY
  • NEWTS
  • NEXUS
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Fifty one words start with NE, and twelve of them repeat a letter.

E and R Share the Lead After NE

Each takes the third box in eight of the fifty one, with W on five and A and V on four each. Nineteen letters appear there in total.

The NE Words You Would Guess

NEVER, NERVE, NEEDS, NEWER and NEIGH are the entries most likely to be wanted, with NECKS, NESTS and NEEDY behind them.

Why NE Words Repeat a Letter So Often

Twelve of the fifty one carry a repeat, twenty four percent, which is high. The doubled E of NEEDS, NEEDY, NEEMS, NEEPS and NEESE accounts for most of it.

So a visible double points at the E branch, and the fourth and fifth boxes then decide. That is a useful narrowing even though the branch is not the largest.

S closes twenty one of the fifty one, forty one percent, which is a very high share, with Y on eight.

T and E tie for the fourth box at eight words each. Ruling out a plural is easily the biggest cut this page offers.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is NEVER the best NE opening

It is the most common word here and it avoids the S ending that forty one percent of the page takes, which makes it a cleaner test.

Why do so many NE words end in S

Twenty one of the fifty one do. Most are plurals of short nouns, which is what fills the middle of this list.

What is a NERKA

A sockeye salmon. It is one of the borrowed entries that pads the count without being guessable.

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