5-Letter Words With C and N
Looking for five-letter words with C and N in them? There are 226 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like SINCE, CHINA, DANCE, sit right at the top.
Unlike alphabetical lists that bury likely answers in the middle, this list is sorted by how often each word appears in everyday English. Scan the first rows for probable answers; dig deeper for rare, high-scoring plays.
Most common
- since7
- china10
- dance8
- clean7
- canon7
- count7
- chain10
- ocean7
- scene7
- lunch10
- crown10
- coins7
- hence10
- candy11
- icons7
- nancy10
- ranch10
- bunch12
- cents7
- congo8
All 226 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- clone 7
- bench 12
- colin 7
- fancy 13
- canal 7
- uncle 7
- cabin 9
- sonic 7
- punch 12
- fence 10
- condo 8
- panic 9
- lance 7
- colon 7
- bacon 9
- knock 15
- lynch 13
- franc 10
- crane 7
- chang 11
- niche 10
- uncut 7
- scans 7
- snack 11
- canoe 7
- notch 10
- scent 7
- ounce 7
- clown 10
- macon 9
- chunk 14
- scion 7
- crank 11
- pinch 12
- incur 7
- recon 7
- acorn 7
- finch 13
- ionic 7
- clans 7
- cones 7
- manic 9
- tonic 7
- chant 10
- actin 7
- cunts 7
- icing 8
- enact 7
- nicer 7
- banco 9
- niece 7
- pecan 9
- cline 7
- winch 13
- pence 9
- chino 10
- cling 8
- canes 7
- ponce 9
- necks 11
- codon 8
- tunic 7
- nicks 11
- wince 10
- nance 7
- munch 12
- churn 10
- cairn 7
- cajon 14
- canto 7
- scorn 7
- conte 7
- knack 15
- cumin 9
- synch 13
- canna 7
- coden 8
- coney 10
- scant 7
- cynic 12
- nicol 7
- cinch 12
- conus 7
- nacho 10
- nonce 7
- conch 12
- corny 10
- chine 10
- clung 8
- finca 10
- conto 7
- linac 7
- mince 9
- hunch 13
- conga 8
- wench 13
- coven 10
- nicad 8
- snuck 11
- clank 11
- crone 7
- conic 9
- scone 7
- canny 10
- narco 7
- chins 10
- rance 7
- canst 7
- clang 8
- runic 7
- corns 7
- ricin 7
- clink 11
- hance 10
- antic 7
- crony 10
- vinca 10
- chink 14
- syncs 10
- mucin 9
- capon 9
- dunce 8
- canty 10
- junco 14
- caned 8
- cyano 10
- tench 10
- ancho 10
- scena 7
- natch 10
- bronc 9
- cento 7
- clunk 11
- genic 8
- croon 7
- nacre 7
- caner 7
- bunco 9
- copen 9
- cornu 7
- acnes 7
- canso 7
- carny 10
- coned 8
- cants 7
- conns 7
- tinct 7
- incus 7
- acing 8
- cozen 16
- cense 7
- cines 7
- centu 7
- cains 7
- naric 7
- ancon 7
- cuing 8
- acini 7
- nocks 11
- carns 7
- snick 11
- canid 8
- octan 7
- ontic 7
- cions 7
- acned 8
- adunc 8
- amnic 9
- clonk 11
- clons 7
- cnida 8
- cogon 8
- coign 8
- conge 8
- conin 7
- conks 11
- conky 14
- cotan 7
- covin 10
- curns 7
- cutin 7
- cyans 10
- cyton 10
- dunch 11
- ficin 10
- incog 8
- kench 14
- mincy 12
- narcs 7
- nucha 10
- oncet 7
- orcin 7
- racon 7
- scend 8
- sneck 11
- uncap 9
- uncia 7
- uncos 7
- uncoy 10
- uncus 7
- vinic 10
- xenic 14
- yince 10
- yonic 10
- zincs 16
- zincy 19
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with C and N in them?
There are 226 five-letter words with C and N in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are SINCE, CHINA, DANCE.
What are common five-letter words with C and N in them?
SINCE, CHINA, DANCE, CLEAN, CANON are the most frequently used. The full list of 226 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Why are the words in this order?
Words are ranked by how often they appear in a trillion-word corpus of written English, most common first. That surfaces likely puzzle answers instead of hiding them mid-alphabet. Use the sort control to switch to alphabetical or points order.