9-Letter Words Ending in N
Looking for nine-letter words that end in N? There are 995 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like EDUCATION, CONDITION, SELECTION, 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
- education12
- condition12
- selection11
- operation11
- attention9
- situation9
- extension16
- direction12
- reduction12
- nutrition9
- provision14
- promotion13
- evolution12
- execution18
- expansion18
- physician19
- afternoon12
- exception20
- detection12
- formation14
All 995 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- animation 11
- admission 12
- infection 14
- radiation 10
- pollution 11
- violation 12
- forgotten 13
- tradition 10
- precision 13
- reception 13
- dimension 12
- migration 12
- coalition 11
- manhattan 14
- variation 12
- injection 18
- inclusion 11
- addiction 13
- retention 9
- companion 15
- inflation 12
- invention 12
- porcelain 13
- intention 9
- confusion 14
- breakdown 19
- isolation 9
- valuation 12
- exemption 20
- partition 11
- elevation 12
- induction 12
- criterion 11
- explosion 18
- deviation 13
- exclusion 18
- salvation 12
- forbidden 16
- librarian 11
- gentleman 12
- spokesman 17
- insertion 9
- detention 10
- quotation 18
- accession 13
- mediation 12
- withdrawn 19
- honeymoon 17
- collision 11
- diffusion 16
- rejection 18
- vibration 14
- deduction 13
- probation 13
- uncertain 11
- sovereign 13
- gentlemen 12
- objection 20
- corrosion 11
- sensation 9
- evergreen 13
- intrusion 9
- battalion 11
- countdown 15
- historian 12
- entertain 9
- assertion 9
- communion 15
- champaign 19
- emulation 11
- rewritten 12
- oxidation 17
- suspicion 13
- obsession 11
- rebellion 11
- fisherman 17
- deception 14
- diversion 13
- inception 13
- affection 17
- excursion 18
- ombudsman 16
- seventeen 12
- iteration 9
- cessation 11
- badminton 14
- cognition 12
- fishermen 17
- triathlon 12
- imitation 11
- touchdown 18
- custodian 12
- secretion 11
- saskatoon 13
- craftsman 16
- immersion 13
- ascension 11
- intuition 9
- digestion 11
- statesman 11
- mammalian 15
- depletion 12
- recession 11
- ascertain 11
- inversion 12
- hydration 16
- singleton 10
- mongolian 12
- sportsman 13
- policeman 15
- serotonin 9
- seduction 12
- chameleon 16
- accordion 14
- expulsion 18
- abduction 14
- ingestion 10
- heartburn 14
- abolition 11
- rendition 10
- medallion 12
- depiction 14
- harlequin 21
- remission 11
- samaritan 11
- barbarian 13
- recursion 11
- sunscreen 11
- clinician 13
- craftsmen 16
- ovulation 12
- unitarian 9
- policemen 15
- narration 9
- extrusion 16
- crackdown 21
- lactation 11
- centurion 11
- agitation 10
- preseason 11
- homegrown 18
- letterman 11
- cremation 13
- chromatin 16
- summation 13
- ibuprofen 16
- bandwagon 16
- sheepskin 18
- melatonin 11
- attrition 9
- connexion 18
- gestation 10
- excretion 18
- constrain 11
- resection 11
- euclidean 12
- perfusion 14
- causation 11
- vermilion 14
- dictation 12
- occlusion 13
- enlighten 13
- sectarian 11
- predation 12
- accretion 13
- outspoken 15
- flotation 12
- whereupon 17
- carnation 11
- tamoxifen 21
- commotion 15
- unwritten 12
- automaton 11
- metformin 16
- amphibian 18
- collusion 11
- thereupon 14
- urination 9
- adoration 10
- dandelion 11
- cameraman 15
- circadian 14
- catamaran 13
- extortion 16
- sportsmen 13
- minutemen 13
- minuteman 13
- semicolon 13
- secession 11
- dietitian 10
- cisplatin 13
- reversion 12
- adrenalin 10
- leviathan 15
- selectmen 13
- chieftain 17
- deflation 13
- seclusion 11
- collation 11
- damnation 12
- prolactin 13
- titration 9
- mannequin 20
- pendragon 13
- dalmatian 12
- overtaken 16
- draconian 12
- groomsmen 14
- overgrown 16
- statesmen 11
- clergyman 17
- tradesmen 12
- carnelian 11
- perdition 12
- cyclotron 16
- contagion 12
- advection 15
- middleman 15
- bilirubin 13
- chelation 14
- swordsman 15
- actuation 11
- repulsion 11
- endotoxin 17
- shakedown 20
- mentation 11
- implosion 13
- phenytoin 17
- cattlemen 13
- profusion 14
- firstborn 14
- anchorman 16
- persimmon 15
- decathlon 15
- gradation 11
- tradesman 12
- subregion 12
- incursion 11
- protozoan 20
- ribavirin 14
- defection 15
- spokesmen 17
- dietician 12
- reptilian 11
- guardsmen 13
- patrician 13
- progestin 12
- oestrogen 10
- caesarean 11
- collegian 12
- overblown 17
- velveteen 15
- mortician 13
- nightgown 17
- orangutan 10
- middlemen 15
- desertion 10
- stillborn 11
- revulsion 12
- epicurean 13
- amazonian 20
- immunogen 14
- selectman 13
- yellowfin 18
- aflatoxin 19
- cathepsin 16
- ombudsmen 16
- pulsation 11
- adulation 10
- boogeyman 17
- capsaicin 15
- rhodopsin 15
- breakeven 18
- strongman 12
- cotillion 11
- evocation 14
- quercetin 20
- repairman 13
- malathion 14
- tretinoin 9
- knockdown 23
- endorphin 15
- forebrain 14
- grosgrain 11
- draftsman 15
- tribesmen 13
- siltation 9
- apportion 13
- crosstown 14
- clergymen 17
- bromelain 13
- layperson 14
- guardsman 13
- patrolman 13
- myoglobin 17
- proration 11
- simpleton 13
- plication 13
- buckthorn 20
- genistein 10
- penstemon 13
- ptarmigan 14
- woodgrain 14
- postilion 11
- palpation 13
- jellybean 21
- submicron 15
- gazillion 19
- kanamycin 20
- herculean 14
- solvation 12
- parathion 14
- bijection 20
- snakeskin 17
- tarpaulin 11
- saccharin 16
- pronghorn 15
- porphyrin 19
- washbasin 17
- courtesan 11
- decoction 14
- handwoven 19
- mitomycin 18
- boatswain 14
- churchman 21
- dentition 10
- erudition 10
- reflexion 19
- ultrathin 12
- clampdown 19
- freemason 14
- foliation 12
- bisection 13
- hobgoblin 17
- magnetron 12
- offscreen 17
- polymyxin 26
- anticodon 12
- emanation 11
- cameramen 15
- cobalamin 15
- swordsmen 15
- bedridden 14
- pronation 11
- brannigan 12
- ovalbumin 16
- charlatan 14
- eyestrain 12
- misshapen 16
- yachtsman 19
- cassation 11
- quotidian 19
- molluscan 13
- dystopian 15
- underlain 10
- privation 14
- redaction 12
- mellotron 11
- cattleman 13
- bioregion 12
- overdrawn 16
- contusion 11
- musclemen 15
- tactician 13
- greenhorn 13
- impaction 15
- fellation 12
- churchmen 21
- melphalan 16
- subaltern 11
- signalman 12
- collodion 12
- windblown 18
- astrakhan 16
- lettermen 11
- stanchion 14
- dejection 19
- shorthorn 15
- hartshorn 15
- mycotoxin 23
- elocution 11
- expiation 18
- tarnation 9
- groomsman 14
- avocation 14
- antitoxin 16
- olfaction 14
- allantoin 9
- gestalten 10
- chatelain 14
- mujahedin 22
- handblown 18
- euclidian 12
- cotyledon 15
- harmattan 14
- adduction 13
- disproven 15
- caesarian 11
- tribesman 13
- triclosan 11
- acylation 14
- intension 9
- premodern 14
- oxacillin 18
- puromycin 18
- dionysian 13
- hindbrain 15
- bazillion 20
- phonathon 17
- ruination 9
- plainsman 13
- cytokinin 18
- hemolysin 17
- patrolmen 13
- repairmen 13
- sharkskin 20
- lumberman 15
- cornelian 11
- mercaptan 15
- draftsmen 15
- walkathon 19
- flagellin 13
- libration 11
- yachtsmen 19
- proaction 13
- oleoresin 9
- mujahidin 22
- pastedown 15
- abruption 13
- ozonation 18
- recension 11
- nitration 9
- teratogen 10
- satiation 9
- cyclopean 18
- rebbetzin 22
- unbeknown 18
- suffragan 16
- breastpin 13
- threadfin 16
- schlieren 14
- salaryman 14
- exudation 17
- epilation 11
- charwoman 19
- bandoneon 12
- repletion 11
- phonation 14
- cytotoxin 21
- truncheon 14
- cyberporn 18
- sulfation 12
- impulsion 13
- chelonian 14
- ambrosian 13
- tellurian 9
- gorgonian 11
- castellan 11
- sacristan 11
- filiation 12
- unconcern 13
- lumbermen 15
- boogieman 14
- climbdown 19
- pyrethrin 17
- francolin 14
- microloan 13
- chromogen 17
- birdbrain 14
- purgation 12
- closedown 15
- antimycin 16
- firethorn 15
- appertain 13
- saltation 9
- muskmelon 17
- muscleman 15
- antiunion 9
- fellowmen 17
- pantaloon 11
- grimalkin 16
- lebkuchen 20
- reclusion 11
- strongmen 12
- indention 10
- dynorphin 18
- planation 11
- iguanodon 11
- morphogen 17
- prevision 14
- ichneumon 16
- digitoxin 18
- chalazion 23
- irruption 11
- concision 13
- gyrfalcon 18
- impassion 13
- palanquin 20
- inflexion 19
- entropion 11
- eiderdown 14
- switchman 19
- tillerman 11
- refashion 15
- steersman 11
- aspersion 11
- untrodden 11
- prescreen 13
- lineation 9
- digitonin 11
- fellaheen 15
- abjection 20
- quarryman 23
- boogeymen 17
- striction 11
- kinswoman 18
- olecranon 11
- luciferin 14
- refection 14
- striation 9
- chalcogen 17
- fellowman 17
- shootdown 16
- cowritten 14
- tragedian 11
- attackman 17
- steradian 10
- bioweapon 16
- ademption 14
- afterpain 14
- allethrin 12
- alpenhorn 14
- amoebaean 13
- amygdalin 16
- amylopsin 16
- anchormen 16
- animalian 11
- annelidan 10
- anthelion 12
- anthemion 14
- anthocyan 17
- anthozoan 21
- antialien 9
- antiauxin 16
- antihuman 14
- antiurban 11
- antivenin 12
- antiwoman 14
- araneidan 10
- arcuation 11
- astrachan 14
- asyndeton 13
- attackmen 17
- autolysin 12
- autotoxin 16
- aventurin 12
- baldachin 17
- baldaquin 21
- balmacaan 15
- barracoon 13
- basilican 13
- bilection 13
- bolection 13
- bombardon 16
- bondwoman 17
- bondwomen 17
- boogerman 14
- boogermen 14
- boogiemen 14
- brasilein 11
- brazilein 20
- brickkiln 21
- bringdown 16
- broadbean 14
- broomcorn 15
- builddown 16
- bushelman 16
- bushelmen 16
- cacodemon 16
- caecilian 13
- calvarian 14
- candlepin 14
- caparison 13
- carbanion 13
- caretaken 15
- carrageen 12
- caseation 11
- caudation 12
- celloidin 12
- cercarian 13
- chamfrain 19
- charwomen 19
- chawbacon 21
- checkrein 20
- chilblain 16
- chiltepin 16
- chincapin 18
- chinkapin 20
- chthonian 17
- ciliation 11
- clavation 14
- clavicorn 16
- clubwoman 18
- clubwomen 18
- cnidarian 12
- cocaptain 15
- cockswain 20
- cognation 12
- colcannon 13
- connation 11
- cornerman 13
- cornermen 13
- cornichon 16
- corrasion 11
- cosmotron 13
- courtezan 20
- cracksman 19
- cracksmen 19
- crenation 11
- cupferron 16
- cybrarian 16
- cytolysin 17
- daedalean 11
- daedalian 11
- daltonian 10
- damaskeen 16
- darnation 10
- dealation 10
- deathsman 15
- deathsmen 15
- decapodan 15
- deceleron 12
- decillion 12
- deflexion 20
- demeraran 12
- demission 12
- dentation 10
- desmidian 13
- detrition 10
- detrusion 10
- digitalin 11
- diosgenin 11
- disburden 13
- disseisin 10
- disseizin 19
- divulsion 13
- dodecagon 14
- doorwoman 15
- doorwomen 15
- doubleton 12
- duralumin 12
- ealdorman 12
- ealdormen 12
- earthborn 14
- effluxion 22
- egression 10
- eledoisin 10
- encrimson 13
- energumen 12
- ephemeron 16
- eutherian 12
- exciseman 20
- excisemen 20
- exsection 18
- exsertion 16
- feedgrain 14
- fieldsman 15
- fieldsmen 15
- foreknown 19
- foreshown 18
- foresworn 15
- foretoken 16
- forewoman 17
- forewomen 17
- furcation 14
- gambogian 15
- gammadion 15
- garageman 13
- garagemen 13
- gemmation 14
- gerfalcon 15
- gigantean 11
- goitrogen 11
- grantsman 12
- grantsmen 12
- guildsman 13
- guildsmen 13
- guncotton 12
- gustation 10
- guttation 10
- habergeon 15
- hagridden 15
- halogeton 13
- heliozoan 21
- hemotoxin 21
- hifalutin 15
- horsebean 14
- hydrozoan 25
- impletion 13
- inanition 9
- incaution 11
- incretion 11
- indiction 12
- indigotin 11
- interclan 11
- interjoin 16
- interloan 9
- inunction 11
- ironwoman 14
- ironwomen 14
- jactation 18
- joyridden 21
- jurywoman 24
- jurywomen 24
- kazillion 22
- keybutton 18
- kilderkin 18
- kinswomen 18
- krummhorn 20
- lallation 9
- lamebrain 13
- laminarin 11
- lanthanon 12
- laterborn 11
- laudation 10
- lictorian 11
- liquation 18
- liveryman 17
- liverymen 17
- longicorn 12
- magnesian 12
- malvasian 14
- marmorean 13
- mausolean 11
- mavournin 14
- mayhappen 21
- medaillon 12
- merbromin 15
- metheglin 15
- microbian 15
- misassign 12
- misbutton 13
- mischosen 16
- misdriven 15
- misgovern 15
- misreckon 17
- misspoken 17
- misthrown 17
- modillion 12
- molluskan 15
- mortarman 13
- mortarmen 13
- mossgrown 15
- mucinogen 14
- multipion 13
- myrobalan 16
- nebenkern 15
- nectarean 11
- nemertean 11
- nervation 12
- newswoman 17
- newswomen 17
- nictation 11
- ninhydrin 16
- nonaction 11
- nonfrozen 21
- nonillion 9
- nonmodern 12
- nonperson 11
- nonproven 14
- nonvirgin 13
- nunnation 9
- oarswoman 14
- oarswomen 14
- obtrusion 11
- obversion 14
- obviation 14
- octillion 11
- octopodan 14
- onionskin 13
- outbidden 13
- outbrazen 20
- outdesign 11
- outdriven 13
- outreason 9
- outreckon 15
- outridden 11
- outthrown 15
- overclean 14
- overeaten 12
- overflown 18
- overladen 13
- overlearn 12
- overtrain 12
- oysterman 14
- oystermen 14
- palankeen 15
- palmation 13
- pantryman 16
- pantrymen 16
- parhelion 14
- pellagrin 12
- peltation 11
- peneplain 13
- pervasion 14
- phasedown 18
- phellogen 15
- phelonion 14
- phlorizin 23
- photoscan 16
- phthalein 17
- phytotron 17
- pickaroon 17
- pinnation 11
- pistareen 11
- placation 13
- plainsmen 13
- planarian 11
- plantsman 13
- plantsmen 13
- plutonian 11
- poriferan 14
- praenomen 13
- preassign 12
- prebidden 15
- prechosen 16
- precisian 13
- prefixion 21
- prefrozen 23
- preharden 15
- prelusion 11
- prenotion 11
- preobtain 13
- preoption 13
- preordain 12
- prereturn 11
- pretorian 11
- princekin 17
- prolusion 11
- promodern 14
- properdin 14
- prosimian 13
- protistan 11
- protozoon 20
- pyridoxin 22
- pyroxylin 24
- quarrymen 23
- recaution 11
- reconsign 12
- reedition 10
- reexplain 18
- reflation 12
- refreshen 15
- reliction 11
- remoisten 11
- repattern 11
- resharpen 14
- restation 9
- restriven 12
- retighten 13
- retorsion 9
- retortion 9
- rifamycin 19
- rosanilin 9
- rotiferan 12
- roughhewn 19
- roundsman 12
- roundsmen 12
- rubrician 13
- ruddleman 13
- ruddlemen 13
- safetyman 17
- safetymen 17
- salarymen 14
- salvarsan 12
- sannyasin 12
- sapogenin 12
- saxitoxin 23
- scalation 11
- scarfskin 18
- schatchen 19
- schnecken 20
- schoolman 16
- schoolmen 16
- sclerotin 11
- sconcheon 16
- screwbean 16
- scuncheon 16
- scutcheon 16
- selachian 14
- semiurban 13
- septarian 11
- seriation 9
- serration 9
- shantyman 17
- shantymen 17
- sharifian 15
- sightseen 13
- signalmen 12
- sinuation 9
- solenodon 10
- sortition 9
- soupspoon 13
- spelldown 15
- sphenodon 15
- spillikin 15
- spleuchan 16
- spoilsman 13
- spoilsmen 13
- sporozoan 20
- sporozoon 20
- stableman 13
- stablemen 13
- standdown 14
- steersmen 11
- stinkhorn 16
- strontian 9
- subdeacon 14
- sublation 11
- suctorian 11
- suffixion 22
- suffusion 15
- sulcation 11
- superlain 11
- superthin 14
- swansdown 16
- switchmen 19
- sympathin 19
- synkaryon 19
- talkathon 16
- tambourin 13
- tearstain 9
- tellurion 9
- testacean 11
- thyratron 15
- tierceron 11
- tillermen 11
- timberman 15
- timbermen 15
- tirewoman 14
- tirewomen 14
- trihedron 13
- trilithon 12
- tropeolin 11
- tyrocidin 15
- ululation 9
- undersign 11
- underspin 12
- unswollen 12
- upswollen 14
- vallation 12
- vasotocin 14
- vendition 13
- venireman 14
- veniremen 14
- vernation 12
- vestryman 17
- vestrymen 17
- vitiation 12
- vulcanian 14
- vulgarian 13
- washerman 17
- washermen 17
- washwoman 20
- washwomen 20
- waterworn 15
- wheelsman 17
- wheelsmen 17
- wiredrawn 16
- wisewoman 17
- wisewomen 17
- woadwaxen 23
- woodwaxen 23
- workwoman 21
- workwomen 21
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many nine-letter words are there that end in N?
There are 995 nine-letter words that end in N in the tournament word lists. The most common are EDUCATION, CONDITION, SELECTION.
What are common nine-letter words that end in N?
EDUCATION, CONDITION, SELECTION, OPERATION, ATTENTION are the most frequently used. The full list of 995 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Can I play these words in Scrabble?
Yes. The list combines ENABLE and the North American tournament list (TWL), so these words are playable in Scrabble-style games, including Words With Friends.
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