Words Ending In RN
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There are 230 words that end in RN in the ENABLE list, which is roughly 0.13% of the words Letterpile uses. The longest are NORTHEASTERN, NORTHWESTERN and SOUTHEASTERN; the shortest are ERN and URN. Using commonly used tile values, HYPERMODERN (22 points) scores the most. 96 have no repeated letter at all. Games use their own dictionaries, so a word here isn't automatically playable everywhere.
At a glance
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Words in this list | 230 |
| Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site | 0.13% |
| Longest | NORTHEASTERN, NORTHWESTERN and SOUTHEASTERN and 1 more (12 letters) |
| Shortest | ERN and URN (3 letters) |
| Highest base score (common values) | HYPERMODERN, 22 |
| No repeated letters | 96 |
Most common letter before RN
| Letter | Words |
|---|---|
| O | 103 |
| E | 65 |
| U | 31 |
| A | 23 |
| I | 8 |
What stands out
- None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
- 29 leave another word when the final
RNis taken off, for exampleADORN,AIRN,ALTHORN,BARNandBORN→ADO,AI,ALTHO,BAandBO. - The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 2, found in 115 of these words.
- The average length is 7.0 letters.
- Before RN, the letter
Oappears most often (103 words).
All -RN words
3 letters 2
ern urn
4 letters 29
airn barn born burn carn corn curn darn durn earn fern firn girn hern horn karn kern kirn lorn morn pirn sorn tarn tern torn turn warn worn yarn
5 letters 19
acorn adorn bairn bourn cairn churn inurn learn mourn quern scorn sharn shorn spurn stern sworn thorn yearn yourn
6 letters 31
astern attorn auburn bicorn casern cavern cedarn decern dehorn extern govern inborn intern inturn lucern modern reborn reearn retorn return secern shairn suborn tavern unborn untorn unworn uptorn upturn wivern wyvern
7 letters 58
adjourn alphorn althorn bethorn bighorn bittern carbarn cistern cithern cittern concern cothurn discern eastern einkorn foghorn forlorn forworn gittern goldarn goldurn hagborn inkhorn klavern lantern lectern leghorn lowborn luthern newborn nocturn outburn outearn outturn outworn pastern pattern popcorn postern prewarn readorn relearn saltern saxhorn silvern sojourn sunburn tinhorn tricorn unicorn unlearn unshorn unsworn warworn wayworn western yestern zithern
8 letters 45
amelcorn antiporn baseborn boxthorn bullhorn careworn cavicorn crumhorn downturn footworn forewarn foreworn forsworn freeborn hawthorn highborn krumhorn lanthorn leathern longhorn lovelorn mislearn northern outlearn outscorn outsworn overborn overburn overturn overworn postburn quartern ramshorn shoehorn shopworn slattern southern stubborn taciturn timeworn toilworn trueborn twinborn wellborn windburn
9 letters 25
alpenhorn broomcorn buckthorn earthborn firethorn firstborn foresworn greenhorn hartshorn heartburn krummhorn longicorn misgovern nebenkern overlearn premodern prereturn pronghorn repattern shorthorn stillborn stinkhorn subaltern unconcern waterworn
10 letters 9
antimodern barleycorn blackthorn flugelhorn midwestern nonconcern overgovern peppercorn postmodern
11 letters 8
fluegelhorn hypermodern lamellicorn overconcern superaltern supermodern ultramodern weatherworn
12 letters 4
northeastern northwestern southeastern southwestern
Using these words
To find words ending in RN from your own letters, use the Word Unscrambler with RN in Ends with, or try a pattern such as ???RN in the Crossword Solver. Words come from the open ENABLE word list. Different games use different dictionaries, so always check the rules of your game.