Words Ending In WN

Last updated: October 1, 2026

Counting only the ENABLE word list, 159 entries are words that end in WN. That is about 0.092% of the list. Lengths range from 3 letters (AWN and OWN) to 11 (QUARTERSAWN and THISTLEDOWN). By common tile values the top scorer is KNOCKDOWN (23 points); board bonuses aren't counted. Words with no repeated letter: 80. Different games use different dictionaries, so check your game's rules before relying on a word.

At a glance

Fact	Value
Words in this list	159
Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site	0.092%
Longest	`QUARTERSAWN` and `THISTLEDOWN` (11 letters)
Shortest	`AWN` and `OWN` (3 letters)
Highest base score (common values)	`KNOCKDOWN`, 23
No repeated letters	80

Most common letter before WN

Letter	Words
O	113
A	34
E	12

Useful observations

None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
22 leave another word when the final WN is taken off, for example ADOWN, BRAWN, BROWN, COMEDOWN and DOWN → ADO, BRA, BRO, COMEDO and DO.
The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 2, found in 78 of these words.
The average length is 7.1 letters.
Before WN, the letter O appears most often (113 words).

All -WN words

3 letters 2

awn own

4 letters 15

dawn down fawn gown hewn lawn lown mawn mown pawn sawn sewn sown town yawn

5 letters 19

adown blawn blown brawn brown clown crown drawn drown flown frown gnawn grown known prawn shawn shewn shown spawn

6 letters 18

disown godown impawn intown renown resawn resewn resown strewn strown thrawn thrown unhewn unmown unsawn unsewn unsown uptown

7 letters 28

beclown bedgown cutdown decrown embrown hoedown imbrown indrawn ingrown jigsawn letdown lowdown midtown newmown outfawn predawn recrown redrawn reflown regrown reshown rubdown rundown sundown uncrown undrawn unknown upgrown

8 letters 40

bestrewn bestrown blowdown boomtown comedown cooldown discrown downtown drawdown facedown flyblown handsewn hometown lockdown lookdown markdown meltdown misdrawn misgrown misknown nutbrown outdrawn outflown outfrown outgnawn outgrown oversewn playdown preshown pushdown showdown shutdown slowdown takedown teardown thindown treelawn turndown upthrown whipsawn

9 letters 30

breakdown bringdown clampdown closedown countdown crackdown crosstown eiderdown foreknown foreshown handblown homegrown knockdown misthrown nightgown outthrown overblown overdrawn overflown overgrown pastedown phasedown roughhewn shakedown swansdown touchdown unbeknown windblown wiredrawn withdrawn

10 letters 5

overstrewn overthrown shantytown splashdown tumbledown

11 letters 2

quartersawn thistledown

Using these words

To find words ending in WN from your own letters, use the Word Unscrambler with WN in Ends with, or try a pattern such as ???WN 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.