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5-Letter Words Starting with N (32 words)
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naggy (10 points)
Prone to complain
Disposed to henpecking
Given to carping
N·1+A·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 10 pts
nanny (8 points)
Live-in help, perhaps
Cradle rocker perhaps
Kid's minder (wordplay)
N·1+A·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
nappy (12 points)
Leakproof Bath item (wordplay)
Covered with fuzz
Flat-bottomed serving dish.
N·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
narky (12 points)
Irritable
N·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
nasty (8 points)
Icy cold and rainy perhaps
Icy cold and rainy, perhaps
Cold and rainy say
N·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
natty (8 points)
Smart, fashionable (colloq.)
Dressed like King Cole (wordplay)
Type of dresser (wordplay)
N·1+A·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
navvy (14 points)
British unskilled laborer
Labourer obliged to do menial work
U.K. laborer
N·1+A·1+V·4+V·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
needy (9 points)
On welfare, perhaps
Eligible for a scholarship, maybe
23 with a U-turn? Poor!
N·1+E·1+E·1+D·2+Y·4 = 9 pts
nelly (8 points)
Nice person (wordplay)
'Not on your - - !' (sl.)
Let not poor - starve (Charles II)
N·1+E·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
nerdy (9 points)
Obsessed with video games, say
Into chess and crosswords, perhaps
Into chess and crosswords perhaps
N·1+E·1+R·1+D·2+Y·4 = 9 pts
nervy (11 points)
Knight very jumpy? Exactly that!
On edge, tense
Full of moxie
N·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+Y·4 = 11 pts
netty (8 points)
All meshed up (wordplay)
Meshed up (wordplay)
Diminutive of a girl's name.
N·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
newly (11 points)
One way to be married (wordplay)
Start to wed (wordplay)
Wed head (wordplay)
N·1+E·1+W·4+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
newsy (11 points)
Paper pusher (wordplay)
Full of dirt (wordplay)
Full of gossip, perhaps
N·1+E·1+W·4+S·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
nifty (11 points)
Really good (slang)
Very good (slang)
Stylish; agile (informal)
N·1+I·1+F·4+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
ninny (8 points)
Mug from hotel in New York
Nincompoop (informal)
Simpleton finds lodging in New York
N·1+I·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
nippy (12 points)
Biting cold (wordplay)
Slightly cold (wordplay)
Quick in the air (wordplay)
N·1+I·1+P·3+P·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
nitty (8 points)
Gritty leader (wordplay)
Gritty's partner (wordplay)
Gritty intro (wordplay)
N·1+I·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
nobby (12 points)
Mr Clark(e)
Stylish, in Soho
Smartly dressed, to a Brit
N·1+O·1+B·3+B·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
nobly (10 points)
How earls should behave (wordplay)
How earls should behave?
How a prince is born
N·1+O·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
noddy (10 points)
Dolt or tern
Enid Blyton character
A tern uncommon in New York
N·1+O·1+D·2+D·2+Y·4 = 10 pts
noily (8 points)
Fuzzy, as wool
Fuzzy as wool
N·1+O·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
noisy (8 points)
Screaming and shouting, say
Needing a new muffler say
Needing a new muffler, say
N·1+O·1+I·1+S·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
nonyl (8 points)
Alcohol of perfumery
N·1+O·1+N·1+Y·4+L·1 = 8 pts
nosey (8 points)
Too curious (var.)
Like tabloids (var.)
Compulsively curious (var.)
N·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
noway (11 points)
Don't even go there!
Present all the time? Absolutely not!
Surely you're kidding!
N·1+O·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
nubby (12 points)
Like some fabrics
Rough, like burlap
Like a textured sweater
N·1+U·1+B·3+B·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
nutsy (8 points)
Off one's trolley
A bit bonkers
Off ones trolley
N·1+U·1+T·1+S·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
nutty (8 points)
Round the bend (wordplay)
Like muesli and bananas (wordplay)
Crazy - slack (wordplay)
N·1+U·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
nyala (8 points)
Animal used in ceremony, a lamb
Large African antelope
Animal entered many a large enclosure
N·1+Y·4+A·1+L·1+A·1 = 8 pts
nylon (8 points)
No, Lyndsay brought up stocking this
Stocking, any long stocking (wordplay)
Material that runs (wordplay)
N·1+Y·4+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts
nymph (15 points)
Calypso, for one
Callisto, for one
Galatea, for one.
N·1+Y·4+M·3+P·3+H·4 = 15 pts

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