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3-letter words starting with N
There are 34 3-letter words starting with N in the standard word-game list. The most common are not, now, new, nor, net, nut.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| not | negation of a word or group of words | 3 |
| now | the momentary present | 6 |
| new | in use after medieval times | 6 |
| nor | And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one). | 3 |
| net | remaining after all deductions | 3 |
| nut | usually large hard-shelled seed | 3 |
| nap | a period of time spent sleeping | 5 |
| nun | a woman religious | 3 |
| nan | your grandmother | 3 |
| nay | used to express negation | 6 |
| nod | a sign of assent or salutation or command | 4 |
| nag | someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault | 4 |
| nip | (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent | 5 |
| naw | No. | 6 |
| nab | tag the base runner to get them out | 5 |
| nil | a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular;… | 3 |
| nim | game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some… | 5 |
| nix | a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular;… | 10 |
| nom | To eat with noisy enjoyment. | 5 |
| noo | Now | 3 |
| nog | a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface | 4 |
| nee | (meaning literally ‘born’) used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman | 3 |
| noh | A form of classical Japanese music drama. | 6 |
| nit | a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source | 3 |
| nob | informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person | 5 |
| nub | a small lump or protuberance | 5 |
| neb | a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose | 5 |
| nib | the writing point of a pen | 5 |
| nth | last or greatest in an indefinitely large series | 6 |