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8-letter words with N as the 8th letter

A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when N is fixed in the 8th slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: ablation, ablution, abortion.

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1054 words

Word	Length	Syllables
ablation	8	3
ablution	8	3
abortion	8	3
abrasion	8	3
abscisin	8	3
abutilon	8	4
acaridan	8	4
acrolein	8	3
acromion	8	3
actinian	8	3
adaption	8	3
addition	8	3
adhesion	8	3
adnation	8	3
adoption	8	3
advowson	8	3
aequorin	8	3
aeration	8	3
affusion	8	3
agnation	8	3
agrarian	8	3
airwoman	8	3
airwomen	8	3
alderman	8	3
aldermen	8	3
alfaquin	8	3
alizarin	8	4
allergen	8	3
allergin	8	3
allusion	8	3
alluvion	8	3
amanitin	8	4
ambition	8	3
amelcorn	8	3
amidogen	8	4
amoebean	8	3
amylogen	8	4
anatoxin	8	4
anchusin	8	3
androgen	8	3
antiarin	8	3
antiphon	8	3
antiporn	8	3
aphelian	8	3
aphelion	8	3
aphidian	8	3
apiarian	8	3
aquarian	8	3
arbutean	8	3
arcadian	8	3
ascidian	8	3
assassin	8	3
audition	8	3
aurorean	8	3
autobahn	8	3
aversion	8	3
aviation	8	3
avulsion	8	3
backspin	8	2
bacterin	8	3
bailsman	8	2
bailsmen	8	2
bandsman	8	2
bandsmen	8	2
barbican	8	3
bargeman	8	3
bargemen	8	3
bartisan	8	3
bartizan	8	3
baseborn	8	3
baudekin	8	3
beadsman	8	2
beadsmen	8	2
bearskin	8	2
bedarken	8	3
bedeafen	8	3
bedesman	8	3
bedesmen	8	3
befallen	8	3
begotten	8	3
beholden	8	3
bemadden	8	3
benjamin	8	3
benzidin	8	3
berberin	8	3
bescreen	8	2
bespoken	8	3
bestrewn	8	2
bestrown	8	2
betatron	8	3
bevatron	8	3
biathlon	8	2
bigaroon	8	3
billycan	8	3
bioclean	8	2
biotoxin	8	3
blackfin	8	2
bloodfin	8	2
blowdown	8	2
bludgeon	8	2
bluesman	8	2
bluesmen	8	2
boardman	8	2
boardmen	8	2
boatsman	8	2
boatsmen	8	2
bogeyman	8	3
bogeymen	8	3
bohemian	8	3
bombesin	8	3
bondsman	8	2
bondsmen	8	2
boogyman	8	3
boogymen	8	3
boomtown	8	2
boughten	8	2
bouillon	8	2
bourgeon	8	2
boxthorn	8	2
brainpan	8	2
brakeman	8	3
brakemen	8	3
brasilin	8	3
brazilin	8	3
brethren	8	2
brighten	8	2
bromelin	8	3
bryozoan	8	2
buckbean	8	2
buckskin	8	2
bulletin	8	3
bullhorn	8	2
busulfan	8	3
cabochon	8	3
caducean	8	3
calfskin	8	2
calutron	8	3
campaign	8	2
cannabin	8	3
cannelon	8	3
cannikin	8	3
capeskin	8	3
capsicin	8	3
capuchin	8	3
carageen	8	3
cardamon	8	3
cardigan	8	3
careworn	8	3
carillon	8	3
carrotin	8	3
caryotin	8	3
catechin	8	3
cauldron	8	2
cavicorn	8	3
cephalin	8	3
cerulean	8	3
cesarean	8	3
cesarian	8	3
cetacean	8	3
chainman	8	2
chainmen	8	2
chairman	8	2
chairmen	8	2
chaldron	8	2
chamfron	8	2
champion	8	2
chanfron	8	2
chaperon	8	3
chaplain	8	2
characin	8	3
chessman	8	2
chessmen	8	2
cheveron	8	3
children	8	2
chitosan	8	3
chlordan	8	2
choreman	8	3
choremen	8	3
chrismon	8	2
christen	8	2
chymosin	8	3
cinnamon	8	3
cinquain	8	2
citation	8	3
citrinin	8	3
civilian	8	3
clansman	8	2
clansmen	8	2
coachman	8	2
coachmen	8	2
coaction	8	2
codesign	8	3
codriven	8	3
coercion	8	2
cognomen	8	3
cohesion	8	3
colistin	8	3
collagen	8	3
colophon	8	3
colorman	8	3
colormen	8	3
comedian	8	3
comedown	8	3
complain	8	2
conation	8	3
conidian	8	3
conquian	8	2
cooldown	8	2
coonskin	8	2
cooption	8	2
copatron	8	3
cordovan	8	3
cordwain	8	2
corpsman	8	2
corpsmen	8	2
cotillon	8	3
cotquean	8	2
coumarin	8	3
countian	8	2
coxswain	8	2
cragsman	8	2
cragsmen	8	2
crampoon	8	2
crankpin	8	2
creation	8	2
crumhorn	8	2
cryotron	8	2
cultigen	8	3
culverin	8	3
cyanogen	8	3
cyclamen	8	3
dairyman	8	3
dairymen	8	3
dakerhen	8	3
dalesman	8	3
dalesmen	8	3
decision	8	3
decurion	8	3
deerskin	8	2
delation	8	3
deletion	8	3
delusion	8	3
demijohn	8	3
demonian	8	3
demotion	8	3
derision	8	3
deuteron	8	3
devilkin	8	3
devotion	8	3
diapason	8	3
diazinon	8	3
dieldrin	8	2
dihedron	8	3
dilation	8	3
dilution	8	3
diluvian	8	3
diluvion	8	3
diobolon	8	3
diocesan	8	3
diolefin	8	3
dipteran	8	3
dipteron	8	3
discrown	8	2
distrain	8	2
disunion	8	3
division	8	3
dominion	8	3
donation	8	3
dotation	8	3
doubloon	8	2
downtown	8	2
downturn	8	2
dragoman	8	3
dragomen	8	3
drawdown	8	2
driftpin	8	2
duration	8	3
dutchman	8	2
dutchmen	8	2
dynatron	8	3
earthman	8	2
earthmen	8	2
eclosion	8	3
ectozoan	8	3
ectozoon	8	3
eduction	8	3
effusion	8	3
egestion	8	3
egyptian	8	3
eighteen	8	2
einstein	8	2
ejection	8	3
elaterin	8	4
election	8	3
electron	8	3
emblazon	8	3
embolden	8	3
emersion	8	3
emission	8	3
empoison	8	3
empyrean	8	3
emulsion	8	3
endbrain	8	2
enneagon	8	3
entozoan	8	3
entozoon	8	3
envision	8	3
ephedrin	8	3
equation	8	3
erection	8	3
erigeron	8	4
eruption	8	3
erythron	8	3
estragon	8	3
estrogen	8	3
ethephon	8	3
ethician	8	3
eudaemon	8	3
eulachan	8	3
eulachon	8	3
evection	8	3
eversion	8	3
everyman	8	4
everymen	8	4
eviction	8	3
evulsion	8	3
exaction	8	3
excision	8	3
exertion	8	3
exotoxin	8	4
facedown	8	3
falchion	8	2
fanfaron	8	3
favonian	8	3
fedayeen	8	2
fellahin	8	3
fenthion	8	2
ferritin	8	3
ferryman	8	3
ferrymen	8	3
fetation	8	3
filarian	8	3
finespun	8	3
finickin	8	3
fixation	8	3
flashgun	8	2
flatiron	8	3
flection	8	2
flexagon	8	3
florigen	8	3
flyblown	8	2
foilsman	8	2
foilsmen	8	2
footworn	8	2
forenoon	8	3
foreseen	8	3
foreskin	8	3
forewarn	8	3
foreworn	8	3
forgiven	8	3
formalin	8	3
forsaken	8	3
forsworn	8	2
foughten	8	2
fountain	8	2
fourteen	8	2
fraction	8	2
franklin	8	2
fraulein	8	2
freeborn	8	2
freedman	8	2
freedmen	8	2
freshman	8	2
freshmen	8	2
friction	8	2
frighten	8	2
fruition	8	2
fugleman	8	3
fuglemen	8	3
function	8	2
funnyman	8	3
funnymen	8	3
furfuran	8	3
gallican	8	3
gambeson	8	3
gamesman	8	3
gamesmen	8	3
ganglion	8	2
garrison	8	3
gelation	8	3
glassman	8	2
glassmen	8	2
globulin	8	3
glucagon	8	3
glutelin	8	3
glycerin	8	3
glycogen	8	3
gnathion	8	2
goatskin	8	2
gombroon	8	2
gonfalon	8	3
gonfanon	8	3
gorgerin	8	3
gownsman	8	2
gownsmen	8	2
grandson	8	2
gravamen	8	3
graviton	8	3
gridiron	8	3
groschen	8	2
guanidin	8	3
guardian	8	2
gueridon	8	3
gumption	8	2
gypseian	8	2
gyration	8	3
haematin	8	3
halation	8	3
handsewn	8	2
handyman	8	3
handymen	8	3
harridan	8	3
hawthorn	8	2
hazelhen	8	3
headsman	8	2
headsmen	8	2
heighten	8	2
helmsman	8	2
helmsmen	8	2
hematein	8	3
henchman	8	2
henchmen	8	2
henequen	8	3
henequin	8	3
heniquen	8	3
heptagon	8	3
herdsman	8	2
herdsmen	8	2
hereupon	8	3
hermaean	8	2
highborn	8	2
himation	8	3
histamin	8	3
histidin	8	3
histogen	8	3
hoactzin	8	2
holstein	8	2
homespun	8	3
hometown	8	3
hominian	8	3
honeybun	8	3
hooligan	8	3
horseman	8	3
horsemen	8	3
hotelman	8	3
hotelmen	8	3
houseman	8	3
housemen	8	3
huntsman	8	2
huntsmen	8	2
hyalogen	8	3
hydrogen	8	3
hyoidean	8	2
hypogean	8	3
hypopyon	8	3
ideation	8	3
ignition	8	3
ignitron	8	3
iguanian	8	3
illation	8	3
illusion	8	3
imbolden	8	3
imprison	8	3
inaction	8	3
incision	8	3
infixion	8	3
infusion	8	3
inhesion	8	3
insectan	8	3
invasion	8	3
iodation	8	3
iodopsin	8	3
isochron	8	3
isopodan	8	4
isthmian	8	2
jerrican	8	3
jerrycan	8	3
jettison	8	3
junction	8	2
kaiserin	8	3
kakiemon	8	3
kallidin	8	3
karyotin	8	3
kenotron	8	3
kephalin	8	3
khamseen	8	2
klystron	8	2
krumhorn	8	2
lambskin	8	2
landsman	8	2
landsmen	8	2
langshan	8	2
lanthorn	8	2
larrigan	8	3
larrikin	8	3
lavation	8	3
laxation	8	3
laywoman	8	3
laywomen	8	3
leadsman	8	2
leadsmen	8	2
leathern	8	2
lecithin	8	3
legation	8	3
lengthen	8	2
lenition	8	3
lewisson	8	3
libation	8	3
lichenin	8	3
liegeman	8	3
liegemen	8	3
ligation	8	3
limekiln	8	3
linchpin	8	2
linesman	8	3
linesmen	8	3
linksman	8	2
linksmen	8	2
lobation	8	3
location	8	3
lockdown	8	2
locution	8	3
logician	8	3
longeron	8	3
longhorn	8	2
lookdown	8	2
lovelorn	8	3
lunarian	8	3
lunation	8	3
luncheon	8	2
luteolin	8	3
luxation	8	3
lynchpin	8	2
macaroon	8	3
macruran	8	3
madwoman	8	3
madwomen	8	3
magdalen	8	3
magician	8	3
magneton	8	3
maintain	8	2
malarian	8	3
mandarin	8	3
mandolin	8	3
mannikin	8	3
marathon	8	3
margarin	8	3
markdown	8	2
marksman	8	2
marksmen	8	2
marocain	8	3
martagon	8	3
marzipan	8	3
mastodon	8	3
melanian	8	3
melodeon	8	3
meltdown	8	2
menhaden	8	3
menschen	8	2
meridian	8	3
mesotron	8	3
metazoan	8	3
metazoon	8	3
methadon	8	3
mezereon	8	3
midbrain	8	2
mirliton	8	3
misalign	8	3
misbegan	8	3
misbegin	8	3
misbegun	8	3
misdrawn	8	2
miseaten	8	3
misgiven	8	3
misgrown	8	2
misknown	8	2
mislearn	8	2
mistaken	8	3
mistrain	8	2
misunion	8	3
moccasin	8	3
moleskin	8	3
monecian	8	3
monellin	8	3
moneyman	8	3
moneymen	8	3
monition	8	3
mortmain	8	2
motorman	8	3
motormen	8	3
moufflon	8	2
mountain	8	2
mulligan	8	3
multiton	8	3
munchkin	8	2
munition	8	3
musician	8	3
mutation	8	3
mutchkin	8	2
mycelian	8	3
myrmidon	8	3
napoleon	8	3
natation	8	3
negation	8	3
negatron	8	3
neomycin	8	3
neuraxon	8	3
nigrosin	8	3
nineteen	8	3
nitrogen	8	3
nobleman	8	3
noblemen	8	3
nongreen	8	2
nonhuman	8	3
nonpagan	8	3
nonunion	8	3
nonurban	8	3
nonwoven	8	3
northern	8	2
notation	8	3
noumenon	8	3
novation	8	3
nutation	8	3
nutbrown	8	2
nymphean	8	2
nystatin	8	3
oblation	8	3
oblivion	8	3
obsidian	8	3
occasion	8	3
octoroon	8	3
oedipean	8	3
omission	8	3
oolachan	8	3
ophidian	8	3
optician	8	3
orthicon	8	3
ostracon	8	3
outdrawn	8	2
outeaten	8	3
outflown	8	2
outfrown	8	2
outgiven	8	3
outgnawn	8	2
outgrown	8	2
outlearn	8	2
outpreen	8	2
outscorn	8	2
outsworn	8	2
overborn	8	3
overburn	8	3
overkeen	8	3
overlain	8	3
overplan	8	3
overseen	8	3
oversewn	8	3
oversoon	8	3
overspin	8	3
overthin	8	3
overturn	8	3
overween	8	3
overworn	8	3
oxymoron	8	4
oxytocin	8	4
pagurian	8	3
palmitin	8	3
panacean	8	3
pangolin	8	3
panhuman	8	3
pannikin	8	3
pantheon	8	2
papillon	8	3
papyrian	8	3
paraffin	8	3
parazoan	8	3
parergon	8	3
partaken	8	3
partisan	8	3
partizan	8	3
parvolin	8	3
pathogen	8	3
pattypan	8	3
pauldron	8	2
pavilion	8	3
pavillon	8	3
pearmain	8	2
pelorian	8	3
pemmican	8	3
pentagon	8	3
pentosan	8	3
peregrin	8	3
perigean	8	3
petition	8	3
phenazin	8	3
phosphin	8	2
phthalin	8	2
picaroon	8	3
pitchman	8	2
pitchmen	8	2
pivotman	8	3
pivotmen	8	3
placeman	8	3
placemen	8	3
plankton	8	2
plantain	8	2
plastron	8	2
playdown	8	2
plebeian	8	2
plectron	8	2
pleuston	8	2
pliotron	8	2
pointman	8	2
pointmen	8	2
poltroon	8	2
polyzoan	8	3
position	8	3
positron	8	3
postburn	8	2
postteen	8	2
potation	8	3
pozzolan	8	3
preclean	8	2
prehuman	8	3
prenomen	8	3
preshown	8	2
pressman	8	2
pressmen	8	2
pressrun	8	2
pretrain	8	2
preunion	8	2
priapean	8	2
prochain	8	2
prochein	8	2
prolamin	8	3
propylon	8	3
protamin	8	3
prounion	8	2
psilocin	8	3
psoralen	8	3
publican	8	3
puncheon	8	2
punition	8	3
pupation	8	3
purpurin	8	3
pushdown	8	2
pygmaean	8	2
quadroon	8	2
quartern	8	2
quatrain	8	2
question	8	2
quinolin	8	3
quintain	8	2
radioman	8	3
radiomen	8	3
raftsman	8	2
raftsmen	8	2
rambutan	8	3
ramequin	8	3
ramshorn	8	2
ranchman	8	2
ranchmen	8	2
rataplan	8	3
reaction	8	2
reassign	8	2
reattain	8	2
reawaken	8	3
reawoken	8	3
rebidden	8	3
rebutton	8	3
rechosen	8	3
recision	8	3
redesign	8	3
redriven	8	3
refallen	8	3
refasten	8	3
refrozen	8	3
reharden	8	3
reinsman	8	2
reinsmen	8	2
relation	8	3
religion	8	3
remotion	8	3
reobtain	8	2
reordain	8	2
replevin	8	3
replicon	8	3
rescreen	8	2
reseason	8	3
reshaven	8	3
resorcin	8	3
respoken	8	3
restrain	8	2
resummon	8	3
revision	8	3
rhodamin	8	3
rifampin	8	3
rifleman	8	3
riflemen	8	3
rigadoon	8	3
rigaudon	8	3
riparian	8	3
roentgen	8	2
rogation	8	3
rosarian	8	3
rotation	8	3
routeman	8	3
routemen	8	3
safranin	8	3
sainfoin	8	2
salesman	8	3
salesmen	8	3
sanction	8	2
santonin	8	3
saucepan	8	3
scalepan	8	3
scallion	8	2
scansion	8	2
scarfpin	8	2
scission	8	2
scorpion	8	2
scullion	8	2
sealskin	8	2
searobin	8	3
seatrain	8	2
secretin	8	3
sedation	8	3
sedition	8	3
seedsman	8	2
seedsmen	8	2
seraphin	8	3
shadchan	8	2
shagreen	8	2
shalloon	8	2
sheepman	8	2
sheepmen	8	2
shoehorn	8	2
shopworn	8	2
showdown	8	2
shrunken	8	2
shutdown	8	2
shwanpan	8	2
sialidan	8	3
sidespin	8	3
simoleon	8	3
sirenian	8	3
skeleton	8	3
slattern	8	2
slowdown	8	2
smidgeon	8	2
smoothen	8	2
solation	8	3
solution	8	3
somewhen	8	3
sonarman	8	3
sonarmen	8	3
sorption	8	2
soundman	8	2
soundmen	8	2
southern	8	2
southron	8	2
spaceman	8	3
spacemen	8	3
spalpeen	8	2
speargun	8	2
spearman	8	2
spearmen	8	2
specimen	8	3
spelaean	8	2
spilikin	8	3
spittoon	8	2
sponsion	8	2
spontoon	8	2
squadron	8	2
squireen	8	2
stallion	8	2
stasimon	8	3
steapsin	8	2
stegodon	8	3
sternson	8	2
stickman	8	2
stickmen	8	2
stickpin	8	2
stiction	8	2
stillman	8	2
stillmen	8	2
stockman	8	2
stockmen	8	2
straiten	8	2
stricken	8	2
stridden	8	2
strucken	8	2
stubborn	8	2
stuntman	8	2
stuntmen	8	2
sturgeon	8	2
subbasin	8	3
subhuman	8	3
subtaxon	8	3
subtilin	8	3
suburban	8	3
sudation	8	3
superfan	8	3
superman	8	3
supermen	8	3
suzerain	8	3
swanskin	8	2
swingman	8	2
swingmen	8	2
swordman	8	2
swordmen	8	2
syrphian	8	2
taciturn	8	3
tailspin	8	2
takedown	8	3
talapoin	8	3
talesman	8	3
talesmen	8	3
talisman	8	3
tallyman	8	3
tallymen	8	3
tarlatan	8	3
tarletan	8	3
tarragon	8	3
taxation	8	3
teardown	8	2
teaspoon	8	2
tefillin	8	3
telethon	8	3
terrapin	8	3
tetragon	8	3
theremin	8	3
thermion	8	2
thespian	8	2
thindown	8	2
thiophen	8	2
thirteen	8	2
tholepin	8	3
threaten	8	2
thrombin	8	2
thumbkin	8	2
thymosin	8	3
thyroxin	8	3
timeworn	8	3
toboggan	8	3
toilworn	8	2
toluidin	8	3
townsman	8	2
townsmen	8	2
trackman	8	2
trackmen	8	2
traction	8	2
tragopan	8	3
trainman	8	2
trainmen	8	2
trappean	8	2
trashman	8	2
trashmen	8	2
treelawn	8	2
trillion	8	2
trimaran	8	3
troponin	8	3
truckman	8	2
truckmen	8	2
trudgeon	8	2
trueborn	8	2
trunnion	8	2
tungsten	8	2
turbofan	8	3
turndown	8	2
twinborn	8	2
unbeaten	8	3
unbenign	8	3
unbidden	8	3
unbitten	8	3
unbroken	8	3
unburden	8	3
unbutton	8	3
unchosen	8	3
uncoffin	8	3
uncommon	8	3
underpin	8	3
underran	8	3
underrun	8	3
unfallen	8	3
unfasten	8	3
unfrozen	8	3
ungotten	8	3
unloosen	8	3
unmolten	8	3
unperson	8	3
unproven	8	3
unreason	8	3
unshaken	8	3
unshapen	8	3
unshaven	8	3
unspoken	8	3
upthrown	8	2
vacation	8	3
valerian	8	3
vanillin	8	3
venation	8	3
venetian	8	3
veratrin	8	3
verboten	8	3
verseman	8	3
versemen	8	3
vesuvian	8	3
vexation	8	3
vigneron	8	3
viomycin	8	3
viridian	8	3
vitellin	8	3
vocation	8	3
volition	8	3
volution	8	3
wannigan	8	3
warfarin	8	3
watchman	8	2
watchmen	8	2
waterman	8	3
watermen	8	3
weighman	8	2
weighmen	8	2
wellborn	8	2
whaleman	8	3
whalemen	8	3
wheelman	8	2
wheelmen	8	2
whipsawn	8	2
whoreson	8	3
windburn	8	2
wineskin	8	3
wingspan	8	2
woodsman	8	2
woodsmen	8	2
woolskin	8	2
wreathen	8	2
xanthein	8	2
yachtman	8	2
yachtmen	8	2
yataghan	8	3
yestreen	8	2
zeppelin	8	3
zonation	8	3

FAQs

How do I play around a fixed N in the 8th slot?
Try mixing common consonant clusters (ST, TR, CH) in other positions while keeping N locked.

Why are uncommon words included?
We compile from a broad English list. Skim the top rows for more common picks.