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9-letter words with N as the 9th letter

A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when N is fixed in the 9th slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: abduction, abjection, abolition.

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805 words

Word	Length	Syllables
abduction	9	3
abjection	9	3
abolition	9	4
abruption	9	3
accession	9	3
accordion	9	3
accretion	9	3
actuation	9	3
acylation	9	4
addiction	9	3
adduction	9	3
admission	9	3
adoration	9	4
adulation	9	4
advection	9	3
affection	9	3
aflatoxin	9	4
afternoon	9	3
agitation	9	4
allantoin	9	3
allethrin	9	3
alpenhorn	9	3
amphibian	9	3
amygdalin	9	4
amylopsin	9	4
anchorman	9	3
anchormen	9	3
animation	9	4
annelidan	9	4
anthelion	9	3
anthemion	9	3
anthocyan	9	3
anthozoan	9	3
antialien	9	3
antiauxin	9	3
anticodon	9	4
antihuman	9	4
antimycin	9	4
antitoxin	9	4
antiunion	9	3
antiurban	9	3
antivenin	9	4
antiwoman	9	4
appertain	9	3
apportion	9	3
ascension	9	3
ascertain	9	3
aspersion	9	3
assertion	9	3
astrakhan	9	3
asyndeton	9	4
attackman	9	3
attackmen	9	3
attention	9	3
attrition	9	3
automaton	9	4
avocation	9	4
badminton	9	3
baldachin	9	3
balmacaan	9	3
bandwagon	9	3
barbarian	9	3
barracoon	9	3
basilican	9	4
battalion	9	3
bedridden	9	3
bijection	9	3
bilirubin	9	4
birdbrain	9	2
bisection	9	3
boatswain	9	2
bombardon	9	3
bondwoman	9	3
bondwomen	9	3
boogerman	9	3
boogermen	9	3
boogeyman	9	3
boogeymen	9	3
brannigan	9	3
breakdown	9	2
breakeven	9	3
bringdown	9	2
bromelain	9	3
broomcorn	9	2
buckthorn	9	2
cacodemon	9	4
caecilian	9	3
caesarean	9	3
caesarian	9	3
cameraman	9	4
cameramen	9	4
candlepin	9	3
caparison	9	4
capsaicin	9	3
carbanion	9	3
caretaken	9	4
carnation	9	3
carnelian	9	3
carrageen	9	3
caseation	9	3
castellan	9	3
catamaran	9	4
cathepsin	9	3
cattleman	9	3
cattlemen	9	3
causation	9	3
celloidin	9	3
centurion	9	3
cessation	9	3
chalazion	9	3
chalcogen	9	3
chameleon	9	3
champaign	9	2
charlatan	9	3
charwoman	9	3
charwomen	9	3
chatelain	9	3
chawbacon	9	3
checkrein	9	2
chelation	9	3
chelonian	9	3
chieftain	9	2
chilblain	9	2
chinkapin	9	3
chromatin	9	3
chromogen	9	3
chthonian	9	2
churchman	9	2
churchmen	9	2
ciliation	9	3
circadian	9	3
cisplatin	9	3
clampdown	9	2
clergyman	9	3
clergymen	9	3
clinician	9	3
closedown	9	3
cnidarian	9	3
coalition	9	3
cobalamin	9	4
cocaptain	9	3
cognation	9	3
cognition	9	3
colcannon	9	3
collation	9	3
collegian	9	3
collision	9	3
collodion	9	3
collusion	9	3
commotion	9	3
communion	9	3
companion	9	3
concision	9	3
condition	9	3
confusion	9	3
connexion	9	3
constrain	9	2
contagion	9	3
contusion	9	3
cornelian	9	3
cornerman	9	3
cornermen	9	3
corrasion	9	3
corrosion	9	3
cotillion	9	3
cotyledon	9	4
countdown	9	2
courtesan	9	3
cowritten	9	3
crackdown	9	2
cracksman	9	2
cracksmen	9	2
craftsman	9	2
craftsmen	9	2
cremation	9	3
crenation	9	3
criterion	9	3
crosstown	9	2
custodian	9	3
cyclopean	9	3
cyclotron	9	3
cytokinin	9	4
cytolysin	9	4
cytotoxin	9	4
dalmatian	9	3
damnation	9	3
dandelion	9	3
dealation	9	3
deathsman	9	2
deathsmen	9	2
decapodan	9	4
decathlon	9	3
deception	9	3
decillion	9	3
decoction	9	3
deduction	9	3
defection	9	3
deflation	9	3
dejection	9	3
demission	9	3
dentition	9	3
depiction	9	3
depletion	9	3
desertion	9	3
detection	9	3
detention	9	3
detrition	9	3
deviation	9	3
dictation	9	3
dietician	9	3
dietitian	9	3
diffusion	9	3
digestion	9	3
digitalin	9	4
digitonin	9	4
digitoxin	9	4
dimension	9	3
direction	9	3
disburden	9	3
disproven	9	3
disseisin	9	3
disseizin	9	3
diversion	9	3
dodecagon	9	4
doubleton	9	3
draconian	9	3
draftsman	9	2
draftsmen	9	2
duralumin	9	4
dystopian	9	3
ealdorman	9	3
ealdormen	9	3
earthborn	9	2
education	9	4
effluxion	9	3
egression	9	3
eiderdown	9	3
eledoisin	9	4
elevation	9	4
elocution	9	4
emanation	9	4
emulation	9	4
encrimson	9	3
endorphin	9	3
endotoxin	9	4
enlighten	9	3
entertain	9	3
entropion	9	3
ephemeron	9	4
epicurean	9	4
epilation	9	4
erudition	9	4
euclidean	9	3
euclidian	9	3
eutherian	9	3
evergreen	9	3
evocation	9	4
evolution	9	4
exception	9	3
exciseman	9	4
excisemen	9	4
exclusion	9	3
excretion	9	3
excursion	9	3
execution	9	4
exemption	9	3
expansion	9	3
expiation	9	3
explosion	9	3
expulsion	9	3
exsertion	9	3
extension	9	3
extortion	9	3
extrusion	9	3
exudation	9	4
eyestrain	9	2
fellaheen	9	3
fellation	9	3
fellowman	9	3
fellowmen	9	3
filiation	9	3
firethorn	9	3
firstborn	9	2
fisherman	9	3
fishermen	9	3
flagellin	9	3
flotation	9	3
foliation	9	3
forbidden	9	3
forebrain	9	3
foreknown	9	3
foreshown	9	3
foresworn	9	3
foretoken	9	4
forewoman	9	4
forewomen	9	4
forgotten	9	3
formation	9	3
francolin	9	3
furcation	9	3
gammadion	9	3
garageman	9	4
garagemen	9	4
gemmation	9	3
gentleman	9	3
gentlemen	9	3
gerfalcon	9	3
gestalten	9	3
gestation	9	3
goitrogen	9	3
gorgonian	9	3
gradation	9	3
grantsman	9	2
grantsmen	9	2
greenhorn	9	2
grimalkin	9	3
groomsman	9	2
groomsmen	9	2
grosgrain	9	2
guardsman	9	2
guardsmen	9	2
guildsman	9	2
guildsmen	9	2
guncotton	9	3
gustation	9	3
guttation	9	3
gyrfalcon	9	3
habergeon	9	3
hagridden	9	3
halogeton	9	4
handblown	9	2
handwoven	9	3
harlequin	9	3
harmattan	9	3
hartshorn	9	2
heartburn	9	2
heliozoan	9	3
hemolysin	9	4
herculean	9	3
hifalutin	9	4
hindbrain	9	2
historian	9	3
hobgoblin	9	3
homegrown	9	3
honeymoon	9	3
horsebean	9	3
hydration	9	3
hydrozoan	9	3
ibuprofen	9	4
ichneumon	9	3
iguanodon	9	4
imitation	9	4
immersion	9	3
immunogen	9	4
impaction	9	3
impassion	9	3
implosion	9	3
impulsion	9	3
inanition	9	4
incaution	9	3
inception	9	3
inclusion	9	3
incursion	9	3
indention	9	3
indiction	9	3
indigotin	9	4
induction	9	3
infection	9	3
inflation	9	3
inflexion	9	3
ingestion	9	3
injection	9	3
insertion	9	3
intension	9	3
intention	9	3
interclan	9	3
intrusion	9	3
intuition	9	3
inunction	9	3
invention	9	3
inversion	9	3
irruption	9	3
isolation	9	4
iteration	9	4
jellybean	9	3
joyridden	9	3
kanamycin	9	4
keybutton	9	3
kilderkin	9	3
kinswoman	9	3
kinswomen	9	3
knockdown	9	2
krummhorn	9	2
lactation	9	3
lamebrain	9	3
laminarin	9	4
laudation	9	3
layperson	9	3
letterman	9	3
lettermen	9	3
leviathan	9	3
librarian	9	3
libration	9	3
lineation	9	3
liquation	9	3
liveryman	9	4
liverymen	9	4
longicorn	9	3
luciferin	9	4
lumberman	9	3
lumbermen	9	3
magnesian	9	3
magnetron	9	3
malathion	9	3
mammalian	9	3
manhattan	9	3
mannequin	9	3
marmorean	9	3
medaillon	9	3
medallion	9	3
mediation	9	3
melatonin	9	4
mellotron	9	3
melphalan	9	3
mentation	9	3
merbromin	9	3
mercaptan	9	3
metheglin	9	3
middleman	9	3
middlemen	9	3
migration	9	3
minuteman	9	4
minutemen	9	4
misbutton	9	3
misdriven	9	3
misgovern	9	3
misreckon	9	3
misshapen	9	3
misspoken	9	3
misthrown	9	2
mitomycin	9	4
modillion	9	3
molluscan	9	3
molluskan	9	3
morphogen	9	3
mortician	9	3
mujahedin	9	4
multipion	9	3
muskmelon	9	3
mycotoxin	9	4
myoglobin	9	3
myrobalan	9	4
narration	9	3
nebenkern	9	3
nemertean	9	3
nervation	9	3
newswoman	9	3
newswomen	9	3
nightgown	9	2
ninhydrin	9	3
nitration	9	3
nonaction	9	3
nonfrozen	9	3
nonillion	9	3
nonperson	9	3
nonvirgin	9	3
nutrition	9	3
oarswoman	9	3
oarswomen	9	3
objection	9	3
obsession	9	3
obtrusion	9	3
obviation	9	3
occlusion	9	3
octillion	9	3
offscreen	9	2
olecranon	9	4
oleoresin	9	4
olfaction	9	3
ombudsman	9	3
ombudsmen	9	3
onionskin	9	3
operation	9	4
orangutan	9	4
outbidden	9	3
outdesign	9	3
outdriven	9	3
outridden	9	3
outspoken	9	3
outthrown	9	2
ovalbumin	9	4
overblown	9	3
overclean	9	3
overdrawn	9	3
overeaten	9	4
overflown	9	3
overgrown	9	3
overladen	9	4
overlearn	9	3
overtaken	9	4
overtrain	9	3
ovulation	9	4
oxacillin	9	4
oxidation	9	4
oysterman	9	3
oystermen	9	3
ozonation	9	4
palanquin	9	3
palmation	9	3
palpation	9	3
pantaloon	9	3
pantryman	9	3
pantrymen	9	3
parathion	9	3
parhelion	9	3
partition	9	3
pastedown	9	3
patrician	9	3
patrolman	9	3
patrolmen	9	3
pellagrin	9	3
peneplain	9	3
penstemon	9	3
perdition	9	3
perfusion	9	3
persimmon	9	3
pervasion	9	3
phasedown	9	3
phellogen	9	3
phelonion	9	3
phenytoin	9	3
phonation	9	3
physician	9	3
pickaroon	9	3
pistareen	9	3
placation	9	3
plainsman	9	2
plainsmen	9	2
planarian	9	3
planation	9	3
plantsman	9	2
plantsmen	9	2
plication	9	3
plutonian	9	3
policeman	9	4
policemen	9	4
pollution	9	3
polymyxin	9	4
porcelain	9	3
porphyrin	9	3
postilion	9	3
praenomen	9	3
preassign	9	2
precisian	9	3
precision	9	3
predation	9	3
prefrozen	9	3
prelusion	9	3
premodern	9	3
prenotion	9	3
preordain	9	2
prereturn	9	3
prescreen	9	2
preseason	9	3
pretorian	9	3
prevision	9	3
privation	9	3
probation	9	3
profusion	9	3
progestin	9	3
prolactin	9	3
prolusion	9	3
promotion	9	3
pronation	9	3
pronghorn	9	2
properdin	9	3
proration	9	3
prosimian	9	3
protistan	9	3
protozoan	9	3
protozoon	9	3
provision	9	3
ptarmigan	9	3
pulsation	9	3
purgation	9	3
puromycin	9	4
pyrethrin	9	3
pyroxylin	9	4
quarryman	9	3
quarrymen	9	3
quercetin	9	3
quotation	9	3
quotidian	9	3
radiation	9	3
rebellion	9	3
recension	9	3
reception	9	3
recession	9	3
reclusion	9	3
recursion	9	3
redaction	9	3
reduction	9	3
reedition	9	3
refashion	9	3
refection	9	3
reflation	9	3
reflexion	9	3
refreshen	9	3
rejection	9	3
reliction	9	3
remission	9	3
remoisten	9	3
rendition	9	3
repairman	9	3
repairmen	9	3
repattern	9	3
repletion	9	3
reptilian	9	3
repulsion	9	3
resection	9	3
restriven	9	3
retention	9	3
retighten	9	3
reversion	9	3
revulsion	9	3
rewritten	9	3
rhodopsin	9	3
ribavirin	9	4
roughhewn	9	2
roundsman	9	2
roundsmen	9	2
ruination	9	3
saccharin	9	3
sacristan	9	3
safetyman	9	4
safetymen	9	4
salaryman	9	4
salarymen	9	4
saltation	9	3
salvarsan	9	3
salvation	9	3
samaritan	9	4
sannyasin	9	3
sapogenin	9	4
saskatoon	9	3
satiation	9	3
saxitoxin	9	4
scarfskin	9	2
schlieren	9	2
schnecken	9	2
schoolman	9	2
schoolmen	9	2
sclerotin	9	3
screwbean	9	2
scutcheon	9	2
secession	9	3
seclusion	9	3
secretion	9	3
sectarian	9	3
seduction	9	3
selachian	9	3
selection	9	3
selectman	9	3
selectmen	9	3
semicolon	9	4
sensation	9	3
serotonin	9	4
serration	9	3
seventeen	9	3
shakedown	9	3
shantyman	9	3
shantymen	9	3
sharifian	9	3
sharkskin	9	2
sheepskin	9	2
shorthorn	9	2
sightseen	9	2
signalman	9	3
signalmen	9	3
siltation	9	3
simpleton	9	3
singleton	9	3
situation	9	3
snakeskin	9	3
solvation	9	3
sortition	9	3
soupspoon	9	2
sovereign	9	3
sphenodon	9	3
spillikin	9	3
spleuchan	9	2
spoilsman	9	2
spoilsmen	9	2
spokesman	9	3
spokesmen	9	3
sporozoan	9	3
sporozoon	9	3
sportsman	9	2
sportsmen	9	2
stableman	9	3
stablemen	9	3
stanchion	9	2
statesman	9	3
statesmen	9	3
steersman	9	2
steersmen	9	2
stillborn	9	2
stinkhorn	9	2
striation	9	2
strongman	9	2
strongmen	9	2
subaltern	9	3
subdeacon	9	3
sublation	9	3
submicron	9	3
subregion	9	3
suctorian	9	3
suffragan	9	3
suffusion	9	3
summation	9	3
sunscreen	9	2
superlain	9	3
superthin	9	3
suspicion	9	3
swansdown	9	2
switchman	9	2
switchmen	9	2
swordsman	9	2
swordsmen	9	2
sympathin	9	3
synkaryon	9	3
tactician	9	3
talkathon	9	3
tamoxifen	9	4
tarnation	9	3
tarpaulin	9	3
tearstain	9	2
teratogen	9	4
thereupon	9	3
threadfin	9	2
thyratron	9	3
tillerman	9	3
tillermen	9	3
timberman	9	3
timbermen	9	3
titration	9	3
touchdown	9	2
tradesman	9	3
tradesmen	9	3
tradition	9	3
tragedian	9	3
tretinoin	9	3
triathlon	9	2
tribesman	9	3
tribesmen	9	3
trihedron	9	3
truncheon	9	2
tyrocidin	9	4
ultrathin	9	3
ululation	9	4
unbeknown	9	3
uncertain	9	3
unconcern	9	3
underlain	9	3
underspin	9	3
unitarian	9	4
untrodden	9	3
unwritten	9	3
upswollen	9	3
urination	9	4
valuation	9	3
variation	9	3
vasotocin	9	4
velveteen	9	3
venireman	9	4
veniremen	9	4
vermilion	9	3
vernation	9	3
vestryman	9	3
vestrymen	9	3
vibration	9	3
violation	9	3
vitiation	9	3
vulcanian	9	3
vulgarian	9	3
walkathon	9	3
washbasin	9	3
washerman	9	3
washermen	9	3
washwoman	9	3
washwomen	9	3
waterworn	9	3
wheelsman	9	2
wheelsmen	9	2
whereupon	9	3
windblown	9	2
wiredrawn	9	3
wisewoman	9	4
wisewomen	9	4
withdrawn	9	2
workwoman	9	3
workwomen	9	3
yachtsman	9	2
yachtsmen	9	2
yellowfin	9	3

FAQs

How do I play around a fixed N in the 9th slot?
Try mixing common consonant clusters (ST, TR, CH) in other positions while keeping N locked.

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