5 Letter Words Ending in G
Need five-letter words that end in G? There are 138 valid 5 letter words ending in G, and 25 of them are common everyday words. The most used is being. Use the finder for your Wordle clues, or browse the lists below. To search all words at once, use the five letter word finder.
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Shows every 5 letter word you can make using only these letters. Each letter can be used as many times as you type it.
5 letter words ending in G at a glance
- Valid words
- 138
- Common words
- 25
- Most common
- being
- Top Scrabble score (common)
- dying 10 pts
- Top Scrabble score (all)
- squeg 15 pts
- Best Wordle guess in this set
- sling
- The 1st letter is S in 24% of common words.
- The 2nd letter is L in 24% of common words.
- The 3rd letter is I in 68% of common words.
- The 4th letter is N in 96% of common words.
Common 5 letter words ending in G (25)
The words with 5 letters ending in G you're most likely to know, most used first.
- being8
- going7
- thing9
- doing7
- using6
- young9
- wrong9
- along6
- among8
- bring8
- lying9
- dying10
- swing9
- aging7
- sting6
- tying9
- slang6
- cling8
- icing8
- sling6
- fling9
- shrug9
- stung6
- bling8
- thong9
How to find a five-letter word that ends in a G
Looking for 5 letter words that end with G to solve a Wordle? The finder above already has G in the last green box; add your other clues.
A real example from our word list: the answer is AMONG, and all you know is that it ends in G, which leaves 25 common words. Open with SLING, the guess that splits this set most evenly.
Guess 1: SLING N and G are green, and the rest are grey. That leaves 4 possible answers: young, wrong, among and thong.
Guess 2: WRONG O, N and G are green, and the rest are grey. That leaves 2 possible answers: among and thong.
Guess 3: AMONG All five letters are green. Solved in 3.
What comes before the final G?
The most common endings are -NG (96%) and -UG (4%). If you know the last letter is G, these pairs are the best place to start for the fourth letter.
| Ends in | Number of common words | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| -NG | 24 | being, going, thing, doing |
| -UG | 1 | shrug |
What the most common ones mean
- being
- nounthe state or fact of existing
- going
- nounthe act of departing
- thing
- nouna special situation
- using
- nounan act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)
- young
- adjective(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
- wrong
- adjectivenot correct
- along
- adverbwith a forward motion
- bring
- verbtake something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- lying
- nounthe deliberate act of deviating from the truth
- dying
- nounthe time when something ends
- swing
- verbmove in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
- aging
- nounacquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
- sting
- verbcause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- tying
- nounthe act of tying or binding things together
- slang
- nouninformal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
About 5 letter words ending in G
-NG is by far the most common ending for 5 letter words that end in G: thing, young, bring, swing, among. Many of those are -ING words, like doing, going and using, which are less likely Wordle answers. Outside -NG, G endings are rare; shrug is one of the few. If G is green last, N is almost certainly fourth.
G ranks 16 out of 26 as a last letter for 5 letter words.
Common endings with G
Almost every common G-ending word ends in -NG. Many are -ING words, like lying and aging, which Wordle rarely uses. The rest are better guesses: along, cling, fling, sling, slang, sting, thong and wrong. shrug is the main exception. If G is green last, N is almost certainly fourth, so your next guess should focus on the vowel in the third spot. Try a word that tests I, O and A together. For G at the start, see 5 letter words starting with G, or use the five letter word finder with your clues.
Vowels in 5 letter words ending in G
I is the most common vowel here, appearing in 68% of the common words, followed by O (28%) and A (16%). The least common is E (4%).
64% have just one vowel, like thing, wrong, bring and lying.
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
By main meaning (WordNet), there are 13 nouns, 6 verbs, 3 adjectives and 1 adverb.
Nouns include being, going and thing. Verbs include bring, swing and sting. Adjectives include young, wrong and stung. Adverbs include along.
Best Wordle guesses that end in G
Top guesses, with the average number of the 25 common words each leaves: SLING (4.7), ALONG (5.4), LYING (5.7), BLING (5.8) and SLANG (6.0).
12% repeat a letter.
Highest-scoring 5 letter words ending in G in Scrabble
Top common words: dying (10), thing (9) and young (9). All valid words: squeg (15), axing (13) and rejig (13). 1 words reach 15 points or more.
All 138 valid 5 letter words ending in G113 rarer words accepted in Scrabble and Wordle, not shown above. Plurals are marked.
- craig8
- chang11
- owing9
- suing6
- swung9
- flung9
- liang6
- clung8
- vying12
- debug9
- gulag7
- slung6
- thang9
- prong8
- wring9
- boing8
- orang6
- clang8
- twang9
- sprig8
- wrung9
- stang6
- bourg8
- klang10
- axing13
- eying9
- prang8
- aping8
- brung8
- acing8
- kiang10
- aking10
- eking10
- krang10
- stong6
- phang11
- spang8
- klong10
- whang12
- alang6
- bhang11
- sprog8
- moong8
- cuing8
- swang9
- ruing6
- droog7
- rejig13
- pling8
- scrag8
- ering6
- klieg10
- awing9
- boong8
- incog8
- oping8
- toing6
- duing7
- iring6
- wrang9
- sprag8
- hoing9
- pirog8
- defog10
- emong8
- oflag9
- ahing9
- almug8
- befog11
- bewig11
- cohog11
- colog8
- debag9
- derig7
- dwang10
- ehing9
- embog10
- ennog6
- exing13
- flong9
- glogg8
- hying12
- hyleg12
- kaing10
- kreng10
- kyang13
- lolog6
- nying9
- obang8
- ohing9
- piing8
- plong8
- renig6
- repeg8
- rerig6
- retag6
- rolag6
- scoog8
- scoug8
- scrog8
- skegg11
- speug8
- splog8
- sprug8
- squeg15
- staig6
- strag6
- strig6
- unbag8
- undug7
- ungag7
- unpeg8
- unrig6
Questions people ask
How many 5 letter words ending in G are there?
138 valid words; 25 of them are common everyday words.
What is a five-letter word that ends in a G?
The most common is being. Other everyday examples are going, thing and doing.
What is the best Wordle guess that ends in G?
sling, leaving about 4.7 possible answers on average.
Which 5 letter word ending in G scores the most in Scrabble?
Among common words, dying scores 10 points. Among all valid words, squeg scores 15.
What 5 letter words start with S and end in G?
S is the most common first letter for these words (6 of the common words). Examples: swing, sting, slang and sling.
Do more 5 letter words end with G or start with G?
138 valid 5 letter words end with G, compared with 619 that start with it. See 5 letter words starting with G.
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