5-letter words starting with G
There are 621 five-letter words that start with G in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest score is 18 points, shared by GAUZY, GHAZI and GLAZY and others. A is the most common second letter, in 116 of them, and the average score is 8.5 points.
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G swings between the hard sound in game and the soft sound in gem, and it teams up with H in a surprising number of words. These 621 words are 4.9% of all 12,578 five-letter words, and G is the 9th most common first letter at this length. The solver above is already set to 5 letters starting with G, so typing your rack shows only the ones your tiles can make.
For Wordle, GLARE is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 621 words.
5-letter words starting with G in numbers
- Words
- 621
- Highest scoring
- GAUZY 18 pts
- Average score
- 8.5 pts
- With a definition
- 317 (51%)
- A116
- E59
- H9
- I53
- L74
- N9
- O103
- R107
- U69
- W1
- Y21
Highest-scoring 5-letter words starting with g
5-letter words starting with G (621)
These 300 of the 621 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every second letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words start with G?
621, which is 4.9% of the 12,578 five-letter words in Unscrambly's list. 317 of them have a dictionary definition.
What is the best 5 letter word starting with G for Scrabble?
Four words tie at 18 points, among them GAUZY, GHAZI and GLAZY before bonus squares. Next come GIZMO (17), GAWKY (16) and GAZED (16). The average is 8.5 points.
Which letter most often comes second in 5 letter words starting with G?
A, in 116 of the 621 (19%). R follows with 107.
What is a good Wordle guess that starts with G?
GLARE. Among the familiar words on this list with five different letters, it uses the letters that appear in the most of these 621 words, so one guess tests a big share of the candidates.