5-letter words with G as the first letter
There are 621 five-letter words with G as the first letter 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 among them (116), and the average score is 8.5 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green G in the first position leaves these 621 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with G in slot 1, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include GAUZY, GHAZI, GLAZY, GYOZA and GIZMO. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with a G in slot 1 further.
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 with G as the first letter 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 with g as the first letter
5-letter words with G as the first letter (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 have G as the first letter?
Unscrambly's list has 621 five-letter words with G in the first position, 4.9% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your first tile turned green as G, these 621 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as GLARE.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with G as the first letter?
Four words tie at 18 points, among them GAUZY, GHAZI and GLAZY in Scrabble. Next come GIZMO (17), GAWKY (16) and GAZED (16). The average is 8.5 points.