5-Letter Words Ending in G
88 five-letter words end in G; 30 of them are common words, shown in bold. Common words are where Wordle answers come from.
Best Wordle guesses
Ranked by how many green and yellow tiles each word turns up, on average, against the common words Wordle answers come from.
| # | Word | Green | Yellow |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | along | 0.33 | 1.00 |
| 2 | liang | 0.37 | 0.94 |
| 3 | slang | 0.46 | 0.82 |
| 4 | being | 0.39 | 0.86 |
| 5 | sting | 0.40 | 0.80 |
| 6 | among | 0.26 | 0.93 |
| 7 | sling | 0.44 | 0.72 |
| 8 | doing | 0.39 | 0.76 |
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88 words ending in G
- beingcommon
- goingcommon
- thingcommon
- doingcommon
- usingcommon
- youngcommon
- wrongcommon
- alongcommon
- amongcommon
- bringcommon
- lyingcommon
- dyingcommon
- swingcommon
- agingcommon
- stingcommon
- changcommon
- owingcommon
- tyingcommon
- slangcommon
- suingcommon
- clingcommon
- icingcommon
- swungcommon
- slingcommon
- flingcommon
- flungcommon
- shrugcommon
- stungcommon
- thongcommon
- liangcommon
- clung
- vying
- debug
- gulag
- slung
- prong
- wring
- boing
- orang
- clang
- twang
- sprig
- wrung
- stang
- bourg
- axing
- eying
- prang
- aping
- acing
- kiang
- eking
- spang
- klong
- whang
- alang
- bhang
- cuing
- swang
- ruing
All 88 five-letter words
Starting with A 9
acing aging alang almug along among aping awing axing
Starting with B 7
befog being bewig bhang boing bourg bring
Starting with C 7
chang clang cling clung cohog colog cuing
Starting with D 4
debug defog doing dying
Starting with E 2
eking eying
Starting with F 3
fling flong flung
Starting with G 3
glogg going gulag
Starting with H 1
hying
Starting with I 3
icing incog iring
Starting with K 2
kiang klong
Starting with L 2
liang lying
Starting with O 4
ohing oping orang owing
Starting with P 4
piing pirog prang prong
Starting with R 5
renig repeg rerig retag ruing
Starting with S 18
scrag shrug slang sling slung spang sprag sprig sprug squeg staig stang sting stung suing swang swing swung
Starting with T 4
thing thong twang tying
Starting with U 3
unpeg unrig using
Starting with V 1
vying
Starting with W 5
whang wrang wring wrong wrung
Starting with Y 1
young
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Questions people ask
How many five-letter words end in G?
Our list has 88. 30 of them are common everyday words; the rest are rarer words you are more likely to meet in Scrabble or a crossword than in conversation. The list is a public-domain English word list, sorted by how often each word appears in everyday writing.
What are the most common five-letter words that end in G?
BEING, GOING, THING, DOING, USING — in that order, by how often they appear in everyday English.
What is the best Wordle guess that ends in G?
ALONG. Against the common five-letter words Wordle draws its answers from, it turns up 0.33 green and 1 yellow tiles on average — more than any other word on this list. The method is the same as on our Best Wordle Starting Words page.