5-Letter Words Starting with G

All 350 five-letter words that start with G

GA

• gabba10n. Friend.
• gabby13adj. Inclined to talk too much.
• gabel8n. Any rent, charge, tribute, custom, tax, duty, excise etc.
• gable8n. The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and...
• gabra8adj. Panicky and confused.
• gacha11n. A small toy sold in a plastic capsule in a vending machine, especially...
• gadge8n. Gadget.
• gadol7n. An eminent, highly respected rabbi, esp. of the past.
• gaffa12n. Gaffer tape.
• gaffe12n. A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public; a...
• gaily9adv. Merrily.
• gains6n. Increase in muscle mass.
• galah9n. A member of species Eolophus roseicapilla of pink and grey species of...
• galea6n. A Roman helmet.
• galey9adj. Characterized by gales of wind.
• galip8n. A Melanesian tree, Canarium indicum, that produces edible nuts.
• gally9adj. Characterised by or resembling gall; bitter.
• galop8n. A lively French country dance of the nineteenth century, a forerunner...
• galut6n. The Jewish Diaspora (dispersion from Israel).
• gamba10n. A rank of organ pipes, so called for a supposed resemblance of the...
• gambo10n. A low, flat cart, typically two-wheeled and with the sides consisting...
• gamer8n. A person who plays any kind of game.
• gamey11adj. Having the smell, taste and texture of game meat.
• gamin8n. A homeless boy; a male street urchin; also (more generally), a cheeky...
• gamma10n. The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β)...
• gammy13adj. Injured, or not functioning properly (with respect to legs).
• gamut8n. A (normally) complete range.
• gandu7n. A work agreement usually involving a married man and his adult sons who...
• ganga7n. The sandgrouse.
• gange7v. To protect (the part of a fishing line next to a fishhook, or the hook...
• ganja13n. Marijuana, the inflorescence of the Cannabis sativa plant, smoked or...
• ganna6n. A plant formerly used to provide alkaline ashes for soap-making...
• ganta6n. A unit of volume equivalent to eight chupas.
• gaper8n. One who gapes; a starer.
• gapes8n. A fit of yawning.
• gappy13adj. Having many gaps.
• garba8n. A form of dance from the state of Gujarat in India, performed in a...
• garbo8n. A rubbish collector; a garbage man.
• garms8n. Clothing.
• garri6n. A West African food made from fried mashed cassava tubers.
• garth9n. A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.
• garum8n. A fermented fish sauce popular as a condiment in Ancient Rome.
• gassy9adj. Having the nature of, or containing, gas.
• gatch11v. To arrange (a patient's bed) so that its sections bend at the joints...
• gated7adj. Capable of being switched on and off (normally by means of a signal).
• gater6n. A mechanism that saves power in a circuit by removing the clock signal...
• gatha9n. A poem or mantra, especially one recited mentally as part of meditation...
• gatka10n. A traditional South Asian form of combat training in which wooden...
• gator6n. Alligator.
• gatta6n. A police officer.
• gaudy10adj. Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a...
• gauge7n. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine...
• gault6n. A type of stiff, blue clay, sometimes used for making bricks.
• gaunt6adj. Angular, bony, and lean.
• gaura6n. Any flowering plant of the Oenothera sect. Gaura (formerly the genus...
• gauss6n. The unit of magnetic field strength in CGS systems of units, equal to...
• gauze15n. A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.
• gauzy18adj. Resembling gauze; light, thin, translucent.
• gavel9n. Rent.
• gavit9n. An Armenien style of narthex.
• gawky16adj. Awkward, ungainly; lacking grace or dexterity in movement.
• gayle9n. Puerperal septicemia in sheep.
• gayly12adv. Cheerfully; in a gay manner.
• gayne9v. To gain; to avail.
• gazer15n. One who gazes.
• gazoo15n. Synonym of kazoo (“musical instrument”).

GE

• geach11n. A thief.
• gecko12n. Any lizard in the infraorder Gekkota.
• gedge8v. To make a wry face.
• geest6n. A type of slightly raised landscape, with sandy and gravelly soils...
• geiko10n. Synonym of geisha.
• geist6n. A ghost, an apparition.
• gelee6n. Any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes.
• gelid7adj. Very cold; icy or frosty; frigid.
• gemma10n. An asexual reproductive structure, as found in animals such as hydra...
• gemmy13adj. Full of, or covered in, gems.
• genal6adj. Of or relating to the cheeks.
• genco8n. A power generation company.
• genet6n. Any of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus...
• genic8adj. Of, relating to, produced by, or being a gene.
• genie6n. A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the...
• genii6n. Guardian spirits.
• genin6n. The steroid-related portion of some types of glycosides.
• genio6n. Somebody having a particular way of thinking.
• genki10n. A playful, hyperactive girl.
• genny9n. A person from the suburbs who moves to a low-income urban area.
• genoa6n. A staysail that resembles a jib but extends aft beyond the mast.
• genre6n. A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other...
• genro6n. A body of elder statesmen of Japan, formerly used as informal advisors...
• genta6n. Gentamicin.
• gents6n. A men's room: a lavatory intended for use by men.
• genus6n. A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family...
• geode7n. A nodule of stone having a cavity lined with mineral or crystal matter...
• geoid7n. The shape, extending through landmasses (continents, etc.), that the...
• gerbe8n. Something resembling a (wheat) sheaf in appearance.
• germy11adj. That carries germs.
• geshe9n. A Tibetan Buddhist monk or nun who holds a certain academic degree.
• gesso6n. A mixture of plaster of Paris and glue used to prepare a surface for...
• getup8n. Clothes, costume or outfit, especially one that is ostentatious or...

GH

• ghana9n. A style of Maltese folk singing.
• ghani9n. A powered mortar and pestle used to extract oil.
• ghast9adj. Having a ghastly appearance; weird.
• ghazi18n. A Muslim warrior who fights in war against non-Muslims, especially one...
• ghoom11v. To hunt for animals by stealth in an area where they are likely to be...
• ghost9n. A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit...
• ghoul9n. A demon said to feed on corpses.
• ghusl9n. A full-body wash taken by Muslims to restore the body to a state of...
• ghyll12n. A ravine.

GI

• giant6n. A mythical human or humanoid of very great size.
• gibus8n. A collapsible top hat.
• giddy11adj. Feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of...
• gifty12adj. Suited to being given as a gift.
• gigot7n. A leg of lamb or mutton.
• gigue7n. An Irish dance, derived from the jig, used in the Partita form (Baroque...
• gilda7n. A Spanish snack consisting of olives and chili pepper served on a small...
• gilet6n. A waistcoat worn by a man.
• gilia6n. Any of the genus Gilia of polemoniaceous flowering plants.
• gilly9n. The drink torpedo juice.
• gimel8n. The third letter of the several Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic...
• gimme10n. That which is easy to perform or obtain, especially in sports.
• gimpy13adj. Limping, lame, with crippled legs.
• ginny9adj. Affected by gin; resembling or characteristic of gin.
• gipsy11n. Dated spelling of gypsy.
• girls6n. A woman's breasts.
• girly9adj. Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, gentle...
• girth9n. A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a...
• gists6n. A roll reciting the several stages arranged for a royal progress.
• gitty9n. A narrow pedestrian passageway in a residential area, between high...
• given9prep. Considering; taking into account.
• giver9n. One who gives; a donor or contributor.
• gizmo17n. Something, generally a device or gadget, whose real name is unknown or...

GL

• glade7n. An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a...
• glady10adj. Having glades.
• glamp10v. To practice glamping.
• gland7n. A specialized cell, group of cells, or organ of endothelial origin in...
• glans6n. The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.
• glare6n. An intense, blinding light.
• glary9adj. Of a dazzling lustre; glaring; bright; shining.
• glass6n. An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by...
• glatt6adj. Having none of a particular kind of adhesion on the outside of its...
• glaze15n. The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a...
• gleam8n. An appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or...
• glean6v. To collect (fruit, grain, or other produce) from a field, an orchard...
• gleba8n. The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain fungi.
• glebe8n. Turf; soil; ground; sod.
• gleek10n. A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
• gleen6v. To glisten; to gleam.
• glial6adj. Of or pertaining to glia.
• glide7v. To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
• glint6n. A short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface.
• glitz15n. Garish, brilliant showiness.
• gloat6v. To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of...
• globe8n. The eyeball.
• glock12n. A glockenspiel.
• gloom8n. Darkness, dimness, or obscurity.
• gloop8n. Any gooey, viscous substance.
• glore6v. To glow, shine.
• glory9n. Great beauty and splendor.
• gloss6n. A surface shine or luster.
• glove9n. An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but...
• glowy12adj. Glowing.
• gluck12v. To flow or cause to flow in a noisy series of spurts, as when liquid is...
• glued7adj. Entirely focused, unable to be distracted.
• gluer6n. One who glues.
• gluey9adj. Viscous and adhesive, as glue.
• glume8n. A basal, membranous, outer sterile husk or bract in the flowers of...
• gluon6n. A massless gauge boson that binds quarks together to form baryons...
• glute6n. A gluteal muscle.
• glyph14n. A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound...

GM

• gmina8n. Commune; municipality; township; the smallest administrative...

GN

• gnarl6n. A knot in wood; a knurl or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
• gnash9v. To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.
• gnoll6n. A usually evil and hyena-like humanoid creature found in various forms...
• gnome8n. An elemental (spirit or corporeal creature associated with a classical...
• gnudi7n. A kind of pasta similar to gnocchi, but made with ricotta instead of...

GO

• goaty9adj. Like a goat, goatlike or redolent of goats.
• gobar8n. Dried cow dung used directly as fuel or as a source of gas.
• gobbo10n. A goblin.
• gobby13adj. Marked by the presence of gobs (lumps).
• godet7n. A piece of fabric inserted into a garment along a seam or cut to...
• godly10adj. Of or pertaining to a god.
• gofer9n. A worker who runs errands; an errand boy.
• gogan7n. Saurauia napaulensis, a type of flowering plant found in the Himalayas.
• gohei9n. An implement used in Shintō rituals, consisting of two kamishide...
• going7v. Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or...
• goldy10adj. Synonym of goldish.
• golem8n. A humanoid creature made from clay, animated by magic. The most famous...
• golly9interj. A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.
• golpe8n. A roundel purpure (purple circular spot).
• gomen8n. Government.
• gomer8n. A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance...
• gompa10n. A Buddhist ecclesiastical fortification of learning, lineage and...
• gonad7n. A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.
• gonal6adj. Relating to a gonion.
• goner6n. Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case, especially someone who...
• gonja13n. The plantain, especially when served fried.
• gonna6v. A modal used to express a future action that is being planned or...
• gonzo15adj. Using an unconventional, exaggerated, and highly subjective style...
• gooch11n. The perineum.
• goodo7adj. Good (used after the noun).
• goods7n. That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally...
• goody10interj. Used to indicate pleasure or delight.
• gooey9adj. Having the consistency of goo: soft or viscous, and sticky.
• goofy12adj. Quirky or silly, often in a humorous manner; daft.
• goona6n. Faeces, excrement, stool.
• goony9adj. Of or like a goon; thuggish; brutal.
• goopy11adj. Having the consistency of goop.
• goose6n. Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have...
• goosh9v. To move in a messy, liquid manner.
• goosy9adj. Characteristic of a goose; anserine.
• goral6n. A type of Asian ungulate ruminant, now defined as any of the four...
• gored7adj. Having a gore or gores.
• gorge7n. The throat of a flower.
• gorky13adj. Awkward or strange.
• gorno6n. A film which uses gratuitous, intentionally over-the-top violence in...
• gorry9interj. God!
• gorse6n. An evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having thorns, spiny leaves, and...
• gosha9adj. Of a woman: in a socially imposed state of seclusion or purdah.
• gosht9n. Mutton (or sometimes goat), normally as part of a South Asian curry.
• gotch11n. Men's underwear.
• gothy12adj. Somewhat goth.
• gotra6n. The lineage or clan assigned to a Hindu at birth.
• gotta6v. Synonym of have got to, have to.
• gouda7n. A type of semi-hard to hard cheese originating in the Netherlands.
• gouge7n. A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves...
• gound7n. Mucus produced by the eyes during sleep.
• gourd7n. Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind...
• gouty9adj. Suffering from gout.
• gowan9n. A common daisy (Bellis perennis).
• goyle9n. A ravine or other depression.

GR

• graaf9n. A Dutch earl or count.
• grace8n. Charming, pleasing qualities.
• grade7n. A rating.
• graff12n. A steward; an overseer.
• graft9n. A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of...
• graha9n. A celestial body.
• grail6n. The Holy Grail.
• grain6n. The harvested seeds of various grass food crops, especially wheat...
• grama8n. Various species of grass in the genus Bouteloua, including Bouteloua...
• gramp10n. Grandpa, grandfather.
• grams8n. Grandmother.
• grand7adj. Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional.
• grano6n. A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 50 mg.
• grant6v. To give (permission or wish).
• grape8n. A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or...
• graph11n. A data chart (graphical representation of data) intended to illustrate...
• grasp8v. To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
• grass6n. Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise...
• grate6n. A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects...
• grats6interj. Congratulations.
• grave9n. An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.
• gravy12n. A dark savoury sauce prepared from stock and usually meat juices; brown...
• graze15n. The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
• great6adj. Taking much space; large.
• grebe8n. Any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae of the order...
• grebo8n. A greaser or biker.
• grece8n. A flight of stairs.
• greed7n. A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved...
• greek10v. To display a placeholder (instead of text), especially to optimize...
• green6n. The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between...
• greet6v. To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another...
• grego7n. A type of rough jacket with a hood.
• greys9n. Grey trousers and/or jackets worn by prisoners on relatively formal...
• grice8n. A pig, especially a young pig, or its meat; sometimes specifically, a...
• grief9n. Suffering, hardship.
• griff12n. Griffin, (white) newcomer.
• grifo9n. Cannabis.
• grift9n. A confidence game or swindle.
• grill6n. A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of...
• grime8n. Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.
• grimy11adj. Stained or covered with grime.
• grind7v. To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
• griot6n. A West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions; a wandering...
• gripe8v. To complain; to whine.
• grise6n. A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree.
• grist6n. Grain that is to be ground in a mill.
• grito6n. A Mexican outcry characterized by ululation, used as an expression...
• grits6n. Coarsely ground hominy which is boiled and eaten, primarily in the...
• grizz24n. A grizzly bear.
• groan6n. A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.
• groat6n. Hulled grain, chiefly hulled oats.
• grody10adj. Nasty, dirty, disgusting, foul, revolting, yucky, grotesque.
• groin6n. The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk...
• gronk10v. Of a floppy disk drive: to produce mechanical sounds of operation.
• grool6n. Vaginal lubrication derived from sexual arousal.
• groom8n. A man who is about to marry.
• groop8n. A trench or small ditch.
• grope8v. To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind...
• gross6adj. Remarkably great, big, vast in an often unpleasant way; (of behaviour)...
• grosz15n. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Polish zloty.
• groud7n. A heap, or mathematical generalization of a group, in abstract algebra.
• group8n. A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
• grout6n. A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in...
• grove9n. A small forest.
• growl9n. A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal.
• grown9adj. Covered by growth; overgrown.
• grrrl6n. A riot grrrl.
• grrrr6interj. Elongated form of grr.
• gruel6n. A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the...
• gruff12adj. Having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature.
• gruit6n. An herbal mixture, used in the flavouring of beer, that preceded the...
• grump10n. A habitually grumpy or complaining person.
• grunt6n. A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply...

GU

• guana6n. An iguana.
• guano6n. Dung from a sea bird or from a bat.
• guara6n. A maned wolf, of species Chrysocyon brachyurus (syn. Canis jubatus)...
• guard7n. A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
• guava9n. A tropical tree or shrub of the myrtle family, Psidium guajava.
• guess6v. To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in...
• guest6n. A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at...
• guide7n. Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a...
• guido7n. A guidance officer.
• guild7n. A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants...
• guile6n. Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful...
• guilt6n. Responsibility for wrongdoing.
• guise6n. A customary way of speaking or acting; a fashion, a manner, a practice...
• gulag7n. Also GULAG: the system of all Soviet labour camps and prisons in use...
• gulal6n. A colored powder often used during the Holi festival.
• gular6adj. Particularly of an animal: of, pertaining to, or located at the gula...
• gulch11n. A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods...
• gules6n. Red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by...
• gully9n. A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow...
• gumbo10n. Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules.
• gumma10n. A soft, non-cancerous growth, a form of granuloma, resulting from the...
• gummi10n. A sugary, gelatinous material used to make candies.
• gummy13adj. Showing the gums.
• gundy10n. A front claw of a crab.
• gunge7n. A viscous or sticky substance, particularly an unpleasant one of vague...
• gunky13adj. Greasy, messy or dirty.
• gunny9n. A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp.
• guppy13n. A species of tiny freshwater fish, Poecilia reticulata, popular in home...
• guqin15n. A plucked zither-like stringed instrument (chordophone), traditionally...
• gurdy10n. A manual crank used on fishing lines.
• gurry9n. A circular gong that was struck at regular intervals to indicate the...
• gushy12adj. Gushing; effusive and often emotional.
• gussy9v. To dress up or decorate in a showy way.
• gusto6n. Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor.
• gusty9adj. Of wind: blowing in gusts; blustery; tempestuous.
• gutka10n. A preparation of crushed areca nut, tobacco, catechu, paraffin, slaked...
• gutsy9adj. Marked by courage, determination or boldness in the face of...
• gutta6n. A drop (of liquid, especially a medication).
• gutty9adj. Charged or sprinkled with drops.
• guyed10adj. Fitted with or attached to a guy.
• guyot9n. A flat-topped seamount.

GY

• gyani9n. A knowledgeable or wise person; sage, saint.
• gyaru9n. A Japanese subculture and fashion style popular in the 1990s, typically...
• gynae9adj. (abbreviation, informal) gynaecological.
• gyoza18n. A Japanese crescent-shaped dumpling filled with a minced stuffing and...
• gypsy14n. An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a...
• gyrus9n. A fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain.

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with G are there?

Word.ws lists 350 five-letter words that start with G, plus 229 rare ones.

What are common five-letter words that start with G?

going, great, group, given, gonna, girls, guess and green.

Which of the five-letter words that start with G has the highest letter score?

grizz scores 24 points with the standard letter tile values.

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