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5-Letter Words Starting with GE

There are 33 five-letter words that start with GE on Word.ws, from geach to getup. The most common are genre, genus, genie, gemma and genoa.

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All 33 five-letter words that start with 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...
17 rare five-letter words that start with GE

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with GE are there?
Word.ws lists 33 five-letter words that start with GE, plus 17 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with GE?
genre, genus, genie, gemma, genoa, gents, gecko and geist.
Which of the five-letter words that start with GE has the highest letter score?
gemmy scores 13 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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