5-Letter Words Starting with GO
There are 55 five-letter words that start with GO on Word.ws, from goaty to goyle. The most common are going, gonna, gotta, goods and goose.
Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.
All 55 five-letter words that start with GO
GOA
- goaty9adj. Like a goat, goatlike or redolent of goats.
GOB
- 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).
GOD
- godet7n. A piece of fabric inserted into a garment along a seam or cut to...
- godly10adj. Of or pertaining to a god.
GOF
- gofer9n. A worker who runs errands; an errand boy.
GOG
- gogan7n. Saurauia napaulensis, a type of flowering plant found in the Himalayas.
GOH
- gohei9n. An implement used in Shintō rituals, consisting of two kamishide...
GOI
- going7v. Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or...
GOL
- 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).
GOM
- gomen8n. Government.
- gomer8n. A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance...
- gompa10n. A Buddhist ecclesiastical fortification of learning, lineage and...
GON
- 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...
GOO
- 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.
GOR
- 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...
GOS
- 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.
GOT
- 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.
GOU
- 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.
GOW
- gowan9n. A common daisy (Bellis perennis).
GOY
- goyle9n. A ravine or other depression.
34 rare five-letter words that start with GO
Questions about these words
- How many five-letter words that start with GO are there?
- Word.ws lists 55 five-letter words that start with GO, plus 34 rare ones.
- What are common five-letter words that start with GO?
- going, gonna, gotta, goods, goose, goofy, gorge and godly.
- Which of the five-letter words that start with GO has the highest letter score?
- gonzo scores 15 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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