5-Letter Words with G

All 940 five-letter words with G: page 1 of 3

A

• aaagh9interj. Elongated form of agh.
• adage7n. An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.
• aegis6n. A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena...
• aegyo9n. Cuteness, adorableness, charm.
• again6adv. Another time: indicating a repeat of an action.
• agama8n. Any of the various small, long-tailed lizards of the subfamily Agaminae...
• agami8n. A South American bird, Psophia crepitans, allied to the cranes, and...
• agape8adj. In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as...
• agate6n. A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious...
• agave9n. Any plant in the large, variable genus Agave of succulent plants...
• agent6n. One who exerts power, or has the power to act.
• agger7n. A double tide, particularly a high tide in which the water rises to a...
• aggie7n. Marble or a marble made of agate, or one that looks as if it were made...
• aggro7n. Aggravation; bother.
• agile6adj. Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move...
• aging7n. The process of becoming older or more mature.
• agita6n. Dyspepsia.
• agito6n. An asymmetric crescent that is a symbol of the Paralympic movement.
• aglet6n. A catkin.
• aglow9adj. Glowing; radiant.
• agnel6n. A 13th century French gold coin.
• agoge7n. In ancient Greek music, tempo or pace; rhythmical movement.
• agogo7n. An agogo bell, a bell used in Yoruba and Brazilian music and typically...
• agony9n. Extreme pain or anguish.
• agood7adv. In earnest; heartily; in good earnest.
• agora6n. A place for gathering.
• agree6v. To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a...
• agrin6adj. Grinning; having happiness or satisfaction apparent on one's face.
• agung7n. A gong used in the Philippines and Indonesia.
• agust6n. The tree Sesbania grandiflora.
• ahigh12adv. On high.
• ahoge9n. An exaggerated cowlick (lock of hair). It adds cuteness to a character...
• aight9adj. Okay; average; nothing special.
• ajuga13n. Any plant in the genus Ajuga, especially the ornamental ground cover...
• algae6n. Algal organisms viewed collectively or as a mass; algal growth.
• algal6adj. Pertaining to, or like, algae.
• algor6n. Cold, chilliness.
• align6v. To form a line; to fall into line.
• along6prep. By the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to.
• amiga8n. A female friend.
• amigo8n. A friend.
• among8prep. Of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people...
• angel6n. An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other...
• anger6n. A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or...
• angle6n. A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane...
• anglo6n. An English person or person of English ancestry.
• angor6n. Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of...
• angry9adj. Displaying or feeling anger.
• angst6n. Emotional turmoil; painful sadness; anguish.
• aping8n. Foolish imitation or mimicry.
• argal6adv. Thus, therefore.
• argan6n. A tree of species Sideroxylon spinosum (formerly Argania spinosa), of...
• argol6n. Potassium tartrate.
• argon6n. The chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18. The third...
• argot6n. A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and...
• argue6v. To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
• argus6n. A watchful guardian.
• augen6n. Flattened eye-shaped mineral grains present in some metamorphic rocks.
• auger6n. A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
• aught9n. Zero.
• augur6n. A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other...
• avgas9n. Gasoline fuel for piston-engined aircraft.
• awing9adv. On the wing; flying; fluttering.
• axing13n. An assault carried out with an axe.

B

• badge9n. A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s...
• bagel8n. A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
• baggy12adj. Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.
• bagsy11v. To make a verbal claim to.
• bagua8n. The eight trigrams used in Daoist cosmology.
• bangs8n. Hair hanging over the forehead.
• barge8n. A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for...
• begay11v. To make cheerful or merry.
• beget8v. To produce or bring forth (a child); to be a parent of; to father or...
• begin8v. To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
• begum10v. To daub or cover with gum.
• begun8adj. Having begun.
• beige8n. A colour, variously defined from a pale brown, to a yellow greyish...
• being8n. A living creature.
• benga8n. A genre of Kenyan popular music in an urban style associated with...
• bergh11n. A hill.
• bergy11adj. Containing icebergs.
• bhang11n. A traditional South Asian preparation made from the leaves and flowers...
• biggy12n. Something large in size in comparison to similar things.
• bigha11n. A measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre.
• bight11n. A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow.
• bigly11adj. Habitable, liveable; hence delightful, pleasant, pleasing.
• bigos8n. A traditional Polish stew containing cabbage and meat.
• bigot8n. One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and...
• biiig8adj. Elongated form of big.
• bilge8n. The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the...
• binge8n. A short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol...
• bingo8n. A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a...
• blarg8interj. Expressing frustration or disappointment.
• blegh11interj. An expression of disgust or nausea.
• blige8interj. Blimey.
• bling8n. An ostentatious display of richness or style.
• bodge9v. To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair; mend...
• bogan8n. An unsophisticated person from a working class background.
• bogey11n. A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
• boggo9adj. Bog-standard; ordinary; unexceptional.
• boggy12adj. Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of...
• bogie8n. A low, hand-operated truck, generally with four wheels, used for...
• bogle8n. A goblin, imp, bogeyman, bugbear or similar a frightful being or...
• bogue8n. A species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).
• bogus8adj. Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
• boing8interj. A representation of the sound of something bouncing.
• bongo8n. A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.
• boogy11n. A black person.
• boong8n. A native of New Guinea or Malaysia.
• borgo8n. A small Italian village.
• bouge8n. The right to rations at court, granted to the king's household...
• bough11n. A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.
• bring8v. To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
• buang8v. To discard or throw something out.
• budge9v. To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.
• buggy12n. A small horse-drawn cart.
• bugle8n. A horn used by hunters.
• bugsy11adj. Infested with bugs; buggy.
• bulge8n. An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant...
• bulgy11adj. Having one or more bulges; bulging.
• bungo8n. A Japanese written language established mainly during the Heian period...
• burgh11n. A small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to...

C

• cadge9v. To beg.
• caged9adj. Confined in a cage.
• cager8n. A person or machine responsible for managing a mineshaft cage.
• cagey11adj. Wary, careful, shrewd.
• carga8n. A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 222...
• cargo8n. Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
• chaga11n. A parasitic fungus of trees, usually birch, found on the circumboreal...
• chang11n. A traditional harp of central and southwest Asia.
• chigi11n. In Japanese architecture, a V-shaped finial used mainly on Shinto...
• ching11n. A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy...
• cigar8n. A cylinder of tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of...
• ciggy12n. A cigarette.
• clang8n. A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects...
• cling8n. Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
• clung8adj. Shrunken; wasted away.
• cogen8n. Cogeneration; a combination heating plant and power generator.
• cogon8n. Any of several perennial rhizomatous grasses of genus Imperata...
• conga8n. A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin.
• congo8interj. Congratulations.
• cough11v. Sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or...
• craig8n. A rocky crag.

D

• dagga8n. Indian hemp, Cannabis sativa subsp. indica, or a similar plant of the...
• daggy11adj. Uncool, unfashionable, but comfortably so.
• daing7n. Dried fish, usually split open (though they may be left whole), gutted...
• dango7n. A Japanese dumpling made from mochiko (rice flour).
• darga7n. A Hebrew cantillation mark found in the Torah, the Haftarah, etc....
• daugh10n. An obsolete Scots unit equal to 4 ploughgates, notionally comprising...
• debug9v. To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in...
• defog10v. To remove the moisture or fog from.
• degas7v. To remove the gas from.
• degen7n. Sword.
• deign7v. To consider it appropriate or worthy to do or give (something), often...
• didge8n. Didgeridoo.
• dight10adj. Adorned, decorated, or furnished (with); dressed, arrayed, or decked...
• digit7n. A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a...
• digne7adj. Worthy; honourable; deserving; suitable.
• dinge7n. Dinginess.
• dingo7n. A wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris...
• dingy10adj. Dark, dull.
• dirge7n. A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial...
• dodge8v. To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
• dodgy11adj. Evasive and shifty.
• doggo8adv. Only used in lie doggo and play doggo.
• doggy11n. A dog, especially a small one.
• dogie7n. A motherless calf in a range herd of cattle; a calf separated from its...
• dogma9n. An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially...
• doing7n. A deed or action, especially when somebody is held responsible for it.
• donga7n. A usually dry, eroded watercourse running only in times of heavy rain.
• dough10n. A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other...
• dregs7n. The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container...
• dring7v. To press; squeeze; crowd; push.
• droog7n. A violent young gang member or a hooligan.
• duang7n. A kind of Asian horoscope.
• dungy10adj. Resembling or characteristic of dung.
• dying10adj. Approaching death; about to die; moribund.

E

• eager6adj. Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
• eagle6n. Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family...
• edged8adj. That has a sharp planar surface.
• edger7n. A tool that is used to trim the edges of a lawn.
• edges7n. The fine hairs at the edge of someone's (usually a black woman's)...
• eggar7n. Any moth of the family Lasiocampidae.
• egged8adj. Containing or bearing eggs.
• egger7n. One who gathers eggs.
• egoic8adj. Of or relating to the ego.
• egret6n. Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that...
• egusi6n. Melon seeds that are ground to make soup in West Africa.
• eight9n. The digit/figure 8.
• eking10n. The act or process of adding.
• elegy9n. A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.
• elong6v. To lengthen out; to prolong.
• emerg8n. The emergency department of a hospital.
• engie6n. An engineer.
• ergon6n. Work, measured in terms of the quantity of heat to which it is...
• ergot6n. Any fungus in the genus Claviceps which are parasitic on grasses.
• eroge6n. A visual novel with erotic content.
• etrog6n. The yellow citron (Citrus medica) used in Sukkot ritual.
• eurgh9interj. An expression of disgust or distaste.

F

• fango9n. Mud from the thermal springs at Battaglia in Italy, used to treat...
• faugh12interj. An exclamation of contempt, or of disgust, especially for a smell.
• feign9v. To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
• figgy13adj. Of or like figs.
• fight12v. To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
• fking13adj. Censored spelling of fucking.
• fling9n. An act of throwing, often violently.
• fogey12n. A dull person (especially an old man) who is behind the times, holding...
• foggy13adj. Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy.
• fogle9n. A handkerchief.
• forge9n. A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them...
• forgo9v. To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish.
• fudge10n. A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar...
• fudgy13adj. Resembling fudge, as in flavor or texture.
• fugal9adj. Relating to a fugue.
• fugit9n. The optimal date to exercise an American option (or a Bermudan option).
• fugue9n. A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in...
• fungi9n. Spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound.
• fungo9n. A fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be...

G

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

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words with G are there?

Word.ws lists 940 five-letter words with G, plus 616 rare ones.

What are common five-letter words with G?

right, being, going, great, thing, again, might and night.

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

grizz scores 24 points with the standard letter tile values.

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