5 Letter Words Ending In G

143 words end in G, and 90 of them end in -NG specifically. Verbs doing double duty, mostly the -ING present-tense form.

RUN becomes RUNNING, well, that's six letters, but SWUNG, BRING, PRONG all fit the five-letter mold perfectly.

Outside of -NG, G is a genuinely rare way to end a word.

Out of 2,315 real Wordle answers, 41 end in G, 1.8%.

Of the 143 words ending in G, 41 are real answers, a 28.7% hit rate. Better than average, mostly thanks to how common -ING and -UNG verbs are.

Everyday Common Words

AGING. BRING. DOING. FLUNG. PRONG. SPRIG. SWUNG. USING.

All common, all real Wordle answers, most of them riding the -NG pattern.

Strategic High-Value Picks (Scrabble / Words With Friends)

SQUEG tops the list at 15 points, a rare electronics term for an oscillator effect. AXING and EXING tie at 13.

Not huge scores by this site's standards, G just doesn't pair with premium letters often. Still worth a look from any scrabble word finder when you're stuck.

NG- dominates at 90 words, far ahead of everything else. OG- is next at 15, then AG- and IG- tied around 10 each.

If a word ends in G, it's almost certainly -NG. Bet on it.

• Total words: 143 end in G
• Wordle answers: 41, or 1.8% of all answers
• Hit rate: 28.7%
• Top two-letter endings: NG 90, OG 15, AG 10, IG 10
• Highest scorer: SQUEG at 15 points

The -NG pattern alone covers close to two-thirds of every G-ending word.

All 143 words sit below. Real Wordle answers are marked.

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All 143 words sit below. Real Wordle answers are marked. Use the word finder above if you know another letter too.

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