5-letter words with G as the 1st letter and G as the 4th letter

Two Gs in fixed slots make a narrow clue, and the endings quickly narrow it further. Gauge, gorge, and gouge finish in E; gangs and gongs end in S. Those familiar examples sit beside less common forms such as ginge and gogga, so a matching pattern does not guarantee a word you recognize.

At a glance: a small, lopsided set

• Exactly 19 five-letter entries put G in both the first and fourth slots.
• Collins accepts all 19; NWL2023 includes 13, and ENABLE includes 11.
• Only 3 entries meet the common-word cutoff; 16 have definitions.
• Eight words end in E, while seven end in S.
• GUNGY leads the score list at 10 points; the average is 7.3.

How many 5-letter words with G in positions 1 and 4?

There are 19 matches. The ending split is striking: E and S together account for 15 of them, leaving just four words with other final letters. If your last tile is known, check E first, then S; that covers most of the candidates without working through every entry.

The E group includes gauge, gorge, and gouge, while gangs and gongs show the S ending. Only three entries count as common words, even though 16 have definitions. Expect a short list with a long tail of unfamiliar forms, not 19 everyday guesses.

Wordle answers and scores

For 5-letter words with G in positions 1 and 4, dictionary coverage varies by game: Collins includes all 19, compared with 13 in NWL2023 and 11 in ENABLE. An accepted entry in one list may fail in another, so check your game's word list before relying on a less familiar form such as grego or gogga.

Three matches also occur in the Wordle answer list, and all three pass the tournament-dictionary filter. The matching answer names are not identified here, so treat the pattern as a filter rather than assuming a named example is an answer. For scoring, GUNGY tops the group at 10 points; GADGE, GLOGG, and GOGGA each score 8.