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

5-letter words with G as the 1st letter and N as the 5th letter total 18, and 7 of them are Wordle answers.

18 wordsTop pick GIVENHighest score GAZON 15

6 of 18 are everyday words (33%). A friendly list: most players will know the top picks.

With G in 1st place, S is the most common 5th letter (198 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 18 · most-used first

All valid words 18

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

Letters by positionIn 33% of these words the 2nd letter is R.
2nd letter
  1. R33%
  2. I17%
  3. A11%
3rd letter
  1. E17%
  2. O17%
  3. R11%
4th letter
  1. O28%
  2. A28%
  3. I22%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
GAZON1517Collins only
GIVEN912All three
GROWN911All three
GOWAN911All three
GYRON910All three
GNAWN912All three
GEYAN910Collins only
GAMIN811All three
GOBAN811All three
GIPON811All three
GREEN68All three
GRAIN68All three

GR- opens six of the 18 matches, which gives the list a strong family look: GRAIN, GREEN, GROAN, GROIN, GROWN and the rare GREIN. Six matches also count as common English, and the fourth letter is a vowel in sixteen of them, usually A or O. GAZON is the only word here that scores in double figures.

The G???N shape in numbers

  • Eighteen matches, every one of them ending in N.
  • R is the second letter in six matches, and all six start GR-.
  • Six matches are common English, from GIVEN and GREEN to GROAN.
  • GAZON tops the Scrabble values at 15; nothing else reaches double figures.
  • Fourteen of the 18 carry a dictionary definition.

Seven Wordle answers in eighteen words

Seven of the 18 matches are Wordle answers: GIVEN, GLEAN, GRAIN, GREEN, GROAN, GROIN and GROWN. That is a 39 percent hit rate, far above the 17 percent share in the G?E? shape. Every answer opens with a consonant pair, so a solver who has already placed G and N should test a two-letter cluster next.

Keep the GR- words grouped when you probe. GRAIN, GROAN and GROIN differ by a single vowel, so one guess that places R can split the family in two.

How the fourth slot shapes the list

The fourth letter is a vowel in sixteen of the eighteen matches, usually A or O. That produces recognisable endings such as -AIN, -OWN and -OAN.

Only GNAWN and GROWN put a consonant in that slot, and both close on the W-N pair. GAZON stands apart because its Z lifts it to 15 points while the rest of the list averages 7.8.

The three words Collins keeps to itself

Note

Collins carries all 18 matches; ENABLE and NWL2023 each list 15. The three that drop out are GAZON, GEYAN and GREIN, so the top scorer here will not play in every game.

Questions people ask

How many 5-letter words start with G and end with N?
Eighteen matches fit, and 14 of them carry a definition. Six are common English, so the list mixes words such as GIVEN and GREEN with rarer entries like GYRON and GOBAN.
Which G-N words are Wordle answers?
Seven matches are Wordle answers: GIVEN, GLEAN, GRAIN, GREEN, GROAN, GROIN and GROWN. That makes the answer share far higher than most letter-position patterns, and all seven are common words.
What is the highest Scrabble score here?
GAZON scores 15, well clear of the nine-point group that includes GIVEN, GROWN, GOWAN, GYRON, GNAWN and GEYAN. The whole list averages 7.8 points.

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