5-letter words with G as the 3rd letter and A as the 5th letter
5-letter words with G as the 3rd letter and A as the 5th letter total 21, and 11 of them end in GGA or GMA.
3 of 21 are everyday words (14%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.
With G in 3rd place, S is the most common 5th letter (82 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Best words to play first
- SIGMA8
- DOGMA9
- MAGMA10
- WAGGA10
- SIGNA6
- RAGGA7
- LOGIA6
- DAGGA8
- REGNA6
- BIGHA11
- WIGGA10
- SIGLA6
- MUGGA9
- VIGIA9
- TUGRA6
- GOGGA8
- ORGIA6
- TEGUA6
- JAGRA13
- REGMA8
- TAGMA8
All valid words 21
- BIGHA11
- DAGGA8
- DOGMA9
- GOGGA8
- JAGRA13
- LOGIA6
- MAGMA10
- MUGGA9
- ORGIA6
- RAGGA7
- REGMA8
- REGNA6
- SIGLA6
- SIGMA8
- SIGNA6
- TAGMA8
- TEGUA6
- TUGRA6
- VIGIA9
- WAGGA10
- WIGGA10
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAGRA | 13 | 16 | All three |
| BIGHA | 11 | 12 | Collins only |
| MAGMA | 10 | 13 | All three |
| WAGGA | 10 | 12 | Collins only |
| WIGGA | 10 | 12 | Collins only |
| DOGMA | 9 | 11 | All three |
| MUGGA | 9 | 13 | Collins only |
| VIGIA | 9 | 11 | Collins · NWL |
| SIGMA | 8 | 10 | All three |
| DAGGA | 8 | 10 | All three |
| GOGGA | 8 | 11 | Collins only |
| REGMA | 8 | 10 | All three |
The shape is ??G?A, so both ends of the word stay open. That freedom collapses at the back, where six matches finish -GGA and five finish -GMA, leaving ten words to share the remaining endings. Only DOGMA, MAGMA and SIGMA are common English, and all three are Wordle answers.
The ??G?A shape in numbers
- Twenty-one matches, all of them ending in A.
- Six finish -GGA and five -GMA, so 11 share two endings.
- JAGRA tops the Scrabble values at 13 points.
- Three matches are Wordle answers: DOGMA, MAGMA and SIGMA.
- ENABLE lists 9 of the matches; NWL2023 lists 13.
Two endings swallow more than half the list
Eleven of the 21 matches close on -GGA or -GMA. The -GGA six are DAGGA, GOGGA, MUGGA, RAGGA, WAGGA and WIGGA, each with a doubled G, while the -GMA five are DOGMA, MAGMA, REGMA, SIGMA and TAGMA. That leaves a long tail of one-offs such as LOGIA, TEGUA and VIGIA.
The doubled G explains the odd look of the -GGA group. It also keeps scores low, since G is worth only 2 points; JAGRA, the one match containing a J, is the only entry that clears 11.
The only familiar trio is the Wordle set
DOGMA, MAGMA and SIGMA are the three Wordle answers, and they are also the only common English matches, which makes the list unusual: a solver who finds one of them has found a real answer, not just a filler. Their scores stay modest at 9, 10 and 8, so none is a scoring play. Everything else in the set is either a dialect form or a borrowed word.
Why ENABLE skips most of these
ENABLE carries only 9 of the 21 matches and NWL2023 13, while Collins holds all 21. The difference covers dialect forms such as DAGGA, GOGGA and WAGGA, so confirm a word against your game's list before you play it.
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