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

5-letter words with M as the 1st letter and G as the 4th letter number 31, and 15 of them place an N right before the G.

31 wordsTop pick MANGAHighest score MUGGY 12

3 of 31 are everyday words (10%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With M in 1st place, E is the most common 4th letter (125 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 31 · most-used first

  • MANGA8
  • MERGE8
  • MANGO8
  • MARGE8
  • MADGE9
  • MIDGE9
  • MUGGY12
  • MONGO8
  • MANGE8
  • MUNGO8
  • MUDGE9
  • MANGY11
  • MAGGS9
  • MINGS8
  • MOGGY12
  • MULGA8
  • MENGE8
  • MUGGS9
  • MIGGS9
  • MARGS8
  • MUNGA8
  • MENGS8
  • MANGS8
  • MUGGA9
  • MINGY11
  • MIDGY12
  • MUNGS8
  • MISGO8
  • MODGE9

Showing the top 29 of 31 words. See every valid word

All valid words 31

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

  • MADGE9
  • MAGGS9
  • MANGA8
  • MANGE8
  • MANGO8
  • MANGS8
  • MANGY11
  • MARGE8
  • MARGS8
  • MENGE8
  • MENGS8
  • MERGE8
  • MIDGE9
  • MIDGY12
  • MIGGS9
  • MINGE8
  • MINGS8
  • MINGY11
  • MISGO8
  • MODGE9
  • MOGGY12
  • MONGO8
  • MONGS8
  • MUDGE9
  • MUGGA9
  • MUGGS9
  • MUGGY12
  • MULGA8
  • MUNGA8
  • MUNGO8
  • MUNGS8
Letters by positionIn 48% of these words the 3rd letter is N.
2nd letter
  1. A29%
  2. U26%
  3. I23%
3rd letter
  1. N48%
  2. G19%
  3. D16%
5th letter
  1. E29%
  2. S29%
  3. Y16%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 8 in Scrabble; MUGGY tops the list with 12. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 88 points: 18 words
  2. 9 points: 8 words
  3. 1010 points: 0 words
  4. 11 points: 2 words
  5. 1212 points: 3 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
MUGGY1215All three
MOGGY1214All three
MIDGY1213Collins only
MANGY1113All three
MINGY1113All three
MADGE911Collins only
MIDGE911All three
MUDGE912Collins only
MAGGS912Collins only
MUGGS913All three
MIGGS912All three
MUGGA913Collins only

The M??G? frame pulls almost every match into an -NG- shape, so MANGA, MANGE, MANGO, MANGY and MUNGO read like one family. Only three matches count as common English, and all three, MANGO, MERGE and MANGA, are also Wordle answers. Scoring runs through the Y ending, where MUGGY, MOGGY and MIDGY each reach 12.

M??G? at a glance

  • Thirty-one matches put M at the front and G fourth.
  • Fifteen of them hold an N in the third slot.
  • MANGO, MERGE and MANGA are the only common words.
  • All three common words are also Wordle answers.
  • MUGGY, MOGGY and MIDGY top out at 12 points.

The -NG- spine of the list

Fifteen of the 31 matches put N directly before the G, so MANGA, MANGE, MANGO and MUNGO read like one family. Another six double the G, which is where MUGGY, MOGGY and MAGGS come from, and D takes five more through MADGE, MIDGE and MUDGE.

The vowel in slot two is a clean split: A leads with nine, U follows on eight and I on seven. If your grid shows a U after the M, the field drops to eight words, and half of those are rare plural or dialect forms.

Words that score sit on the -GY ending

MUGGY, MOGGY and MIDGY all reach 12, and each one ends in -GY, where the two G tiles stack. MANGY and MINGY follow on 11 in the same shape. Nine matches end in E and nine in S, and those endings rarely clear 9 points, so the Y words are the only ones worth hunting for score.

What the smaller dictionaries leave out

Note

Collins lists all 31 matches, NWL2023 has 16 and ENABLE just 13. Fifteen words are Collins-only, MUDGE, MULGA and MENGE among them, so check your game's word list before you play the rarer spellings.

Questions people ask

How many 5-letter words have M first and G fourth?
Thirty-one matches carry the frame, and 15 of them run -NG-. MANGO, MERGE and MANGA are the only everyday choices, with the rest leaning on dialect and plural forms.
Which M-to-G words are Wordle answers?
Six matches are Wordle answers: MANGE, MANGO, MANGY, MERGE, MIDGE and MANGA. That set covers all three common words and three rarities, so the answer list reaches further than everyday vocabulary does.
What is the best-scoring M-to-G word?
MUGGY, MOGGY and MIDGY tie at 12 points, and each ends in the doubled -GY. MANGY and MINGY come next on 11, so the list averages only 8.8 points.

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