6-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and G as the 5th letter

DAMAGE, MANAGE, GARAGE and SAVAGE are the four you already know. Behind them sit specialist entries such as LATIGO, KAINGA and WARAGI, and sixteen words appear in Collins alone. Twelve of the 31 spell out -AGE, which gives the whole frame a narrow, borrowed flavour.

The A second, G fifth frame at a glance

• Only 31 six-letter words carry the A-G frame.
• Collins carries all 31; ENABLE and NWL2023 accept 15 apiece.
• 16 matches end in E, and 12 of those spell -AGE.
• MAUNGY and PAVAGE share the top score on 12 points.
• Only four matches count as common English words.

Why does -AGE fill so much of the list?

A second and G fifth squeeze the word into a fixed shape, and the easiest way to finish it is a soft E. DAMAGE, MANAGE, GARAGE, SAVAGE, RAVAGE, LAVAGE and PAVAGE all run to -AGE, and that ending covers 12 of the 31 matches. The fixed A and G leave only three free letters, so most completions look short and predictable.

The rest are borrowed or regional: LATIGO, GALAGO and LANUGO close on GO, MANEGE keeps a soft G without the -AGE spelling, and AARRGH and KAINGA look like nothing else in the list. That borrowed flavour sets the honest limit of the frame.

What is the score ceiling here?

MAUNGY and PAVAGE top the list on 12, with GAVAGE and KAINGA on 11 and DAMAGE, SAVAGE, RAVAGE and LAVAGE on 10. The 9.1 average is ordinary, and nothing clears 12 because the fixed G rarely lands beside a premium tile.

Collins holds all 31 matches, but ENABLE and NWL2023 each take only 15, leaving 16 that are Collins-only. With just four common words and 22 definitions, this frame suits clue-solving more than casual play; check your game's word list before you rely on a stranger such as PALAGI.