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

6-letter words with B first and G fifth: 25 tournament-dictionary entries fit, including familiar picks such as BRIDGE and BEINGS.

25 wordsTop pick BRIDGEHighest score BRAGGY 13

4 of 25 are everyday words (16%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With B in 1st place, E is the most common 5th letter (525 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 25 · most-used first

  • BRIDGE10
  • BRINGS9
  • BEINGS9
  • BENIGN9
  • BODEGA10
  • BELUGA9
  • BROUGH12
  • BORAGE9
  • BOCAGE11
  • BRAGGY13
  • BLINGS9
  • BLOGGY13
  • BROLGA9
  • BLUDGE10
  • BOINGS9
  • BOONGS9
  • BOURGS9
  • BOONGA9
  • BAREGE9
  • BEFOGS12
  • BESIGH12
  • BEWIGS12
  • BHANGS12
  • BLUGGY13
  • BLUNGE9
All valid words 25

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

  • BAREGE9
  • BEFOGS12
  • BEINGS9
  • BELUGA9
  • BENIGN9
  • BESIGH12
  • BEWIGS12
  • BHANGS12
  • BLINGS9
  • BLOGGY13
  • BLUDGE10
  • BLUGGY13
  • BLUNGE9
  • BOCAGE11
  • BODEGA10
  • BOINGS9
  • BOONGA9
  • BOONGS9
  • BORAGE9
  • BOURGS9
  • BRAGGY13
  • BRIDGE10
  • BRINGS9
  • BROLGA9
  • BROUGH12
Letters by positionIn 36% of these words the 6th letter is S.
2nd letter
  1. O28%
  2. E24%
  3. L20%
3rd letter
  1. I20%
  2. O20%
  3. U16%
4th letter
  1. N32%
  2. I12%
  3. G12%
6th letter
  1. S36%
  2. E24%
  3. A16%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; BRAGGY tops the list with 13. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 99 points: 13 words
  2. 10 points: 3 words
  3. 1111 points: 1 words
  4. 12 points: 5 words
  5. 1313 points: 3 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
BRAGGY1315All three
BLOGGY1316NWL only
BLUGGY1317Collins only
BROUGH1214Collins only
BEFOGS1214All three
BEWIGS1214All three
BHANGS1214All three
BESIGH1213Collins only
BOCAGE1114Collins only
BRIDGE1012All three
BODEGA1012All three
BLUDGE1014Collins · NWL

Twenty-five tournament-dictionary entries fit this exact six-letter pattern, but only four qualify as common words. Familiar options include BRIDGE, BRINGS, BEINGS, and BENIGN; less familiar forms such as BORAGE and BOCAGE sit beside them. The range from everyday vocabulary to obscure plays makes recognition a real constraint.

The pattern at a glance

  • The B-first, G-fifth pattern has 25 entries across the tournament dictionaries.
  • Collins includes 24 matches, NWL2023 has 19, and ENABLE has 14.
  • Only 4 entries meet the common-word frequency cutoff.
  • BRAGGY, BLOGGY, and BLUGGY tie for the top tile score at 13 points.
  • Final letters cluster at S (9 words), E (6), and A (4).

6-letter words with B first and G fifth

BRIDGE, BRINGS, BEINGS, and BENIGN are the most familiar-looking choices among these matches; each keeps B in slot one and G in slot five. BRIDGE ends in E, while BRINGS and BEINGS finish in S, the two most frequent endings.

BODEGA and BELUGA show the pattern across different vowel sequences. BORAGE and BOCAGE share another shape: both place A immediately before G. That makes the final two positions easy to check when a puzzle reveals the fifth letter.

The tail is not evenly distributed: 9 entries end in S, 6 in E, and 4 in A; just one ends in N. When the final tile is unknown, checking S and E first follows the strongest pattern in this set.

Which choices score well and remain playable?

Three words share the top score: BRAGGY, BLOGGY, and BLUGGY each earn 13 points. BROUGH, BEFOGS, BEWIGS, BHANGS, and BESIGH each score 12, while BRIDGE scores 10. The average across the pattern is 10.3 points.

High tile value does not make an unfamiliar spelling safe to play. Collins accepts 24 matches, NWL2023 accepts 19, and ENABLE accepts 14, so the combined 25-word pool is not valid in every game. Check your active dictionary before risking an obscure entry such as BESIGH; for 6-letter words with B first and G fifth, dictionary coverage is a real limitation.

Questions people ask

How many six-letter words start with B and have G as the fifth letter?
There are 25 tournament-dictionary matches for this pattern. BRIDGE, BRINGS, and BEINGS are recognizable examples, while the full set also includes less familiar forms. Only 4 of the 25 meet the common-word frequency cutoff.
Do all word-game dictionaries accept these B-and-G words?
No, dictionary coverage differs. Collins includes 24 of the matches, NWL2023 includes 19, and ENABLE includes 14. The combined total is 25, so a word accepted in one game's list may not be accepted in another.
Which B-first, G-fifth six-letter words have the highest score?
BRAGGY, BLOGGY, and BLUGGY tie for the highest score at 13 points each. BROUGH, BEFOGS, BEWIGS, BHANGS, and BESIGH follow at 12 points apiece, making those spellings stronger tile-score candidates than BRIDGE at 10.

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