6-letter words with E as the 4th letter and G as the 5th letter

The frame _ _ _ E G _ splits by final vowel: ALLEGE, RENEGE, MANEGE, ABREGE, AGREGE and BAREGE end in -EGE, while BODEGA, FANEGA, SENEGA and TELEGA end in -EGA. Only ALLEGE counts as common. SQUEGS at 16 is the group's top score.

The 20 in brief

• 20 matches, 14 defined; Collins takes 19, NWL2023 16 and ENABLE 15.
• Six end in -EGE and four in -EGA.
• Five close on -EGS as plurals: HYLEGS, KLIEGS, REPEGS, SQUEGS and UNPEGS.
• ALLEGE is the only common entry.
• SQUEGS leads at 16, PHLEGM reaches 14 and HYLEGS 13.

6-letter words with E as the 4th letter and G as the 5th letter

The -EGE group is the formal one. ALLEGE, RENEGE and MANEGE have the widest use, while ABREGE, AGREGE and BAREGE sit at the obscure end.

The -EGA four look like a set but share little else: BODEGA is a shop, FANEGA an old grain measure, SENEGA a plant and TELEGA a Russian cart.

Five plurals fill the -EGS slot: HYLEGS, KLIEGS, REPEGS, SQUEGS and UNPEGS. Each is a plural or third-person form of a shorter word, so the base is the useful clue.

Is any of this list in everyday use?

ALLEGE is the only entry among the top 25,000 English words. The rest are technical, dialect or borrowed, which makes the group a word-game resource rather than a vocabulary builder.

SQUEGS scores 16, PHLEGM 14 and HYLEGS 13, but the totals assume a permissive board. Four entries are Collins-only: ABREGE, AGREGE, HYLEGS and SAPEGO.

For 6-letter words with E as the 4th letter and G as the 5th letter, the 9.6-point average is modest because G is cheap and no entry carries a Z. PHLEGM is the rare find that a casual player may already know.