6-letter words with G as the 3rd letter and E as the 4th letter

6-letter words with G as the 3rd letter and E as the 4th letter: 65 tournament-dictionary matches fit the pattern.

65 wordsTop pick LEGENDHighest score JAGERS 14

9 of 65 are everyday words (14%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With G in 3rd place, G is the most common 4th letter (170 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 65 · most-used first

  • LEGEND8
  • ANGELS7
  • TIGERS7
  • URGENT7
  • ROGERS7
  • DIGEST8
  • HUGELY13
  • PIGEON9
  • REGENT7
  • BAGELS9
  • ANGERS7
  • INGEST7
  • ARGENT7
  • WAGERS10
  • COGENT9
  • BEGETS9
  • EGGERS8
  • BOGEYS12
  • LAGERS7
  • PAGERS9
  • HUGEST10
  • SAGELY10
  • AUGERS7
  • WIGEON10
  • BIGEYE12
  • LUGERS7
  • RAGERS7
  • EDGERS8
  • JAGERS14
  • LIGERS7
  • FOGEYS13
  • ORGEAT7
  • CAGERS9
  • BUGEYE12
  • AGGERS8
  • DOGEAR8
  • SAGENE7
  • REGEAR7
  • NIGERS7
  • LEGERS7
  • UNGEAR7
  • REGEST7
  • YAGERS10
  • LAGENA7
  • EAGERS7
  • KUGELS11
  • AUGEND8
  • BEGEMS11

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All valid words 65

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

  • AGGERS8
  • ANGELS7
  • ANGERS7
  • ARGENT7
  • AUGEND8
  • AUGERS7
  • BAGELS9
  • BEGEMS11
  • BEGETS9
  • BIGEYE12
  • BOGEYS12
  • BUGEYE12
  • CAGERS9
  • COGENT9
  • DEGERM10
  • DIGEST8
  • DOGEAR8
  • DOGEYS11
  • EAGERS7
  • EDGERS8
  • EGGERS8
  • EGGERY11
  • FOGEYS13
  • GAGERS8
  • HOGENS10
  • HUGELY13
  • HUGEST10
  • INGENU7
  • INGEST7
  • JAGERS14
  • KUGELS11
  • LAGENA7
  • LAGEND8
  • LAGERS7
  • LEGEND8
  • LEGERS7
  • LIGERS7
  • LUGERS7
  • NIGERS7
  • OOGENY10
  • ORGEAT7
  • PAGERS9
  • PIGEON9
  • POGEYS12
  • RAGEES7
  • RAGERS7
  • REGEAR7
  • REGENT7
  • REGEST7
  • ROGERS7
  • SAGELY10
  • SAGENE7
  • SAGEST7
  • SOGERS7
  • TIGERS7
  • TIGERY10
  • UNGEAR7
  • UNGETS7
  • URGENT7
  • URGERS7
  • VEGETE10
  • WAGERS10
  • WIGEON10
  • YAGERS10
  • YOGEES10
Letters by positionIn 54% of these words the 6th letter is S.
1st letter
  1. L11%
  2. A9%
  3. B9%
2nd letter
  1. A25%
  2. O17%
  3. E14%
5th letter
  1. R38%
  2. N18%
  3. Y9%
6th letter
  1. S54%
  2. T15%
  3. Y8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 7 in Scrabble; JAGERS tops the list with 14. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 77 points: 28 words
  2. 8 points: 9 words
  3. 99 points: 6 words
  4. 10 points: 11 words
  5. 1111 points: 4 words
  6. 12 points: 4 words
  7. 1313 points: 2 words
  8. 14 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
JAGERS1417All three
HUGELY1314All three
FOGEYS1313All three
BOGEYS1213All three
BIGEYE1213All three
BUGEYE1214All three
POGEYS1213All three
KUGELS1114All three
DOGEYS1111All three
BEGEMS1114Collins · NWL
EGGERY1112Collins only
WAGERS1011All three

With the pattern __GE__, four positions remain open, but the matches do not form one familiar word family. Only 9 entries fall within the common-word frequency group, so expect specialist or inflected forms alongside recognizable choices such as LEGEND, TIGERS, and URGENT. For comparison, keeping E fourth but changing the third letter to R produces 197 matches.

6-letter words with G as the 3rd letter and E as the 4th letter

  • The fixed pattern is __GE__; 65 tournament-dictionary words match it.
  • S is the most common final letter: 35 matches end in S.
  • Collins has 65 matches, compared with 54 in NWL2023 and 52 in ENABLE.
  • JAGERS leads the scoring list at 14 points; HUGELY and FOGEYS each score 13.

Which endings and examples narrow the pattern?

An S ending dominates: 35 of the matches end in S, while T is next with 10. That makes the final tile a strong filter, but this is not an S-only group: HUGELY ends in Y, URGENT ends in T, and PIGEON ends in N.

Familiar anchors include LEGEND, TIGERS, DIGEST, and BAGELS; less everyday entries include WIGEON and ARGENT. G in the third slot is selective beside R in that slot, which has 197 matches when E stays fourth.

Which matching words score highest?

JAGERS is the top scorer at 14 points, with HUGELY and FOGEYS tied behind it at 13. Check the open positions for high-value letters such as J, F, or H: the G-E is already fixed, so those first two letters can make a bigger scoring difference than a tidy suffix.

Only 9 matches fall within the common-word frequency group. Collins has 65 entries, versus 54 in NWL2023 and 52 in ENABLE, so tournament lists do not agree. Check your game's word list before playing a less familiar choice.

A quick pattern check

Tip

For 6-letter words with G as the 3rd letter and E as the 4th letter, test S, T, and Y endings first. PIGEON and LEGEND show why the other endings still deserve a check.

Questions people ask

How many six-letter words have G third and E fourth?
There are 65 tournament-dictionary matches for the six-letter pattern __GE__. Collins has 65, NWL2023 has 54, and ENABLE has 52, so the total depends on which game's word list you use. The pattern fixes only the third and fourth letters.
Are all 65 words with this pattern common?
No. Only 9 of the matches fall within the common-word frequency group. LEGEND, TIGERS, and URGENT are recognizable examples, but many other matches are less familiar; tournament eligibility and everyday usage are different measures.
Which matching word scores the most in Scrabble?
JAGERS scores 14 points, the highest score among these matches. HUGELY and FOGEYS follow at 13 each. JAGERS uses the high-value J while keeping the required G and E in their fixed third and fourth positions.

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