6-letter words with G as the 4th letter and G as the 5th letter
6-letter words with G as the 4th and 5th letters number 32; shaggy, groggy, and quaggy show the pattern clearly.
1 of 32 are everyday words (3%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
With G in 4th place, E is the most common 5th letter (394 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
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Best words to play first
- SHAGGY14
- GROGGY12
- CRAGGY13
- FROGGY14
- TWIGGY14
- DRUGGY12
- QUAGGA17
- SMOGGY13
- DRAGGY12
- TROGGS8
- BRAGGY13
- CHIGGA13
- SKEGGS12
- FLAGGY14
- BLOGGY13
- SLAGGY11
- CLAGGY13
- STAGGY11
- PREGGY13
- CLOGGY13
- SNAGGY11
- GLOGGS9
- SHUGGY14
- DREGGY12
- QUAGGY20
- ALEGGE8
- BLUGGY13
- CROGGY13
- KNAGGY15
- SPUGGY13
- STUGGY11
- THUGGO11
All valid words 32
- ALEGGE8
- BLOGGY13
- BLUGGY13
- BRAGGY13
- CHIGGA13
- CLAGGY13
- CLOGGY13
- CRAGGY13
- CROGGY13
- DRAGGY12
- DREGGY12
- DRUGGY12
- FLAGGY14
- FROGGY14
- GLOGGS9
- GROGGY12
- KNAGGY15
- PREGGY13
- QUAGGA17
- QUAGGY20
- SHAGGY14
- SHUGGY14
- SKEGGS12
- SLAGGY11
- SMOGGY13
- SNAGGY11
- SPUGGY13
- STAGGY11
- STUGGY11
- THUGGO11
- TROGGS8
- TWIGGY14
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUAGGY | 20 | 22 | All three |
| QUAGGA | 17 | 20 | All three |
| KNAGGY | 15 | 17 | Collins only |
| SHAGGY | 14 | 14 | All three |
| FROGGY | 14 | 15 | All three |
| TWIGGY | 14 | 15 | All three |
| FLAGGY | 14 | 16 | All three |
| SHUGGY | 14 | 15 | Collins only |
| CRAGGY | 13 | 15 | All three |
| SMOGGY | 13 | 15 | All three |
| BRAGGY | 13 | 15 | All three |
| CHIGGA | 13 | 15 | Collins only |
Two consecutive Gs in the middle make this a distinctive letter-position search. The set includes familiar forms such as shaggy and groggy, alongside less common entries like quagga and skeggs. Endings are strikingly uneven: 25 of the words finish in Y, while S, A, E, and O account for the rest, and only one match meets the frequency cutoff for common words.
6-letter words with G as the 4th and 5th letters at a glance
- There are 32 matches in total across the tournament dictionaries.
- Shaggy, groggy, craggy, and froggy are recognizable examples.
- Twenty-five words end in Y; troggs is among the three ending in S.
- S is the most frequent first letter, with 9 matches; C follows with 5.
- Quaggy leads the scoring examples at 20 points, ahead of quagga at 17.
Which double-G words stand out?
Only one of the 32 matches qualifies as common by our frequency measure, so expect a mix of familiar words and specialist vocabulary. Shaggy, groggy, and froggy are easy to recognize; druggy and twiggy also show how often this pattern appears in descriptive words.
Quaggy is the standout for a rack score, with quagga next. Shaggy, froggy, twiggy, flaggy, and shuggy each score 14 in the scoring results. The average score is 12.7, so the top two are unusually strong rather than typical.
The examples also show why a repeated G does not make every word equally familiar. Twenty-one entries have definitions, but definition coverage is not the same as everyday use. Check your game's word list before building a play around an unfamiliar form.
How to use 6-letter words with G as the 4th and 5th letters
For a pattern clue, fix the middle letters first: the shape is _ _ _ G G _. Then test the first three letters against examples such as shaggy, craggy, and smoggy. S begins 9 matches, three times the count for B, D, or T, so it is a sensible starting point when the first letter is unknown.
The ending narrows the search quickly. A Y ending fits 25 entries, but the remaining words include forms ending in S, A, E, or O. Don’t assume every answer must be an adjective just because shaggy and flaggy fit that description; quagga ends in A, and troggs ends in S.
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