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

Both fixed letters sit beside each other, leaving four opening slots for the rest of the pattern. Of 109 qualifying entries, familiar picks include THINGS, CHANGE, ORANGE, and BRINGS; the group also contains forms such as THINGY and GRANGE. Only 16 meet our common-word cutoff, so familiar examples are a small slice.

How many 6-letter words have N fourth and G fifth?

• 109 entries match the N-G sequence in positions four and five.
• 103 appear in Collins, compared with 73 in NWL2023 and 64 in ENABLE.
• Just 16 count as common under the top-25,000 word-frequency threshold.
• 53 entries end in S; another 22 end in E and 16 in Y.
• THINGS, CHANGE, and ORANGE are among the familiar examples.
• Replacing G with E in position five raises the matching count to 441.

Which endings narrow the pattern fastest?

Ending letters make the strongest quick filter: 53 of the 109 words finish in S, almost half. That puts forms such as THINGS, BRINGS, SWINGS, and STINGS near the front of a scan. The suffix is common, but it does not tell you whether a word is familiar or accepted in your game.

The next endings are less dominant: E appears 22 times and Y 16 times. ORANGE and LOUNGE illustrate the E group; THINGY, STINGY, and CLINGY show how the Y ending can turn the same N-G frame into a different word form. Only eight entries finish in A, and eight in O.

Which entries score well, and what is the catch?

• MZUNGU leads the score list at 18; QUANGO and WHINGY follow at 16.
• THINGY, WHINGE, TWANGY, SWINGY, and FRINGY each score 13.
• CHANGE, ORANGE, and THINGS are easier recognition anchors than rare high scorers.
• Only 86 entries have definitions, while just 16 meet the common-word cutoff.
• The total includes entries found in at least one tournament dictionary, not words guaranteed in every game's list.

A quick way to work the clue