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

6-letter words with N as the 5th letter and G as the 6th letter: 585 matches, from familiar MAKING and TRYING to high-scoring JOKING.

585 wordsTop pick DURINGHighest score HAZING 19

124 of 585 are everyday words (21%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

5th letter
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6th letter
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With N in 5th place, G is the most common 6th letter (585 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 124 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 124 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 585

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

AAHING₁₀
ABLING₉
ABYING₁₂
ACHING₁₂
ACTING₉
ADDING₉
ADZING₁₇
AGEING₈
AGOING₈
AIDING₈
AILING₇
AIMING₉
AIRING₇
AMPING₁₁
ANTING₇
APTING₉
ARCING₉
ARKING₁₁
ARLING₇
ARMING₉
ARSING₇
ASHING₁₀
ASKING₁₁
ASWING₁₀
ATTING₇
AUDING₈
AWEING₁₀
AWNING₁₀
AWRONG₁₀
BAAING₉
BAKING₁₃
BALING₉
BANING₉
BARING₉
BARONG₉
BASING₉
BATING₉
BAYING₁₂
BEBUNG₁₁
BEDUNG₁₀
BELONG₉
BESANG₉
BESING₉
BESUNG₉
BETING₉
BIDING₁₀
BIKING₁₃
BILING₉
BITING₉
BLUING₉
BODING₁₀
BOGONG₁₀
BOKING₁₃
BONING₉
BOOING₉
BORING₉
BOWING₁₂
BOXING₁₆
BOYING₁₂
BUGONG₁₀
BUSING₉
BUYING₁₂
BYDING₁₃
BYKING₁₆
CAAING₉
CAGING₁₀
CAKING₁₃
CANING₉
CAPING₁₁
CARING₉
CASING₉
CAVING₁₂
CAWING₁₂
CEDING₁₀
CERING₉
CIDING₁₀
CITING₉
CLUING₉
CLYING₁₂
CODING₁₀
COKING₁₃
COMING₁₁
CONING₉
COOING₉
COPING₁₁
CORING₉
COSING₉
COTING₉
COVING₁₂
COWING₁₂
COXING₁₆
COYING₁₂
COZING₁₈
CRYING₁₂
CUBING₁₁
CUEING₉
CURING₉
DAEING₈
DARING₈
DATING₈
DAWING₁₁
DAZING₁₇
DEEING₈
DEFANG₁₁
DEKING₁₂
DERING₈
DEWING₁₁
DICING₁₀
DIEING₈
DIKING₁₂
DINING₈
DITING₈
DIVING₁₁
DOLING₈
DOMING₁₀
DONING₈
DOPING₁₀
DOSING₈
DOTING₈
DOVING₁₁
DOWING₁₁
DOXING₁₅
DOZING₁₇
DRYING₁₁
DUDING₉
DUGONG₉
DUKING₁₂
DUPING₁₀
DURING₈
DYEING₁₁
DYKING₁₅
EANING₇
EARING₇
EASING₇
EATING₇
EBBING₁₁
ECHING₁₂
EDGING₉
EELING₇
EFFING₁₃
EGGING₉
EIKING₁₁
ELDING₈
ELFING₁₀
EMPING₁₁
ENDING₈
ENRING₇
ERLANG₇
ERNING₇
ERRING₇
EUKING₁₁
EUMONG₉
EUMUNG₉
EWKING₁₄
EYEING₁₀
FAAING₁₀
FACING₁₂
FADING₁₁
FAKING₁₄
FAMING₁₂
FARING₁₀
FATING₁₀
FAXING₁₇
FAYING₁₃
FAZING₁₉
FEEING₁₀
FENING₁₀
FETING₁₀
FEUING₁₀
FEYING₁₃
FIFING₁₃
FIKING₁₄
FILING₁₀
FINING₁₀
FIRING₁₀
FIXING₁₇
FLYING₁₃
FOXING₁₇
FROING₁₀
FRYING₁₃
FUMING₁₂
FUSING₁₀
FUZING₁₉
FYKING₁₇
GAEING₈
GAGING₉
GALING₈
GAMING₁₀
GAPING₁₀
GATING₈
GAZING₁₇
GEEING₈
GIBING₁₀
GIEING₈
GIVING₁₁
GLUING₈
GOBANG₁₀
GORING₈
GRUING₈
GUYING₁₁
GYBING₁₃
GYRING₁₁
GYVING₁₄
HADING₁₁
HAEING₁₀
HALING₁₀
HAMING₁₂
HARING₁₀
HATING₁₀
HAVING₁₃
HAWING₁₃
HAYING₁₃
HAZING₁₉
HELING₁₀
HETING₁₀
HEWING₁₃
HEXING₁₇
HEYING₁₃
HIDING₁₁
HIEING₁₀
HIKING₁₄
HIRING₁₀
HIVING₁₃
HOAING₁₀
HOEING₁₀
HOHING₁₃
HOKING₁₄
HOLING₁₀
HOMING₁₂
HONING₁₀
HOPING₁₂
HOSING₁₀
HOVING₁₃
HOXING₁₇
HOYING₁₃
HYEING₁₃
HYPING₁₅
ICHING₁₂
IDLING₈
IGGING₉
IMPING₁₁
INKING₁₁
INNING₇
IRKING₁₁
ISLING₇
JADING₁₅
JAPING₁₆
JAWING₁₇
JEEING₁₄
JEWING₁₇
JIBING₁₆
JIVING₁₇
JOBING₁₆
JOKING₁₈
JOLING₁₄
JOWING₁₇
JOYING₁₇
JUKING₁₈
KAEING₁₁
KALONG₁₁
KAWING₁₄
KEYING₁₄
KITING₁₁
KOBANG₁₃
LACING₉
LADING₈
LAKING₁₁
LALANG₇
LAMING₉
LASING₇
LAVING₁₀
LAWING₁₀
LAYING₁₀
LAZING₁₆
LEEING₇
LEGONG₈
LEMING₉
LERING₇
LIKING₁₁
LIMING₉
LINING₇
LITING₇
LIVING₁₀
LOBING₉
LOCING₉
LOMING₉
LOOING₇
LOPING₉
LORING₇
LOSING₇
LOUING₇
LOVING₁₀
LOWING₁₀
LOXING₁₄
LUBING₉
LUGING₈
LURING₇
LUTING₇
LYSING₁₀
LYTING₁₀
MAAING₉
MACING₁₁
MAKING₁₃
MASING₉
MATING₉
MAWING₁₂
MAXING₁₆
MAYING₁₂
MAZING₁₈
MENING₉
MERING₉
METING₉
MEVING₁₂
MEWING₁₂
MIKING₁₃
MILING₉
MIMING₁₁
MINING₉
MIRING₉
MIXING₁₆
MOOING₉
MOPING₁₁
MOSING₉
MOVING₁₂
MOWING₁₂
MOZING₁₈
MULING₉
MURING₉
MUSANG₉
MUSING₉
MUTING₉
MUXING₁₆
NAMING₉
NAPING₉
NEWING₁₀
NIDING₈
NIXING₁₄
NOSING₇
NOTING₇
NOYING₁₀
NUKING₁₁
OARING₇
OBIING₉
OBLONG₉
OFFING₁₃
OGLING₈
OILING₇
ONDING₈
ONNING₇
OOHING₁₀
OOLONG₇
OOPING₉
OOZING₁₆
OPTING₉
ORBING₉
OULONG₇
OUPING₉
OURANG₇
OUTING₇
OWLING₁₀
OWNING₁₀
OXGANG₁₅
PACING₁₁
PADANG₁₀
PAGING₁₀
PALING₉
PANING₉
PARANG₉
PARING₉
PAVING₁₂
PAWING₁₂
PAYING₁₂
PEEING₉
PENANG₉
PENING₉
PICONG₁₁
PIEING₉
PIKING₁₃
PILING₉
PINANG₉
PINING₉
PIPING₁₁
PIZING₁₈
PLYING₁₂
POKING₁₃
POLING₉
POOING₉
PORING₉
POSING₉
POTING₉
POXING₁₆
PRYING₁₂
PUKING₁₃
PULING₉
PURING₉
PWNING₁₂
PYEING₁₂
PYNING₁₂
PYXING₁₉
QIGONG₁₇
RACING₉
RAGING₈
RAHING₁₀
RAKING₁₁
RAPING₉
RARING₇
RASING₇
RATING₇
RAVING₁₀
RAWING₁₀
RAXING₁₄
RAYING₁₀
RAZING₁₆
REDING₈
REHANG₁₀
REHUNG₁₀
REKING₁₁
RICING₉
RIDING₈
RILING₇
RIMING₉
RIPING₉
RISING₇
RIVING₁₀
ROBING₉
RODING₈
ROKING₁₁
ROPING₉
ROSING₇
ROTING₇
ROVING₁₀
ROWING₁₀
RUEING₇
RULING₇
RYKING₁₄
SAFING₁₀
SANING₇
SARING₇
SARONG₇
SATANG₇
SATING₇
SAVING₁₀
SAWING₁₀
SAYING₁₀
SEEING₇
SERANG₇
SERING₇
SEWING₁₀
SEXING₁₄
SHLONG₁₀
SHYING₁₃
SIDING₈
SILING₇
SINING₇
SIPING₉
SIRING₇
SITING₇
SIZING₁₆
SKIING₁₁
SKYING₁₄
SLUING₇
SOLING₇
SORING₇
SOWING₁₀
SPAING₉
SPRANG₉
SPRING₉
SPRONG₉
SPRUNG₉
SPUING₉
SPYING₁₂
STRANG₇
STRING₇
STRONG₇
STRUNG₇
STYING₁₀
SURING₇
SUSING₇
SYEING₁₀
SYNING₁₀
SYPING₁₂
TAEING₇
TAKING₁₁
TAMING₉
TAPING₉
TARING₇
TASING₇
TAWING₁₀
TAXING₁₄
TEAING₇
TEEING₇
TEWING₁₀
THRANG₁₀
THRONG₁₀
TICING₉
TIDING₈
TIEING₇
TILING₇
TIMING₉
TINING₇
TIRING₇
TOEING₇
TOKING₁₁
TOLING₇
TONING₇
TOPING₉
TOSING₇
TOTING₇
TOWING₁₀
TOYING₁₀
TOZING₁₆
TRUING₇
TRYING₁₀
TSKING₁₁
TUBING₉
TUNING₇
TYEING₁₀
TYNING₁₀
TYPING₁₂
TYRING₁₀
UGGING₉
ULLING₇
UMMING₁₁
UMPING₁₁
UNHANG₁₀
UNHUNG₁₀
UNKING₁₁
UNSUNG₇
UPGANG₁₀
UPHANG₁₂
UPHUNG₁₂
UPPING₁₁
URGING₈
URNING₇
URPING₉
VADING₁₁
VAPING₁₂
VAXING₁₇
VEXING₁₇
VIBING₁₂
VICING₁₂
VIKING₁₄
VINING₁₀
VIRING₁₀
VISING₁₀
VOLING₁₀
VOTING₁₀
VOWING₁₃
WADING₁₁
WAGING₁₁
WAKING₁₄
WALING₁₀
WANING₁₀
WARING₁₀
WAVING₁₃
WAXING₁₇
WAYANG₁₃
WAYING₁₃
WEEING₁₀
WEXING₁₇
WIFING₁₃
WILING₁₀
WINING₁₀
WIPING₁₂
WIRING₁₀
WISING₁₀
WITING₁₀
WIVING₁₃
WONING₁₀
WOOING₁₀
WOWING₁₃
WRYING₁₃
WYLING₁₃
WYTING₁₃
YAWING₁₃
YEDING₁₁
YEVING₁₃
YEXING₁₇
YIKING₁₄
YMPING₁₄
YOKING₁₄
YOWING₁₃
YUKING₁₄
ZAMANG₁₈
ZONING₁₆

Letters by positionIn 91% of these words the 4th letter is I.

1st letter

2nd letter

A24%
O20%
I16%

3rd letter

R10%
K8%
L7%

4th letter

I91%
A4%
O3%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; HAZING tops the list with 19. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 87 words
8 points: 41 words
99 points: 121 words
10 points: 113 words
1111 points: 56 words
12 points: 47 words
1313 points: 44 words
14 points: 23 words
1515 points: 5 words
16 points: 16 words
1717 points: 21 words
18 points: 7 words
1919 points: 4 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
HAZING	19	20	All three
FUZING	19	22	All three
FAZING	19	21	All three
PYXING	19	21	Collins only
JOKING	18	22	All three
MAZING	18	21	All three
JUKING	18	23	All three
COZING	18	21	Collins only
MOZING	18	21	Collins only
PIZING	18	21	Collins only
ZAMANG	18	21	Collins only
FIXING	17	19	All three

The fixed ending is N-G, but the words span everyday actions, familiar nouns, and less common plays. MAKING, COMING, and TAKING show how often the pattern appears in verb forms; STRONG and SPRING break that mold. Of the 585 matches, 124 fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.

At a glance: the N-G pattern

There are 585 tournament-dictionary matches with N fifth and G last.
A total of 473 matches have a definition in the covered dictionary sources.
The average score is 10.5; HAZING, FUZING, FAZING, and PYXING each score 19.
S is the most common first letter, with 46 words; T follows with 39.

Which familiar words fit the N-G ending?

The familiar core is the -ING ending: MAKING, TRYING, COMING, TAKING, and LIVING all fit. These examples make the pattern easy to spot when a clue fixes the final two tiles but leaves the first four open.

Not every match is a verb form, since STRONG shows a different word shape from SAYING and SEEING. Among starting letters, S leads with 46 matches, followed by T at 39 and P at 37. For a smaller contrast, the same pattern with O in the fifth spot has 32 matches.

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

Treat the final N-G as fixed, then test the first four letters against your known tiles. In a word game, don’t assume every familiar-looking option is accepted: the counts differ across Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE. Check your game's word list before committing to an unfamiliar entry.

For scoring, JOKING earns 18 points, while HAZING, FUZING, FAZING, and PYXING each earn 19. Those high scores come from less common letter choices, not from the shared ending alone. Most matches are not in the common-frequency group, so prioritize recognizable fits when speed matters; save obscure possibilities for a word-list check.

Questions people ask

How many six-letter words have N fifth and G last?

There are 585 matches in the tournament-dictionary count. The group includes everyday words such as MAKING and TAKING, as well as less familiar options. The count combines words found in at least one of ENABLE, Collins, or NWL2023.

What is the highest-scoring word in this pattern?

HAZING, FUZING, FAZING, and PYXING each score 19 points. Their high totals come from valuable letters within the word, rather than from the final N-G pattern. JOKING is another strong option at 18 points.

Are most N-fifth, G-last words common?

No. There are 124 words in the common-frequency group out of 585 total matches. Familiar choices include COMING, LIVING, and SAYING, but many other entries are less likely to appear in everyday writing. Check your game's word list when testing an unfamiliar word.

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

Common words 124 · most-used first

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At a glance: the N-G pattern

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

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