7-letter words with G as the 1st letter and E as the 2nd letter

127 7-letter words with G in position 1 and E in position 2 appear in tournament dictionaries, including GETTING and GENERAL.

127 wordsTop pick GETTINGHighest score GENIZAH 20

17 of 127 are everyday words (13%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With G in 1st place, A is the most common 2nd letter (297 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 17 · most-used first

All valid words 127

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

  • GEALING9
  • GEALOUS8
  • GEARBOX17
  • GEARING9
  • GECKING15
  • GECKOES14
  • GEDACTS11
  • GEDECKT15
  • GEEBAGS11
  • GEEBUNG11
  • GEECHEE13
  • GEEGAWS12
  • GEEKDOM15
  • GEEKIER12
  • GEEKING13
  • GEEKISH15
  • GEELBEK14
  • GEEZAHS20
  • GEEZERS17
  • GEFILTE11
  • GEGGIES10
  • GEISHAS11
  • GELABLE10
  • GELADAS9
  • GELANDE9
  • GELANTS8
  • GELATED9
  • GELATES8
  • GELATIN8
  • GELATIS8
  • GELATOS8
  • GELCAPS12
  • GELCOAT10
  • GELDERS9
  • GELDING10
  • GELIDER9
  • GELIDLY12
  • GELLANT8
  • GELLIES8
  • GELLING9
  • GEMCLIP14
  • GEMFISH16
  • GEMINAL10
  • GEMLIKE14
  • GEMMATE12
  • GEMMERY15
  • GEMMIER12
  • GEMMILY15
  • GEMMING13
  • GEMMULE12
  • GEMOTES10
  • GEMSBOK16
  • GENAPPE12
  • GENDERS9
  • GENERAL8
  • GENERIC10
  • GENESES8
  • GENESIS8
  • GENETIC10
  • GENETTE8
  • GENEVAS11
  • GENIPAP12
  • GENISTA8
  • GENITAL8
  • GENITOR8
  • GENIZAH20
  • GENIZOT17
  • GENLOCK14
  • GENNELS8
  • GENNETS8
  • GENNIES8
  • GENNING9
  • GENOISE8
  • GENOMES10
  • GENOMIC12
  • GENSENG9
  • GENTEEL8
  • GENTIAN8
  • GENTIER8
  • GENTILE8
  • GENTLED9
  • GENTLER8
  • GENTLES8
  • GENTOOS8
  • GENUINE8
  • GENUSES8
  • GEODESY12
  • GEODUCK15
  • GEOFACT13
  • GEOGENY12
  • GEOGONY12
  • GEOIDAL9
  • GEOLOGY12
  • GEOMANT10
  • GEORGIC11
  • GEOSMIN10
  • GEOTAGS9
  • GERBERA10
  • GERBILS10
  • GERENTS8
  • GERENUK12
  • GERMAIN10
  • GERMANE10
  • GERMANS10
  • GERMENS10
  • GERMIER10
  • GERMINA10
  • GERMING11
  • GERMINS10
  • GERNING9
  • GERTCHA13
  • GERUNDS9
  • GESSING9
  • GESSOED9
  • GESSOES8
  • GESTALT8
  • GESTANT8
  • GESTAPO10
  • GESTATE8
  • GESTURE8
  • GETABLE10
  • GETAWAY14
  • GETOUTS8
  • GETTERS8
  • GETTING9
  • GEWGAWS15
  • GEYSERS11
Letters by positionIn 32% of these words the 7th letter is S.
3rd letter
  1. N27%
  2. L14%
  3. R12%
4th letter
  1. T13%
  2. M12%
  3. A10%
5th letter
  1. I24%
  2. A13%
  3. E11%
6th letter
  1. N20%
  2. E18%
  3. A9%
7th letter
  1. S32%
  2. E13%
  3. G11%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 8 in Scrabble; GENIZAH tops the list with 20. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 88 points: 36 words
  2. 9 points: 19 words
  3. 1010 points: 22 words
  4. 11 points: 9 words
  5. 1212 points: 15 words
  6. 13 points: 5 words
  7. 1414 points: 6 words
  8. 15 points: 8 words
  9. 1616 points: 2 words
  10. 17 points: 3 words
  11. 1818 points: 0 words
  12. 19 points: 0 words
  13. 2020 points: 2 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
GENIZAH2021Collins only
GEEZAHS2020Collins only
GEARBOX1719All three
GEEZERS1718All three
GENIZOT1719Collins only
GEMSBOK1619All three
GEMFISH1617Collins only
GEEKDOM1517Collins · NWL
GEODUCK1518All three
GEWGAWS1517All three
GEEKISH1515NWL only
GECKING1519All three

The fixed slots hold G in position 1 and E in position 2. GEARBOX is another productive continuation, and its seventeen points sit below the two twenty-point leaders; The S ending appears on forty-one words, making it the best final-tile group to review after testing GEN, GET and GEAR openings;

Pattern facts at a glance

  • This set contains 127 tournament matches.
  • Seventeen words pass the common group.
  • S is the most frequent ending, at forty-one.
  • GENIZAH and GEEZAHS tie at twenty points.

GEN is the first branch to test

GE is followed by a broad set of consonants, but GEN is the obvious first branch. GENERAL, GENUINE, GENETIC, GENERIC, GENESIS and GENITAL all appear among the examples. GETTING and GETAWAY provide a separate GET route, while GEARING checks another common continuation.

This frame has 127 tournament matches, the largest count in this batch, and seventeen meet the common group. S is the most frequent ending with 41; E follows at sixteen and G at fourteen. A player who only searches GEN will miss a useful range of GE openings and endings.

Branches after GE

Tip

Try GEN first, then check GET and GEAR before searching rarer GE continuations.

More clues from the word set

The large count has a clear lexical shape. GEN words account for GENERAL, GENUINE, GENETIC, GENERIC, GENESIS and GENITAL, while GETTING and GETAWAY break away from that cluster. S is the most frequent final letter with forty-one entries.

Those numbers suggest testing GEN before less productive continuations, then checking a wider range of endings.

GEN examples are especially easy to scan because their first three letters stay constant while their endings branch into -AL, -INE, -IC, -ESIS and -ITAL. That variety explains why the set reaches 127 without relying on one suffix. A player who checks only -AL will miss the denser range visible in the remaining examples.

GEARBOX is another productive continuation, and its seventeen points sit below the two twenty-point leaders. The S ending appears on forty-one words, making it the best final-tile group to review after testing GEN, GET and GEAR openings.

Questions people ask

Which continuation should you test first?
GEN is the strongest recognizable branch, with GENERAL, GENUINE, GENETIC, GENERIC, GENESIS and GENITAL among the examples. GETTING and GETAWAY show that GE also opens a separate GET group.
What word leads the score list?
GENIZAH and GEEZAHS tie at twenty points. GEARBOX follows at seventeen. GETAWAY scores fourteen, which is lower but more familiar to most readers than the top pair.
Do all game dictionaries have the same set?
No. Collins lists 121 matches, NWL2023 lists 93 and ENABLE lists 80. Seventeen count as common. That makes this the broadest pattern in the assigned set, but the available pool still depends on the game’s lexicon.

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