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.
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.
Common words
- GETTING9
- GENERAL8
- GENUINE8
- GENETIC10
- GERMANS10
- GENERIC10
- GESTURE8
- GENESIS8
- GEOLOGY12
- GETAWAY14
- GENITAL8
- GEARING9
- GENDERS9
- GERMAIN10
- GEARBOX17
- GENOMIC12
- GESTAPO10
All valid words 127
- 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
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| GENIZAH | 20 | 21 | Collins only |
| GEEZAHS | 20 | 20 | Collins only |
| GEARBOX | 17 | 19 | All three |
| GEEZERS | 17 | 18 | All three |
| GENIZOT | 17 | 19 | Collins only |
| GEMSBOK | 16 | 19 | All three |
| GEMFISH | 16 | 17 | Collins only |
| GEEKDOM | 15 | 17 | Collins · NWL |
| GEODUCK | 15 | 18 | All three |
| GEWGAWS | 15 | 17 | All three |
| GEEKISH | 15 | 15 | NWL only |
| GECKING | 15 | 19 | All 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
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.
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