7-letter words with G as the 1st letter and I as the 5th letter

7-letter words with G as the 1st letter and I as the 5th letter number 348, including GETTING, GENUINE, and GRAZING.

348 wordsTop pick GETTINGHighest score GAUZILY 20

21 of 348 are everyday words (6%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

1st letter
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B
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D
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G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
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X
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Z

5th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
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Z

With G in 1st place, I is the most common 5th letter (348 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 21 · most-used first

GETTING₉
GROWING₁₂
GENUINE₈
GRAVITY₁₄
GAINING₉
GRANITE₈
GLOWING₁₂
GUIDING₁₀
GLACIER₁₀
GUNFIRE₁₁
GRAZING₁₈
GRADING₁₀
GOODIES₉
GLACIAL₁₀
GEARING₉
GLARING₉
GOLFING₁₂
GIMMICK₁₈
GLIDING₁₀
GRATING₉
GYPSIES₁₃

All valid words 348

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

GABBIER₁₂
GABBING₁₃
GABLING₁₁
GACHING₁₄
GADDING₁₁
GADGIES₁₀
GADLING₁₀
GADOIDS₁₀
GAFFING₁₅
GAGGING₁₁
GAHNITE₁₁
GAINING₉
GAITING₉
GALLICA₁₀
GALLIED₉
GALLIES₈
GALLING₉
GALLIOT₈
GALLISE₈
GALLIUM₁₀
GALLIZE₁₇
GAMBIAS₁₂
GAMBIER₁₂
GAMBIRS₁₂
GAMBIST₁₂
GAMBITS₁₂
GAMMIER₁₂
GAMMING₁₃
GAMPISH₁₅
GANGING₁₀
GANKING₁₃
GANNING₉
GANOIDS₉
GANOINE₈
GANOINS₈
GANTING₉
GAOLING₉
GAPPIER₁₂
GAPPING₁₃
GARBING₁₁
GARFISH₁₄
GARLICS₁₀
GARNISH₁₁
GARPIKE₁₄
GARRING₉
GARVIES₁₁
GASEITY₁₁
GASHING₁₂
GASKING₁₃
GASKINS₁₂
GASPIER₁₀
GASPING₁₁
GASSIER₈
GASSILY₁₁
GASSING₉
GASTING₉
GAUCIER₁₀
GAUDIER₉
GAUDIES₉
GAUDILY₁₂
GAUDING₁₀
GAUGING₁₀
GAUMIER₁₀
GAUMING₁₁
GAUPING₁₁
GAUZIER₁₇
GAUZILY₂₀
GAWCIER₁₃
GAWKIER₁₅
GAWKIES₁₅
GAWKILY₁₈
GAWKING₁₆
GAWKISH₁₈
GAWPING₁₄
GAWSIER₁₁
GEALING₉
GEARING₉
GECKING₁₅
GEEKIER₁₂
GEEKING₁₃
GEEKISH₁₅
GEGGIES₁₀
GELDING₁₀
GELLIES₈
GELLING₉
GEMFISH₁₆
GEMLIKE₁₄
GEMMIER₁₂
GEMMILY₁₅
GEMMING₁₃
GENNIES₈
GENNING₉
GENOISE₈
GENTIAN₈
GENTIER₈
GENTILE₈
GENUINE₈
GERBILS₁₀
GERMIER₁₀
GERMINA₁₀
GERMING₁₁
GERMINS₁₀
GERNING₉
GESSING₉
GETTING₉
GHARIAL₁₁
GHAZIES₂₀
GIBBING₁₃
GIDDIED₁₁
GIDDIER₁₀
GIDDIES₁₀
GIDDILY₁₃
GIFTING₁₂
GIGGING₁₁
GIGGITS₁₀
GILDING₁₀
GILGIES₉
GILLIED₉
GILLIES₈
GILLING₉
GILLION₈
GILPIES₁₀
GIMMICK₁₈
GIMMIES₁₂
GIMPIER₁₂
GIMPING₁₃
GINGILI₉
GINGIVA₁₂
GINNIER₈
GINNING₉
GIPPIES₁₂
GIPPING₁₃
GIPSIED₁₁
GIPSIES₁₀
GIRDING₁₀
GIRKINS₁₂
GIRLIER₈
GIRLIES₈
GIRLISH₁₁
GIRNIER₈
GIRNING₉
GIRTING₉
GITTING₉
GLACIAL₁₀
GLACIER₁₀
GLADIER₉
GLADIUS₉
GLARIER₈
GLARING₉
GLAZIER₁₇
GLAZILY₂₀
GLAZING₁₈
GLEEING₉
GLEYING₁₂
GLIDING₁₀
GLIMING₁₁
GLOBING₁₁
GLOBINS₁₀
GLORIAS₈
GLORIED₉
GLORIES₈
GLORIFY₁₄
GLOVING₁₂
GLOWING₁₂
GLOZING₁₈
GLUCINA₁₀
GLUEING₉
GLYCINE₁₃
GLYCINS₁₃
GNAWING₁₂
GNOMISH₁₃
GNOMIST₁₀
GOADING₁₀
GOALIES₈
GOALING₉
GOATIER₈
GOATISH₁₁
GOBBIER₁₂
GOBBING₁₃
GOBIIDS₁₁
GOBLINS₁₀
GODDING₁₁
GODLIER₉
GODLIKE₁₃
GODLILY₁₂
GODLING₁₀
GODWITS₁₂
GOETIES₈
GOFFING₁₅
GOLDIER₉
GOLDISH₁₂
GOLFING₁₂
GOLLIED₉
GOLLIES₈
GONGING₁₀
GOOBIES₁₀
GOODIER₉
GOODIES₉
GOODISH₁₂
GOOFIER₁₁
GOOFILY₁₄
GOOFING₁₂
GOOLIES₈
GOONIER₈
GOONIES₈
GOOPIER₁₀
GOORIES₈
GOOSIER₈
GOOSIES₈
GOOSING₉
GORDITA₉
GORGIAS₉
GORGING₁₀
GORGIOS₉
GORMIER₁₀
GORMING₁₁
GORPING₁₁
GORSIER₈
GOSLING₉
GOSSIBS₁₀
GOSSING₉
GOSSIPS₁₀
GOSSIPY₁₃
GOTHICS₁₃
GOTHITE₁₁
GOUGING₁₀
GOUTIER₈
GOUTILY₁₁
GOWFING₁₅
GOWLING₁₂
GOWNING₁₂
GRACILE₁₀
GRACING₁₁
GRADINE₉
GRADING₁₀
GRADINI₉
GRADINO₉
GRADINS₉
GRANITA₈
GRANITE₈
GRAPIER₁₀
GRAPING₁₁
GRATIFY₁₄
GRATINE₈
GRATING₉
GRATINS₈
GRAVIDA₁₂
GRAVIES₁₁
GRAVING₁₂
GRAVITY₁₄
GRAYING₁₂
GRAYISH₁₄
GRAZIER₁₇
GRAZING₁₈
GRECIAN₁₀
GRECISE₁₀
GRECIZE₁₉
GREEING₉
GREMIAL₁₀
GREWING₁₂
GREYING₁₂
GREYISH₁₄
GRICING₁₁
GRIDING₁₀
GRIMIER₁₀
GRIMILY₁₃
GRIMING₁₁
GRIPIER₁₀
GRIPING₁₁
GRISING₉
GRODIER₉
GRONING₉
GROPING₁₁
GROVIER₁₁
GROWING₁₂
GROZING₁₈
GRUEING₉
GRUNION₈
GRYDING₁₃
GUANINE₈
GUANINS₈
GUARISH₁₁
GUBBINS₁₂
GUCKIER₁₄
GUERITE₈
GUFFIES₁₄
GUIDING₁₀
GUILING₉
GUISING₉
GULFIER₁₁
GULFING₁₂
GULLIED₉
GULLIES₈
GULLING₉
GULLISH₁₁
GULPIER₁₀
GULPING₁₁
GUMLIKE₁₄
GUMLINE₁₀
GUMMIER₁₂
GUMMIES₁₂
GUMMILY₁₅
GUMMING₁₃
GUMMITE₁₂
GUMPING₁₃
GUNDIES₉
GUNFIRE₁₁
GUNGIER₉
GUNGING₁₀
GUNKIER₁₂
GUNKING₁₃
GUNNIES₈
GUNNING₉
GUPPIES₁₂
GURDIES₉
GURGING₁₀
GURLIER₈
GURLING₉
GURNING₉
GURRIER₈
GURRIES₈
GURUISM₁₀
GUSHIER₁₁
GUSHILY₁₄
GUSHING₁₂
GUSSIED₉
GUSSIES₈
GUSTIER₈
GUSTILY₁₁
GUSTING₉
GUTLIKE₁₂
GUTSIER₈
GUTSILY₁₁
GUTSING₉
GUTTIER₈
GUTTIES₈
GUTTING₉
GUYLINE₁₁
GUYLING₁₂
GWINIAD₁₂
GWYNIAD₁₅
GYMPIES₁₅
GYMPING₁₆
GYNNIES₁₁
GYPPIES₁₅
GYPPING₁₆
GYPSIED₁₄
GYPSIES₁₃

Letters by positionIn 43% of these words the 6th letter is N.

2nd letter

A22%
U17%
O17%

3rd letter

A13%
R11%
O9%

4th letter

L14%
D10%
P8%

6th letter

N43%
E31%
S6%

7th letter

G36%
S20%
R16%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; GAUZILY tops the list with 20. Scores before board bonuses.

88 points: 52 words
9 points: 70 words
1010 points: 57 words
11 points: 47 words
1212 points: 49 words
13 points: 25 words
1414 points: 16 words
15 points: 13 words
1616 points: 4 words
17 points: 4 words
1818 points: 7 words
19 points: 1 words
2020 points: 3 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
GAUZILY	20	22	All three
GHAZIES	20	20	All three
GLAZILY	20	22	Collins · NWL
GRECIZE	19	21	All three
GRAZING	18	21	All three
GIMMICK	18	22	All three
GLAZING	18	22	All three
GLOZING	18	22	All three
GAWKILY	18	19	All three
GAWKISH	18	18	All three
GROZING	18	21	Collins only
GLAZIER	17	19	All three

The pattern fixes two positions but leaves plenty of room for different word shapes: GETTING and GROWING end in -ing, while GRANITE and GRAVITY do not. Of the 348 matches, 21 count among common English words. Dictionary coverage varies too, so a familiar-looking word is not automatically accepted in every tournament game.

The G-I pattern at a glance

348 seven-letter words begin with G and place I in position five.
GETTING, GROWING, GENUINE, and GRAVITY are recognizable examples.
Collins includes 341 matches; NWL2023 includes 258, and ENABLE includes 231.
A total of 272 matches have definitions, while 21 fall among common English words.
The average tile score is 10.9; GAUZILY and GLAZILY each score 20.

How does G-I compare with other fifth letters?

G-I produces more matches than the nearby G-E and G-A patterns: those have 215 and 104 words, respectively. I is a productive fifth letter when G is fixed at the start. Compare [[g-1st-and-e-5th-letter]] or [[g-1st-and-a-5th-letter]] for a quick contrast.

The ending letters show a strong -ing tendency. Of these matches, 127 finish in G, compared with 70 ending in S and 56 ending in R. GETTING, GROWING, and GAINING illustrate the G-ending group; GRANITE and GRAVITY show why the pattern is broader than one suffix.

The contrast is sharper when you change the first letter instead: 648 seven-letter words have S first and I fifth, nearly twice this G-I total. G-I is a tighter search than S-I, but it still includes familiar words alongside less common entries.

Which G-I words stand out in word games?

For tile scoring, GAUZILY and GLAZILY lead at 20 points each; GRECIZE follows at 19, while GRAZING and GIMMICK each score 18. These high-value plays depend on the board, but the unusual words deserve a dictionary check before you commit.

GETTING and GENUINE are easier to recognize than many high scorers, but familiarity alone does not guarantee tournament validity. Collins accepts more matches than NWL2023 or ENABLE, so check your game's word list when using an unfamiliar entry. That dictionary gap is the main limitation of treating all 348 matches as interchangeable.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words start with G and have I fifth?

There are 348 matches for this pattern. Examples include GETTING, GENUINE, GRANITE, and GRAZING. The count includes words appearing in at least one tournament dictionary, rather than every possible letter string.

Which G-I seven-letter words score the most?

GAUZILY and GLAZILY tie for the highest listed tile score at 20 points. GRECIZE follows at 19, while GRAZING and GIMMICK each score 18. Confirm acceptance in your game's dictionary before playing an unfamiliar high scorer.

Which letter appears most often at the end of these words?

G is the most common final letter, appearing in 127 matches. S comes next with 70, followed by R with 56. The large G-ending group includes words such as GETTING, GROWING, and GAINING, which share a familiar suffix.

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