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

The fixed slots hold G in position 1 and N in position 7. The list spread is modest at the Collins end: it has fifty-nine entries, just one fewer than the full total; ENABLE has forty-two, so the accepted pool depends more on the game’s chosen lexicon than the fixed final tile;

Pattern facts at a glance

• N is the final tile in all sixty matches.
• Four entries count as common.
• Collins includes fifty-nine words.
• GRYPHON leads at sixteen points.

The terminal N stays fixed

The terminal N never changes across this set of sixty words. GRIFFIN, GOODMAN and GELATIN are recognizable anchors, joined by GREMLIN, GALLEON and GLUTTON. Only four matches count as common, so the fixed ending makes the pattern easy to state but does not make every answer familiar.

Because the last tile is settled, compare the first six letters instead. GRIFFIN and GRIFFON differ by one vowel near the end; both fit, though their spellings are easy to confuse. GERMAN words such as GERMAIN and GREISEN appear too, alongside other specialist vocabulary.

Compare the six changeable tiles

More clues from the word set

With N already fixed at the end, the middle letters distinguish GRIFFIN from GRIFFON and create recognizable shapes such as GOODMAN, GELATIN and GREMLIN. GRYPHON leads the scoring table at sixteen; GHERKIN earns fifteen. Only four entries are common, despite sixty matches, so familiar anchors cover a small slice of the vocabulary.

The terminal N gives this set a clean visual boundary, but sixty entries still leave many ways to arrange the preceding tiles. GRIFFIN and GRIFFON are a particularly useful pair to compare because one vowel changes the ending cluster. The four common matches are a practical starting list, not a substitute for the full dictionary pool.

The list spread is modest at the Collins end: it has fifty-nine entries, just one fewer than the full total. ENABLE has forty-two, so the accepted pool depends more on the game’s chosen lexicon than the fixed final tile.