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

7-letter words with S as the 1st letter and G as the 7th letter total 252, including familiar forms such as SHOWING, SITTING, and SELLING.

252 wordsTop pick SHOWINGHighest score SKYFING 18

54 of 252 are everyday words (21%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With S in 1st place, S is the most common 7th letter (1,157 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 54 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 54 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 252

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

  • SABBING12
  • SABEING10
  • SABLING10
  • SABRING10
  • SACKING14
  • SACRING10
  • SADDING10
  • SAGGING10
  • SAILING8
  • SAINING8
  • SAIRING8
  • SALTING8
  • SALUING8
  • SALVING11
  • SAMMING12
  • SANDBAG11
  • SANDHOG12
  • SANDING9
  • SAPLING10
  • SAPPING12
  • SARKING12
  • SASHING11
  • SASSING8
  • SATSANG8
  • SAUCING10
  • SAUTING8
  • SCALING10
  • SCAPING12
  • SCARING10
  • SCENING10
  • SCHLONG13
  • SCOPING12
  • SCORING10
  • SCOWING13
  • SCRYING13
  • SCUMBAG14
  • SCUSING10
  • SEALING8
  • SEAMING10
  • SEANING8
  • SEARING8
  • SEASING8
  • SEATING8
  • SEAZING17
  • SEEDING9
  • SEEKING12
  • SEELING8
  • SEEMING10
  • SEEPING10
  • SEEWING11
  • SEILING8
  • SEINING8
  • SEISING8
  • SEIZING17
  • SELFING11
  • SELLING8
  • SEMILOG10
  • SENDING9
  • SENSING8
  • SENTING8
  • SERGING9
  • SERRING8
  • SERVING11
  • SETTING8
  • SEXTING15
  • SHADING12
  • SHAKING15
  • SHALING11
  • SHAMING13
  • SHAPING13
  • SHARING11
  • SHAVING14
  • SHAWING14
  • SHEBANG13
  • SHERANG11
  • SHEWING14
  • SHINDIG12
  • SHINING11
  • SHIRING11
  • SHITBAG13
  • SHITING11
  • SHIVING14
  • SHOEING11
  • SHOOING11
  • SHORING11
  • SHOVING14
  • SHOWING14
  • SHULING11
  • SHUTING11
  • SIAMANG10
  • SIBLING10
  • SICCING12
  • SICKING14
  • SIDLING9
  • SIEGING9
  • SIEVING11
  • SIFTING11
  • SIGHING12
  • SIGNING9
  • SILKING12
  • SILOING8
  • SILTING8
  • SINDING9
  • SINGING9
  • SINKING12
  • SINNING8
  • SIPPING12
  • SIRGANG9
  • SIRRING8
  • SISTING8
  • SITHING11
  • SITTING8
  • SKATING12
  • SKEEING12
  • SKEWING15
  • SKITING12
  • SKIVING15
  • SKOLING12
  • SKRYING15
  • SKYFING18
  • SKYRING15
  • SKYTING15
  • SLADANG9
  • SLAKING12
  • SLATING8
  • SLAVING11
  • SLAYING11
  • SLEWING11
  • SLICING10
  • SLIDING9
  • SLIMING10
  • SLIPING10
  • SLIVING11
  • SLOPING10
  • SLOWING11
  • SLUEING8
  • SMILING10
  • SMITING10
  • SMOKING14
  • SMORING10
  • SNAKING12
  • SNARING8
  • SNAWING11
  • SNEEING8
  • SNIDING9
  • SNIPING10
  • SNOKING12
  • SNORING8
  • SNOWING11
  • SOAKING12
  • SOAPING10
  • SOARING8
  • SOBBING12
  • SOCKING14
  • SODDING10
  • SOFTING11
  • SOGGING10
  • SOILING8
  • SOLOING8
  • SOLVING11
  • SOOKING12
  • SOOLING8
  • SOOMING10
  • SOOPING10
  • SOOTING8
  • SOPPING12
  • SORBING10
  • SORNING8
  • SORTING8
  • SOSSING8
  • SOTTING8
  • SOUCING10
  • SOUKING12
  • SOUMING10
  • SOUPING10
  • SOURING8
  • SOUSING8
  • SOWCING13
  • SOWFING14
  • SOWLING11
  • SOWMING13
  • SOWSING11
  • SPACING12
  • SPADING11
  • SPAEING10
  • SPANING10
  • SPARING10
  • SPAYING13
  • SPEWING13
  • SPICING12
  • SPIKING14
  • SPILING10
  • SPIRING10
  • SPITING10
  • SPOKING14
  • SPORING10
  • SPUEING10
  • SPUMING12
  • STAGING9
  • STAKING12
  • STALING8
  • STANING8
  • STARING8
  • STATING8
  • STAVING11
  • STAWING11
  • STAYING11
  • STEDING9
  • STEMING10
  • STEWING11
  • STILING8
  • STIMING10
  • STIRING8
  • STIVING11
  • STOKING12
  • STONING8
  • STOPING10
  • STORING8
  • STOVING11
  • STOWING11
  • STUPING10
  • STYLING11
  • STYMING13
  • STYRING11
  • STYTING11
  • SUBBING12
  • SUBRING10
  • SUBSONG10
  • SUCKING14
  • SUDSING9
  • SUEDING9
  • SUGGING10
  • SUGHING12
  • SUITING8
  • SULKING12
  • SUMMING12
  • SUNNING8
  • SUPPING12
  • SURFING11
  • SURGING9
  • SUSSING8
  • SWAGING12
  • SWALING11
  • SWAYING14
  • SWEEING11
  • SWEYING14
  • SWILING11
  • SWIPING13
  • SWIVING14
  • SYNAGOG12
  • SYNCING13
  • SYNDING12
Letters by positionIn 97% of these words the 6th letter is N.
2nd letter
  1. O13%
  2. E11%
  3. T11%
3rd letter
  1. A19%
  2. I15%
  3. O12%
4th letter
  1. R10%
  2. T10%
  3. L10%
5th letter
  1. I94%
  2. A2%
  3. B1%
6th letter
  1. N97%
  2. A1%
  3. O1%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 8 in Scrabble; SKYFING tops the list with 18. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 88 points: 55 words
  2. 9 points: 18 words
  3. 1010 points: 51 words
  4. 11 points: 46 words
  5. 1212 points: 40 words
  6. 13 points: 14 words
  7. 1414 points: 18 words
  8. 15 points: 7 words
  9. 1616 points: 0 words
  10. 17 points: 2 words
  11. 1818 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
SKYFING1819Collins only
SEIZING1719All three
SEAZING1719Collins only
SHAKING1516All three
SEXTING1517NWL only
SKEWING1517All three
SKIVING1518All three
SKRYING1516Collins · NWL
SKYRING1516Collins only
SKYTING1516Collins only
SHOWING1415All three
SMOKING1417All three

The fixed pattern leaves five letters to solve, and many recognizable matches use the ending -ing. SHOWING, SITTING, SELLING, SETTING, SHARING, and SERVING all fit. The 252 entries are counted when they appear in at least one tournament dictionary; 54 are among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so much of the full set is less familiar.

Pattern snapshot and standouts

  • Exactly 252 seven-letter words start with S and finish with G.
  • SHOWING, SITTING, SELLING, and SETTING are familiar matches.
  • There are 54 common entries by our word-frequency measure.
  • SKYFING scores 18 points, the highest score in the results.
  • The average score across the pattern is 10.7 points.

How many 7-letter words start with S and end with G?

There are 252 matches. That is more than the 179 words that start with B and end with G, but far fewer than the 1,157 that start with S and end with S. The final letter matters: keeping S at the front while changing G to E gives 403 matches.

A familiar -ing cluster accounts for many easy-to-spot examples: SINGING, SAILING, SOLVING, SMILING, and SKATING. These forms make the ending predictable, but the middle letters still need to match exactly; a six-letter answer such as SINGER does not fit the seven-letter frame.

Only 54 of the 252 matches count as common by frequency, or about one in five. That makes this pattern unusually split between recognizable everyday words and entries most players are less likely to know.

Which matches are worth checking in a word game?

SKYFING leads the Scrabble scores at 18 points, while SEIZING and SEAZING score 17 each. SHAKING, SEXTING, and SKEWING each reach 15. Those totals are tile scores before board bonuses, so a premium square can change the result.

The average tile score is 10.7, but score alone does not make an entry easy to play: SKYFING is a much less familiar choice than SHAKING. The set draws on ENABLE, Collins, and NWL2023, with 172 entries in ENABLE, 246 in Collins, and 181 in NWL2023. Check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar match.

Questions people ask

What are some common seven-letter words that start with S and end with G?
SHOWING, SITTING, SELLING, SETTING, SHARING, and SERVING are familiar examples. They all have seven letters, begin with S, and finish with G. The full pattern has 252 dictionary-listed matches, though only 54 meet our common-word frequency cutoff.
How many common words fit the S-to-G pattern?
There are 54 common matches among the 252 seven-letter words that start with S and end with G. Common means the word falls within the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so many other dictionary-valid entries are less familiar.
What is the highest-scoring Scrabble word in this group?
SKYFING scores 18 points, the highest tile score among these matches. SEIZING and SEAZING score 17 each. Board bonuses are not included in those totals, and unfamiliar words should be checked against the word list used in your game.

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