Five-letter words ending in G
88 five-letter words end with the letter G. Here is the full list, grouped by first letter — handy when a crossword gives you the last square and nothing else.
Most common five-letter words ending in G
Ranked by how often they appear in written English.
- using
- being
- going
- young
- thing
- along
- among
- doing
- bring
- wrong
- swing
- aging
- debug
- dying
- lying
- thong
- chang
- sting
- owing
- tying
- boing
- slang
- sling
- icing
Highest-scoring five-letter words ending in G
Standard Scrabble tile values, before any board multipliers.
- squeg 15
- axing 13
- hying 12
- vying 12
- whang 12
- befog 11
- bewig 11
- bhang 11
- chang 11
- cohog 11
- defog 10
- dying 10
- eking 10
- kiang 10
- klong 10
- awing 9
- debug 9
- eying 9
- fling 9
- flong 9
- flung 9
- lying 9
- ohing 9
- owing 9
All 88 five-letter words ending in G
A 9
- acing
- aging
- alang
- almug
- along
- among
- aping
- awing
- axing
B 7
- befog
- being
- bewig
- bhang
- boing
- bourg
- bring
C 7
- chang
- clang
- cling
- clung
- cohog
- colog
- cuing
D 4
- debug
- defog
- doing
- dying
E 2
- eking
- eying
F 3
- fling
- flong
- flung
G 3
- glogg
- going
- gulag
H 1
- hying
I 3
- icing
- incog
- iring
K 2
- kiang
- klong
L 2
- liang
- lying
O 4
- ohing
- oping
- orang
- owing
P 4
- piing
- pirog
- prang
- prong
R 5
- renig
- repeg
- rerig
- retag
- ruing
S 18
- scrag
- shrug
- slang
- sling
- slung
- spang
- sprag
- sprig
- sprug
- squeg
- staig
- stang
- sting
- stung
- suing
- swang
- swing
- swung
T 4
- thing
- thong
- twang
- tying
U 3
- unpeg
- unrig
- using
V 1
- vying
W 5
- whang
- wrang
- wring
- wrong
- wrung
Y 1
- young
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Common questions
How many five-letter words end in G?
There are 88 five-letter words ending in G, all listed on this page in alphabetical order.
What are the most common five-letter words ending in G?
Ranked by how often they appear in written English, the most common are: using, being, going, young, thing, along, among, doing. The full "most common" list is near the top of this page.
What is the highest-scoring five-letter word ending in G in Scrabble?
squeg scores 15 points on plain tiles, before any double- or triple-word squares. Premium squares and the 50-point bingo bonus can change the ranking completely.
Can I use these words for Wordle?
Yes — every Wordle answer is a five-letter word, and this list covers all of them. To narrow it down with the clues you already have, use the Wordle solver: enter your greens, yellows and grays and it filters this same dictionary.
Are proper nouns and abbreviations included?
No. The list only contains words from the ENABLE lexicon, which excludes proper nouns, abbreviations and hyphenated forms — the same rule tournament Scrabble and most word games follow. Read more on the methodology page.
Counted from a 172,749-word public-domain lexicon, last reviewed 2026-08-01. How this list was built.