5 Letter Words Ending in G

Common 5-letter words that end in G

With their Scrabble points: the 16 most used that have a meaning, with a short one, then the rest, most used first.

• using 6to put into service
• going 7change location
• young 9being in the early period of life or growth
• thing 9an inanimate object
• bring 8to take with oneself to a place
• wrong 9not according to what is right, proper, or correct
• swing 9to move freely back and forth
• aging 7to grow old
• debug 9to remove bugs from
• dying 10pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to…
• lying 9be located or situated somewhere
• thong 9leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
• sting 6to prick painfully
• owing 9to be under obligation to pay or repay
• tying 9to fasten with a cord or rope
• slang 6to use extremely informal or vulgar language

All 143 words, A to Z

…NG…UG…OG…IG…RG…AG…GG…EG

About these words

• 143 of the 12,987 5-letter words end in G (1%).
• 102 are good in NWL2023, 143 in Collins Scrabble Words and 88 in ENABLE. 28 are everyday words.
• In Scrabble points, squeg scores the most (15), then axing, exing, kyang and rejig (13 each).