4 Letter Words Starting with G

Common four-letter words that start with G

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• good 6/7 having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
• give 8/10 cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
• guys 8/9 (form of guy) an informal term for a youth or man
• girl 5/7 a young female
• gone 5/7 destroyed or killed
• gave 8/10
• game 7/9 a contest with rules to determine a winner
• gets 5/6 (form of get) come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
• goes 5/6 (form of go) change location
• glad 6/8 showing or causing joy and pleasure
• gold 6/8 coins made of gold
• grab 7/9 take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
• gift 8/9 something acquired without compensation
• guns 5/8 (form of gun) a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
• grow 8/9 pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute
• gate 5/6 a movable barrier in a fence or wall
• gang 6/9 an association of criminals
• gosh 8/8
• grew 8/9
• golf 8/10 a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes
• guts 5/7 fortitude and determination
• gods 6/7 (form of god) the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe
• gray 8/8 a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
• goal 5/7 the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to…
• gear 5/6 a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
• gene 5/7 (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain
• gain 5/7 obtain
• geez 14/15
• goat 5/6 any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
• grip 7/9 the act of grasping
• grey 8/8 of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
• glen 5/8 a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
• geek 9/10 a carnival performer who does disgusting acts
• gown 8/10 a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions
• glue 5/8 join or attach with or as if with glue
• glow 8/10 an alert and refreshed state
• grid 6/7 a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
• gale 5/7 a strong wind moving 45-90 knots
• grim 7/9 not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
• gulf 8/11 an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land
• gals 5/7 (form of gal) United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
• grad 6/7 one-hundredth of a right angle
• gaby 10/11
• grub 7/10 informal terms for a meal
• grin 5/7 a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth
• gram 7/9 a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
• gaze 14/15 a long fixed look
• gage 6/8 street names for marijuana
• gong 6/9 a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick
• goon 5/7 an awkward stupid person

All 190 four-letter words that start with G

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