5 Letter Words Starting with G

Common five-letter words that start with G

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

• going 7/10 (form of go) change location
• great 6/7 relatively large in size or number or extent
• guess 6/8 expect, believe, or suppose
• girls 6/8 (form of girl) a young female
• given 9/12 acknowledged as a supposition
• group 8/11 any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
• green 6/8 green color or pigment
• gives 9/11 (form of give) cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
• grand 7/9 of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
• glass 6/8 a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
• guard 7/9 a person who keeps watch over something or someone
• games 8/10 (form of game) a contest with rules to determine a winner
• grace 8/10 (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God
• guest 6/8 a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
• ghost 9/9 a mental representation of some haunting experience
• grant 6/8 let have
• grade 7/8 a body of students who are taught together
• giant 6/8 any creature of exceptional size
• grave 9/11 death of a person
• grown 9/11 (of animals) fully developed
• glory 9/10 a state of high honor
• gimme 10/13
• guide 7/9 someone employed to conduct others
• grass 6/7 narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns
• gross 6/7 before any deductions
• guilt 6/9 the state of having committed an offense
• gifts 9/10 (form of gift) something acquired without compensation
• gates 6/7 United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of…
• goose 6/7 web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
• goods 7/8 (form of good) having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
• greek 10/11 the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
• grief 9/10 intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
• glove 9/12 the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball
• grows 9/10 (form of grow) pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute
• gasps 8/10 (form of gasp) a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
• groom 8/10 educate for a future role or function
• grams 8/10 (form of gram) a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
• gypsy 14/14 a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
• gravy 12/13 a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats
• greet 6/7 express greetings upon meeting someone
• globe 8/11 the 3rd planet from the sun
• goofy 12/12 a cartoon character created by Walt Disney
• golly 9/11
• goals 6/8 (form of goal) the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to…
• greed 7/8 excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
• grain 6/8 a relatively small granular particle of a substance
• grasp 8/10 hold firmly
• grill 6/9 a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill
• gangs 7/10 (form of gang) an association of criminals
• grape 8/10 any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins

All 414 five-letter words that start with G

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