5-letter words starting with G

100 words · most common first (shown in gold) · meaning + pronunciation for each

1. GAINS/ɡeɪnz/(GAIN) obtain
2. GAMES/ɡeɪmz/(GAME) a contest with rules to determine a winner
3. GAMMA/ˈɡæmə/the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet
4. GATES/ɡeɪts/United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the…
5. GAUGE/ɡeɪdʒ/judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
6. GENES/dʒinz/(GENE) (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions…
7. GENRE/ˈʒɑnɹə/a kind of literary or artistic work
8. GHANA/ˈɡænə/a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea
9. GHOST/ɡoʊst/a mental representation of some haunting experience
10. GIANT/ˈdʒaɪənt/of great mass; huge and bulky
11. GIFTS/ɡɪfts/(GIFT) something acquired without compensation
12. GIRLS/ɡɝlz/(GIRL) a young woman
13. GIVEN/ˈɡɪvən/acknowledged as a supposition
14. GIVES/ɡɪvz/(GIF) If. [Obs.]
15. GLASS/ɡlæs/a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
16. GLENN/ɡlɛn/made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962; later in United States…
17. GLOBE/ɡloʊb/the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
18. GLORY/ˈɡlɔɹi/a state of high honor
19. GNOME/noʊm/a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
20. GOALS/ɡoʊlz/(GOAL) the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior…
21. GOING/ˈɡoʊɪŋ/the act of departing
22. GOODS/ɡʊdz/(GOOD) having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
23. GRACE/ɡɹeɪs/elegance and beauty of movement or expression
24. GRADE/ɡɹeɪd/a body of students who are taught together
25. GRAIN/ɡɹeɪn/a relatively small granular particle of a substance
26. GRAMS/ɡɹæmz/(GRAM) a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
27. GRAND/ɡɹænd/of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
28. GRANT/ɡɹænt/let have
29. GRAPH/ɡɹæf/a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes
30. GRASS/ɡɹæs/narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
31. GRAVE/ɡɹeɪv/a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
32. GREAT/ɡɹeɪt/relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
33. GREEK/ɡɹik/of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language
34. GREEN/ɡɹin/of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass
35. GRILL/ɡɹɪl/a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill
36. GROSS/ɡɹoʊs/before any deductions
37. GROUP/ɡɹup/any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
38. GROVE/ɡɹoʊv/a small growth of trees without underbrush
39. GROWN/ɡɹoʊn/(of animals) fully developed
40. GROWS/ɡɹoʊz/(GROW) pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
41. GUARD/ɡɑɹd/a person who keeps watch over something or someone
42. GUESS/ɡɛs/expect, believe, or suppose
43. GUEST/ɡɛst/a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
44. GUIDE/ɡaɪd/direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
45. GUILD/ɡɪld/a formal association of people with similar interests
46. GABBY/ˈɡæbi/full of trivial conversation
47. GABLE/ˈɡeɪbəl/the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof
48. GABON/ɡəˈbɑn/a republic on the west coast of Africa
49. GABOR/ɡəˈbɔɹ/British physicist (born in Hungary) noted for his work on holography (1900-1979)
50. GABUN/ɡˈæbʌn/a republic on the west coast of Africa
51. GADDI/ɡˈædi/a cushion on a throne for a prince in India
52. GADER/ɡˈeɪdɚ/(GADE) A small British fish (Motella argenteola) of the Cod family
53. GADES/ɡeɪdz/(GADE) A small British fish (Motella argenteola) of the Cod family
54. GADUS/ɡˈædəs/type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes
55. GAELS/ɡeɪlz/(GAEL) a Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man
56. GAFFE/ɡæf/a socially awkward or tactless act
57. GAFFS/ɡæfs/(GAFF) a sharp metal spike or spur that is fastened to the leg of a gamecock
58. GAFSA/ɡˈæfsə/a city in west central Tunisia
59. GAGED/ɡeɪdʒd/(GAGE) a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount…
60. GAGER/ˈɡeɪɡɚ/A measurer. See Gauger
61. GAGES/ɡˈeɪdʒɪz/(GAGE) a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount…
62. GAILY/ˈɡeɪli/in a gay manner
63. GAITS/ɡeɪts/(GAIT) the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
64. GAIUS/ɡeɪəs/Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity; noted…
65. GALAN/ˈɡeɪlən/a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high)
66. GALAS/ˈɡeɪləz/(GALA) a gay festivity
67. GALAX/ˈɡæˌlæks/tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped…
68. GALBE/ɡælb/The general outward form of any solid object, as of a column or a vase
69. GALEA/ˈɡeɪliə/an organ shaped like a helmet; usually a vaulted and enlarged petal as in Aconitum
70. GALEI/ɡˈæleɪ/That division of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sharks
71. GALEN/ˈɡeɪlən/Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200)
72. GALES/ɡeɪlz/(GALE) a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale
73. GALLS/ɡɔlz/(GALL) an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle
74. GALLY/ɡˈæli/To frighten; to worry. [Obs
75. GALOP/ɡˈæləp/A kind of lively dance, in 2-4 time; also, the music to the dance
76. GAMBA/ˈɡæmbə/viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello
77. GAMED/ɡeɪmd/(GAME) a contest with rules to determine a winner
78. GAMER/ˈɡeɪmɚ/(GAME) a contest with rules to determine a winner
79. GAMEY/ɡˈeɪmi/suggestive of sexual impropriety
80. GAMIC/ɡˈæmɪk/Pertaining to, or resulting from, sexual connection; formed by the union of the male and female elements
81. GAMIN/ɡˈæmɪn/(sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets
82. GAMMY/ɡˈæmi/(British informal) sore or lame
83. GAMOW/ɡˈæmoʊ/United States physicist (born in Russia) who was a proponent of the big-bang theory and who did research in…
84. GAMPS/ɡæmps/(GAMP) colloquial terms for an umbrella
85. GAMUT/ˈɡæmət/a complete extent or range
86. GANCH/ɡæntʃ/To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment
87. GANEF/ɡˈeɪnəf/(Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse)
88. GANGE/ɡændʒ/To protect (the part of a line next a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire
89. GANGS/ɡæŋz/(GANG) an association of criminals
90. GANJA/ɡˈænjə/a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared
91. GANOF/ɡˈænɑf/(Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse)
92. GANSA/ɡˈænsə/Same as Ganza. Bp. Hall
93. GANSU/ɡˈænsu/a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia
94. GANZA/ɡˈænzə/A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world
95. GAOLS/dʒeɪlz/(GAOL) a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either…
96. GAPED/ɡeɪpt/(GAPE) look with amazement; look stupidly
97. GAPER/ɡˈeɪpɚ/One who gapes. 2. (Zool.) (a) A European fish
98. GAPES/ɡeɪps/A fit of yawning. (b) A disease of young poultry and other birds, attended with much gaping
99. GARBO/ˈɡɑɹboʊ/United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990)
100. GARBS/ɡɑɹbz/(GARB) clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion