5-Letter Words Matching _ _ _ N G

136 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ _ N G, 38 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

38 common words136 valid words

Common Words (38)

Words most likely to be the answer.

lying
fling
bring
using
wrung
slung
being
cling
twang
sting
aging
aping
clung
icing
doing
dying
stung
among
prong
young
suing
slang
along
vying
swung
tying
wrong
swing
owing
sling
flung
eking
thing
wring
thong
clang
eying
going

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (98)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

acing
agung
ahong
aking
alang
amang
areng
ating
awing
axing
bhang
boing
boong
bseng
chang
cheng
ching
chong
chung
clong
coing
crang
cuing
drang
dreng
drung
duong
dwang
elong
emong
etang
evang
ewing
exing
flang
flong
gring
hoang
huang
hwang
hying
iring
ising
iyang
izing
joung
juang
keung
kiang
kling
klong
krang
kreng
kwang
kyang
kyung
laang
laing
leong
leung
liang
luing
meung
moong
muang
muong
obeng
ohing
oping
orang
piing
plang
prang
ruing
shang
sheng
shing
siang
soong
spang
spong
spung
ssing
stang
steng
stong
sttng
swang
thung
tiang
tseng
tzong
whang
whing
wrang
yeung
yoong
zhang

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 136 matches.

Most common letters

n136
g136
i54
a50
o34
u28
s26
l24
e23
h21

Vowel distribution

  • 1 with no vowels
  • 81 with 1 unique vowel
  • 54 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ng · 136 words

Strategy

38 answers (of 136 valid guesses) match _ _ _ N G. Use a high-information guess that tests common letters in the empty positions, even if it's not in the candidate list.

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