5-Letter Words Matching _ _ N G _

152 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ N G _, 18 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

18 common words152 valid words

Common Words (18)

Words most likely to be the answer.

tangy
hinge
fungi
manga
singe
range
bongo
dingo
lunge
mange
lingo
bingo
mango
dingy
binge
tonga
tango
mangy

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (134)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

banga
bange
bangs
bangy
benge
bengt
bingy
bongs
bunga
bungo
bungs
bungy
cangy
conga
conge
congo
dangs
dinge
dings
donga
dongs
dungs
dungy
fanga
fango
fangs
fangy
fingo
fingu
funge
fungo
ganga
gange
gangs
gongs
gunge
hange
hangs
henge
hongs
jingo
jingu
kanga
kings
kingu
kongo
kongu
kungs
lange
langi
lango
linga
linge
lings
lingy
longa
longe
longo
longs
lungi
lungs
lungy
lyngi
mangi
minge
mingo
mingy
monge
mongo
munga
munge
mungo
mungs
mungy
nanga
panga
pangi
pangs
pengo
pinge
pingo
pings
ponga
pongo
pongs
punga
pungi
pungs
pungy
rangy
renga
ringe
ringo
rings
ringy
ronga
runge
rungs
sanga
sangh
sango
sangu
sengi
singh
sings
songo
songs
songy
synge
tanga
tangi
tangs
tengu
tinge
tingi
tings
tongs
tunga
tungo
tungs
vange
vangs
venge
vingt
wanga
wingo
wings
wingy
wonga
xingu
yangs
zingg
zings
zingy

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 152 matches.

Most common letters

n152
g152
a56
i52
o46
s44
u36
e33
y22
l17

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -gs · 34 words
  • -ge · 28 words
  • -go · 26 words
  • -ga · 23 words
  • -gy · 19 words

Strategy

18 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.

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