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5-Letter Words Starting With G and Ending in F

There are 9 five-letter words starting with G and ending in F in our dictionary; 2 of them are common words.

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All 9 words

  • grief9 points
  • gruff12 points
  • ganef9 points
  • ganof9 points
  • gonif9 points
  • gliff12 points
  • griff12 points
  • gonef9 points
  • gonof9 points

Quick facts

  • Total words: 9
  • By usage: 2 very common, 0 common, 7 rare

Highest scoring (classic tiles)

  1. gliff 12
  2. griff 12
  3. gruff 12
  4. ganef 9
  5. ganof 9
  6. gonef 9
  7. gonif 9
  8. gonof 9
  9. grief 9

Most common

  1. grief
  2. gruff
  3. ganef
  4. ganof
  5. gonif
  6. gliff
  7. griff
  8. gonef
  9. gonof

Definitions

grief (noun)
Intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death).
gruff (adjective)
Brusque and surly and forbidding.
ganef (noun)
(Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse).
ganof (noun)
(Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse).

Looking for five-letter words starting with G and ending in F? You are in the right place. This list has 9 of them, sorted so the familiar words such as GRIEF and GRUFF appear before the obscure ones. Every entry is a real dictionary word, and every score badge is computed from standard tile values. Use the filters in the search box to keep only the words that also fit the other letters on your rack or the pattern in your puzzle.

How to use this page

Read the list from the top if you want the everyday words, or jump to the quick facts for the highest scorers. Click any word with a link to see every shorter word hidden inside it. When you have a specific rack, the search box at the top filters the list down to the words you can play right now.

Tips

Most of the time you are not building a word in empty space but playing through a letter already on the board. That is where a list like this one earns its keep. Find the letter you need to play through, then filter these words with the contains box so only the ones with that letter remain. The best plays are usually the ones where the board letter sits in the middle of your word, because that leaves both ends free for future hooks and keeps the premium squares within reach.

Questions

What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words starting with G and ending in F?

GLIFF scores 12 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.

Why are some of these words unfamiliar?

7 of the 9 words on this page are tagged rare, meaning they fall outside the usual spell-check vocabulary. They are still real words, and many are legal plays, but you should expect a challenge if someone asks you to define them.

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