Five-letter words matching __NG_

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What the remaining words have in common

145 matching words5 not previously used14 past answers

Position 1M 14%P 11%L 8%R 8%
Position 2I 29%A 26%O 19%U 18%
Position 5S 35%A 16%E 15%O 12%

19 possible answers fit.

Among those candidates, TINGE produces the smallest worst-case feedback group.

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, D, F, H, L, M, R, S, T·2nd letter: A, I, O, U·5th letter: A, E, I, O, Y

Possible answers

7 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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BINGE used BINGO possible BONGO used DINGO used DINGY used FUNGI used HINGE used LINGO used LUNGE used MANGA used MANGE possible MANGO used MANGY possible RANGE used SINGE used TANGO possible TANGY used TINGE used TONGA possible BANGS guess CONGO guess FANGS guess GANGS guess HANGS guess KINGS guess LONGS guess LUNGS guess RINGS guess SINGS guess SONGS guess WINGS guess AINGA guess BENGA guess BINGS guess BINGY guess BONGS guess BUNGS guess BUNGY guess CANGS guess CONGA guess CONGE guess DANGS guess DINGE guess DINGS guess DONGA guess DONGS guess DUNGS guess DUNGY guess FANGA guess FANGO guess FUNGO guess FUNGS guess GINGA guess GINGE guess GINGS guess GONGS guess GUNGE guess GUNGY guess HANGI guess HENGE guess HINGS guess HONGI guess HONGS guess JINGO guess JINGS guess JONGS guess KANGA guess KANGS guess KINGY guess LENGS guess LINGA guess LINGS guess LINGY guess LONGA guess LONGE guess LUNGI guess MANGI guess MANGS guess MENGE guess MENGS guess MINGE guess MINGI guess MINGS guess MINGY guess MONGO guess MONGS guess MUNGA guess MUNGE guess MUNGI guess MUNGO guess MUNGS guess MUNGY guess NONGS guess PANGA guess PANGS guess PENGO guess PINGA guess PINGE guess PINGO guess PINGS guess PONGA guess PONGO guess PONGS guess PONGY guess PUNGA guess PUNGI guess PUNGO guess PUNGS guess PUNGY guess RANGA guess RANGI guess RANGS guess RANGY guess RENGA guess RENGS guess RINGE guess RINGY guess RUNGS guess SANGA guess SANGH guess SANGO guess SANGS guess SENGI guess SONGO guess SONGY guess TANGA guess TANGI guess TANGS guess TENGE guess TINGS guess TONGS guess TUNGS guess VANGA guess VANGS guess VENGE guess WANGS guess WENGE guess WINGE guess WINGY guess WONGA guess WONGI guess WUNGA guess YANGS guess ZINGS guess ZINGY guess

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Pattern guide

What fits __NG_?

All 145 matching words are shown above. 19 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

79% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

NG 145/145 words (100%) GS 51/145 words (35%) IN 42/145 words (29%) AN 37/145 words (26%) ON 28/145 words (19%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 48% · two: 51% · three or more: 1%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __NG_?
145 five-letter words match __NG_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 19 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, RANGE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.37 bits against the possible answers.