A NG ending narrows this to 133 words, 37 of which are possible answers.
All 133 are here, ordered by what each one rules out rather than alphabetically.
Best First Guesses
Start with one of these. All three are among the 133 words below, and the number beside each is how many would still be left in the worst case.
- ALONG: takes 133 down to 47 at worst. It is on the answer list.
- DOING: down to 47. It is on the answer list.
- USING: down to 48. It is on the answer list.
What These Words Have in Common
The letters that turn up alongside most often are I (61), A (48) and O (31). 14 of these 133 words turn up in ordinary writing. The rest are worth a read, but not worth a guess.
Best 5 Letter Words Ending in NG
The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.
- AGING
- ALONG
- APING
- BEING
- BRING
- CLANG
- CLING
- CLUNG
- DOING
- DYING
- EKING
- EYING
- FLING
- FLUNG
- GOING
- ICING
- LYING
- OWING
- PRONG
- SLANG
- SLING
- SLUNG
- STING
- STUNG
- SUING
- SWING
- SWUNG
- THING
- THONG
- TWANG
- TYING
- USING
- VYING
- WRING
- WRONG
- WRUNG
- YOUNG
5 Letter Words Ending in NG by Starting Letter
5 Letter Words Starting with A and Ending in NG
- AGING
- ALONG
- APING
- ABENG
- ACING
- AHING
- AHONG
- AKING
- ALANG
- AMANG
- AMONG
- ARENG
- ATING
- AWING
- AXING
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with A
5 Letter Words Starting with C and Ending in NG
- CLANG
- CLING
- CLUNG
- CHANG
- CHENG
- CHING
- CHUNG
- CLONG
- COING
- CRANG
- CUING
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with C
5 Letter Words Starting with E and Ending in NG
- EKING
- EYING
- EHING
- ELONG
- EMONG
- ERING
- ETANG
- EVANG
- EWING
- EXING
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with E
5 Letter Words Starting with K and Ending in NG
- KAING
- KIANG
- KLANG
- KLING
- KLONG
- KRANG
- KRENG
- KYANG
- KYUNG
5 Letter Words Starting with P and Ending in NG
- PRONG
- PHANG
- PIING
- PLANG
- PLING
- PLONG
- PLUNG
- PRANG
- PRING
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with P
5 Letter Words Starting with S and Ending in NG
- SLANG
- SLING
- SLUNG
- STING
- STUNG
- SUING
- SWING
- SWUNG
- SHANG
- SHENG
- SPANG
- SPONG
- SPUNG
- SSING
- STANG
- STENG
- STONG
- SWANG
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with S
5 Letter Words Starting with T and Ending in NG
- THING
- THONG
- TWANG
- TYING
- THANG
- THUNG
- TIANG
- TOING
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with T
5 Letter Words Starting with B, D, F and other letters and Ending in NG
- BEING
- BRING
- BHANG
- BLING
- BOING
- BOONG
- BRUNG
- DOING
- DYING
- DRANG
- DRENG
- DRUNG
- DUING
- DWANG
- FLING
- FLUNG
- FLANG
- FLONG
- GOING
- HOING
- HYING
- ICING
- IRING
- ISING
- IZING
- JUANG
- LYING
- LAANG
- LEUNG
- LIANG
- MOONG
- MUANG
- MUONG
- NYING
- NYONG
- NYUNG
- OWING
- OBANG
- OHING
- OKING
- OPING
- ORANG
- REING
- RUING
- USING
- VYING
- WRING
- WRONG
- WRUNG
- WHANG
- WHING
- WRANG
- YOUNG
Part of: 5 Letter Words Ending in G
Less Familiar Words Here
A few here appear in puzzles more often than in speech. Worth reading before one of them costs you a guess.
- AWING: Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; ; ; ; – Melville.
- BHANG: A preparation of the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant; much used in India.
- WHANG: Beat with force.
- SPANG: Leap, jerk, bang.
- KIANG: Wild ass of Tibet and Mongolia.
- PRANG: Crash.
- TWANG: Sound with a twang. It is on the answer list.
- CLANG: Make a loud noise. It is on the answer list.
- ORANG: Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits.
- WRING: A twisting squeeze. It is on the answer list.
FAQs
Can a Wordle answer end in NG?
Yes. BEING, GOING and THING all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.
Do any of these use the same letter twice?
Yes. GOING and AGING are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is AWING really a word?
Yes. Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; ; ; ; – Melville. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
BEING. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.
Are all of these accepted as guesses?
Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. WHING and STENG are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.
Which of these would most players overlook?
APING, EKING and EYING. All three are on the answer list, and none is a word you would reach for early, so they are worth remembering once the obvious guesses run out.