Need ING side by side, in that order? AGING, APING, BEING and more keep the run intact, and 31 can still be the answer, marked green.
14 of the 114 are common enough to guess without hesitation.
Best First Guesses
Start with one of these. All three are among the 114 words below, and the number beside each is how many would still be left in the worst case.
- LYING: takes 114 down to 45 at worst. It is on the answer list.
- SWING: down to 46. It is on the answer list.
- RINGS: down to 48.
What These Words Have in Common
58 of them end in G, close to half of the list. The letters that turn up alongside most often are S (23), E (22) and O (17). Roughly one word in six here is everyday English, 14 of the 114. Build a guess from the common letters rather than the unusual words.
Best 5 Letter Words With ING
The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.
- AGING
- APING
- BEING
- BINGE
- BINGO
- BRING
- CLING
- DINGO
- DINGY
- DOING
- DYING
- EKING
- EYING
- FLING
- GOING
- HINGE
- ICING
- INGOT
- LINGO
- LYING
- OWING
- SINGE
- SLING
- STING
- SUING
- SWING
- THING
- TYING
- USING
- VYING
- WRING
- KINGS
- RINGS
- WINGS
5 Letter Words With ING Starting With A
- AGING
- APING
- ACING
- AHING
- AINGA
- AKING
- ATING
- AWING
- AXING
5 Letter Words With ING Starting With B
- BEING
- BINGE
- BINGO
- BRING
- BINGS
- BINGY
- BLING
- BOING
5 Letter Words With ING Starting With I
- ICING
- INGOT
- INGAN
- INGEM
- INGER
- INGLE
- INGLU
- IRING
- ISING
- IZING
5 Letter Words With ING Starting With S
- SINGE
- SLING
- STING
- SUING
- SWING
- SINGH
- SINGS
- SSING
5 Letter Words With ING Starting With C, D, E and other letters
- CLING
- CHING
- COING
- CUING
- DINGO
- DINGY
- DOING
- DYING
- DINGE
- DINGS
- DUING
- EKING
- EYING
- EHING
- ERING
- EWING
- EXING
- FLING
- FINGU
- GOING
- GINGA
- GINGE
- GINGS
- HINGE
- HINGS
- HOING
- HYING
- JINGO
- JINGS
- JINGU
- KINGS
- KAING
- KINGU
- KINGY
- KLING
- LINGO
- LYING
- LINGA
- LINGE
- LINGS
- LINGY
- MINGE
- MINGI
- MINGO
- MINGS
- MINGY
- NYING
- OWING
- OHING
- OKING
- OPING
- PIING
- PINGA
- PINGE
- PINGO
- PINGS
- PLING
- PRING
- RINGS
- REING
- RINGE
- RINGY
- RUING
- THING
- TYING
- TINGE
- TINGI
- TINGS
- TOING
- USING
- VYING
- VINGT
- WRING
- WINGS
- WHING
- WINGE
- WINGY
- ZINGS
- ZINGY
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.
- DINGE: Make dingy.
- MINGE: Vulgar term for a woman's pubic hair or genitals.
- JINGO: An extreme bellicose nationalist.
- INGOT: Metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling. It is on the answer list.
- SINGE: A surface burn. It is on the answer list.
- DINGO: Wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia. It is on the answer list.
- WRING: A twisting squeeze. It is on the answer list.
- DINGY: Causing dejection. It is on the answer list.
- TINGE: Color lightly.
FAQs
Is this the same as 5 Letter Words With G, I and N?
No. Every word here keeps ING together, in that order. AGING does, AGAIN does not. 5 Letter Words With G, I and N takes those letters anywhere in the word.
Can a Wordle answer have ING side by side?
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 TINGI 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.