8-letter words starting with G
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter G. This section showcases how G at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with G, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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greatest | 9 | highest in quality | - |
goodness | 10 | that which is pleasing or valuable or useful | - |
gorgeous | 10 | dazzlingly beautiful | a gorgeous Victorian gown |
grateful | 12 | feeling or showing gratitude | a grateful heart |
governor | 12 | a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel) | - |
gambling | 14 | the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize) | his gambling cost him a fortune |
generous | 9 | more than is usual or necessary | a generous portion |
grandson | 10 | a male grandchild | - |
growling | 13 | the sound of growling (as made by animals) | - |
graduate | 10 | a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | - |
gangster | 10 | a criminal who is a member of gang | - |
gathered | 13 | brought together in one place | the gathered folds of the skirt |
guardian | 10 | a person who cares for persons or property | - |
glorious | 9 | having great beauty and splendor | a glorious spring morning |
guessing | 10 | an estimate based on little or no information | - |
granddad | 12 | the father of your father or mother | - |
guidance | 12 | the act of setting and holding a course | - |
gasoline | 9 | a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines | - |
gracious | 11 | characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects | - |
gardener | 10 | someone who takes care of a garden | - |
grabbing | 14 | - | - |
gigantic | 12 | so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth | a gigantic redwood |
greeting | 10 | (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting) | - |
goldfish | 16 | small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes | - |
graffiti | 15 | a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls | - |
grinding | 11 | the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice | - |
generate | 9 | make (offspring) by reproduction | - |
galaxies | 16 | - | - |
graceful | 14 | suggesting taste, ease, and wealth | - |
garrison | 9 | United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879) | - |
grieving | 13 | sorrowful through loss or deprivation | - |
genocide | 12 | systematic killing of a racial or cultural group | - |
galactic | 13 | inconceivably large | - |
geniuses | 9 | - | - |
goodwill | 13 | the friendly hope that something will succeed | - |
genetics | 11 | the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms | - |
gruesome | 11 | shockingly repellent; inspiring horror | gruesome evidence of human sacrifice |
governed | 13 | the body of people who are citizens of a particular government | governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed |
genitals | 9 | external sex organ | - |
geronimo | 11 | Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909) | - |
geometry | 14 | the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces | - |
grinning | 10 | a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement | - |
gullible | 11 | naive and easily deceived or tricked | at that early age she had been gullible and in love |
grooming | 12 | the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes | - |
graphics | 16 | photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication | - |
godspeed | 13 | a successful journey | - |
guerilla | 9 | a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment | - |
grandeur | 10 | the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct | - |
gunpoint | 11 | the gun muzzle's direction | - |
grievous | 12 | of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought | a grievous fault |
gleaming | 12 | a flash of light (especially reflected light) | - |
gripping | 14 | capable of arousing and holding the attention | - |
gunfight | 16 | a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten | - |
grasping | 12 | the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) | - |
germaine | 11 | - | - |
grilling | 10 | cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) | - |
gangrene | 10 | undergo necrosis | - |
gauntlet | 9 | a glove with long sleeve | - |
giveaway | 18 | a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards | - |
gendarme | 12 | a French policeman | - |
greenery | 12 | green foliage | - |
gardenia | 10 | any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers | - |
gleaning | 10 | - | - |
globally | 14 | throughout the world | this is globally significant |
grooving | 13 | the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm | - |
gluttony | 12 | eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins) | - |
galleria | 9 | a genus of Pyralidae | - |
germanic | 13 | of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages | - |
grueling | 10 | characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | a grueling campaign |
goofball | 14 | a man who is a stupid incompetent fool | - |
glancing | 12 | - | - |
glaucoma | 13 | an eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness) | contrary to popular belief, glaucoma is not always caused by elevated intraocular pressure |
guzzling | 28 | the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly | - |
gargoyle | 13 | an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal | - |
gazpacho | 25 | a soup made with chopped tomatoes and onions and cucumbers and peppers and herbs; served cold | - |
gangland | 11 | underworld organizations | - |
galoshes | 12 | - | - |
gossamer | 11 | characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy | gossamer shading through his playing |
grubbing | 14 | - | - |
gatherer | 12 | a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) | - |
gratuity | 12 | a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) | - |
greenway | 15 | a belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city | - |
guttural | 9 | like the sounds of frogs and crows | a guttural voice |
gunsmith | 14 | someone who makes or repairs guns | - |
grouping | 12 | any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | - |
gloating | 10 | malicious satisfaction | - |
guaranty | 12 | a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults | - |
grafting | 13 | the act of grafting something onto something else | - |
gridlock | 16 | a traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible | - |
gladness | 10 | experiencing joy and pleasure | - |
gravitas | 12 | formality in bearing and appearance | - |
gumption | 13 | fortitude and determination | - |
gemstone | 11 | a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry | - |
gangbang | 13 | - | - |
greenish | 12 | of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass | - |
gossiped | 12 | - | - |
gridiron | 10 | a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat | - |
gaillard | 10 | - | - |
garrotte | 9 | strangle with an iron collar | people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain |
gigawatt | 13 | - | - |
glissade | 10 | (ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet | - |
gradient | 10 | the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal | a five-degree gradient |
graphite | 14 | used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors | - |
geologic | 12 | of or relating to or based on geology | geological formations |
golconda | 12 | a source of great wealth (especially a mine) | - |
golgotha | 13 | a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified | - |
goodyear | 13 | United States inventor of vulcanized rubber (1800-1860) | - |
glinting | 10 | having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | glinting eyes |
geranium | 11 | any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae | - |
ganymede | 15 | (Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods | - |
gelatine | 9 | a colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin | - |
goalpost | 11 | one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field | - |
glycerin | 14 | a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils | - |
gingerly | 13 | with extreme care or delicacy | they proceeded with gingerly footwork over the jagged stones |
ghoulish | 15 | suggesting the horror of death and decay | - |
guiltier | 9 | - | - |
gestured | 10 | - | - |
greedily | 13 | in a greedy manner | - |
godchild | 16 | an infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism | - |
golliwog | 13 | a grotesque black doll | - |
glittery | 12 | having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | glittery costume jewelry |
guernsey | 12 | a Channel Island to the northwest of Jersey | - |
grayling | 13 | - | - |
galvanic | 14 | pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action | a galvanic cell |
ganglion | 10 | an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons | - |
grounder | 10 | (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground | - |
grizzled | 28 | having dark hairs mixed with grey or white | - |
gimmicky | 22 | - | - |
gutsiest | 9 | - | - |
galloway | 15 | a district in southwestern Scotland | - |
glooming | 12 | depressingly dark | the glooming interior of an old inn |
glibness | 11 | a kind of fluent easy superficiality | the glibness of a high-pressure salesman |
garbanzo | 20 | large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried | - |
gaslight | 13 | light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas | - |
girlhood | 13 | the childhood of a girl | - |
grimoire | 11 | a manual of black magic (for invoking spirits and demons) | - |
greasier | 9 | - | - |
gestural | 9 | being other than verbal communication | the study of gestural communication |
greedier | 10 | - | - |
goatskin | 13 | the hide of a goat | - |
gadabout | 12 | a restless seeker after amusement or social companionship | - |
glycerol | 14 | a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils | - |
glossary | 12 | an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field | - |
globular | 11 | having the shape of a sphere or ball | little globular houses like mud-wasp nests |
gormless | 11 | (British informal) lacking intelligence and vitality | - |
garlicky | 18 | relating to or tasting or smelling of garlic | garlicky sauce |
garotted | 10 | - | - |
glassman | 11 | - | - |
gasworks | 16 | the workplace where coal gas is manufactured | - |
gatefold | 13 | an oversize page that is folded in to a book or magazine | - |
gatepost | 11 | either of two posts that bound a gate | - |
gritting | 10 | - | - |
granular | 9 | composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency | granular sugar |
grappler | 13 | a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope | - |
grimness | 11 | the quality of being ghastly | - |
genomics | 13 | the branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNA sequences) | - |
gravelly | 15 | abounding in small stones | - |
gigabyte | 15 | a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes | - |
gentrify | 15 | renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations | gentrify a row of old houses |
grayness | 12 | a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black | - |
geophone | 14 | - | - |
ghosting | 13 | - | - |
greening | 10 | the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored | - |
glycogen | 15 | one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body | - |
glutting | 10 | - | - |
glowworm | 17 | the luminous larva or wingless grub-like female of a firefly | - |
glossies | 9 | - | - |
gloaming | 12 | the time of day immediately following sunset | - |
gourmand | 12 | a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess | - |
glassful | 12 | the quantity a glass will hold | - |
grudging | 12 | petty or reluctant in giving or spending | - |
gramercy | 16 | - | - |
grimmest | 13 | - | - |
genitive | 12 | the case expressing ownership | - |
geodesic | 12 | of or relating to or determined by geodesy | - |
giantism | 11 | excessive largeness of stature | - |
germfree | 14 | free from germs or pathogenic organisms; sterile | a germfree environment |
goatherd | 13 | a person who tends a flock of goats | - |
gyration | 12 | the act of rotating in a circle or spiral | - |
gadgetry | 14 | appliances collectively | laborsaving gadgetry |
gadzooks | 23 | - | - |
glorying | 13 | - | - |
gumboots | 13 | - | - |
goofiest | 12 | - | - |
gullibly | 14 | - | - |
globulin | 11 | a family of proteins found in blood and milk and muscle and in plant seed | - |
garroted | 10 | - | - |
grumpier | 13 | - | - |
glasnost | 9 | a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems | - |
grumbler | 13 | a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | - |
gladiola | 10 | any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated | - |
grousing | 10 | - | - |
graffito | 15 | a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls | - |
gaussian | 9 | of or relating to Karl Gauss or his mathematical theories of magnetics or electricity or astronomy or probability | - |
groggily | 14 | - | - |
grittier | 9 | - | - |
grimaced | 14 | - | - |
germinal | 11 | containing seeds of later development | - |
greenfly | 15 | greenish aphid; pest on garden and crop plants | - |
gobblers | 13 | - | - |
gyrostat | 12 | - | - |
gobbling | 14 | - | - |
gobioids | 12 | - | - |
gobshite | 14 | - | - |
goburras | 11 | - | - |
godawful | 16 | - | - |
goddamns | 13 | - | - |
godetias | 10 | - | - |
godheads | 14 | - | - |
godhoods | 14 | - | - |
godliest | 10 | - | - |
godlings | 11 | - | - |
godroons | 10 | - | - |
godsends | 11 | - | - |
godships | 15 | - | - |
godslots | 10 | - | - |
godsquad | 20 | - | - |
godwards | 14 | - | - |
goethite | 12 | a red or yellow or brown mineral; an oxide of iron that is a common constituent of rust | - |
goffered | 16 | - | - |
gogglers | 11 | - | - |
gogglier | 11 | - | - |
goggling | 12 | - | - |
gohonzon | 21 | - | - |
goitered | 10 | - | - |
goitrous | 9 | - | - |
goldarns | 10 | - | - |
goldbugs | 13 | - | - |
goldened | 11 | - | - |
goldener | 10 | - | - |
goldenly | 13 | - | - |
goldeyes | 13 | - | - |
goldiest | 10 | - | - |
goldless | 10 | - | - |
goldsize | 19 | - | - |
goldtail | 10 | - | - |
goldtone | 10 | - | - |
goldurns | 10 | - | - |
goldwork | 17 | - | - |
golfiana | 12 | - | - |
golfings | 13 | - | - |
goliards | 10 | - | - |
goliardy | 13 | - | - |
goliased | 10 | - | - |
goliases | 9 | - | - |
goliaths | 12 | - | - |
gollands | 10 | - | - |
gollared | 10 | - | - |
gollered | 10 | - | - |
golloped | 12 | - | - |
golloper | 11 | - | - |
gollying | 13 | - | - |
gollywog | 16 | - | - |
goloshed | 13 | - | - |
goloshes | 12 | - | - |
gombeens | 13 | - | - |
gombroon | 13 | - | - |
gomerals | 11 | - | - |
gomerels | 11 | - | - |
gomerils | 11 | - | - |
gonadial | 10 | - | - |
gondelay | 13 | - | - |
gondolas | 10 | - | - |
goneness | 9 | - | - |
gonfalon | 12 | - | - |
gonfanon | 12 | - | - |
gonglike | 14 | - | - |
gongster | 10 | - | - |
gonidial | 10 | - | - |
gonidium | 12 | - | - |
gonocyte | 14 | - | - |
gonoduct | 12 | - | - |
gonopods | 12 | - | - |
gonopore | 11 | - | - |
gonosome | 11 | - | - |
goodbyes | 15 | - | - |
goodiest | 10 | - | - |
goodlier | 10 | - | - |
goodsire | 10 | - | - |
goodtime | 12 | - | - |
goodwife | 16 | - | - |
goofuses | 12 | - | - |
googlies | 10 | - | - |
googling | 11 | - | - |
gooiness | 9 | - | - |
gookiest | 13 | - | - |
goombahs | 16 | - | - |
goombays | 16 | - | - |
gooniest | 9 | - | - |
goopiest | 11 | - | - |
goosegob | 12 | - | - |
goosegog | 11 | - | - |
goosiest | 9 | - | - |
gophered | 15 | - | - |
gopurams | 13 | - | - |
goramies | 11 | - | - |
gorbelly | 14 | - | - |
gorblimy | 16 | - | - |
gorcocks | 17 | - | - |
gorcrows | 14 | - | - |
gorditas | 10 | - | - |
gorefest | 12 | - | - |
gorgedly | 14 | - | - |
gorgerin | 10 | the molding at the top of a column | - |
gorgeted | 11 | - | - |
gorillas | 9 | - | - |
goriness | 9 | - | - |
gormands | 12 | - | - |
gormiest | 11 | - | - |
gorsedds | 11 | - | - |
gorsiest | 9 | - | - |
gorsoons | 9 | - | - |
goshawks | 19 | - | - |
goslings | 10 | - | - |
gospeler | 11 | a preacher of the Christian gospel | - |
gospelly | 14 | - | - |
gospodar | 12 | - | - |
gospodin | 12 | - | - |
gosports | 11 | - | - |
gossiper | 11 | a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others | - |
gossipry | 14 | - | - |
gossoons | 9 | - | - |
gossypol | 14 | - | - |
gostered | 10 | - | - |
gotchies | 14 | - | - |
gothiest | 12 | - | - |
gothites | 12 | - | - |
gouaches | 14 | - | - |
gouching | 15 | - | - |
gougeres | 10 | - | - |
goujeers | 16 | - | - |
gouramis | 11 | - | - |
gourdful | 13 | - | - |
gourdier | 10 | - | - |
gourmets | 11 | - | - |
goustier | 9 | - | - |
goutiest | 9 | - | - |
goutweed | 13 | - | - |
goutwort | 12 | - | - |
gowlands | 13 | - | - |
gownboys | 17 | - | - |
gownsman | 14 | - | - |
gownsmen | 14 | - | - |
grabbers | 13 | - | - |
grabbier | 13 | - | - |
grabbled | 14 | - | - |
grabbler | 13 | - | - |
grabbles | 13 | - | - |
graciles | 11 | - | - |
gracilis | 11 | - | - |
gracioso | 11 | - | - |
grackles | 15 | - | - |
gradable | 12 | capable of being graded (for quality or rank or size etc.) | - |
gradated | 11 | - | - |
gradates | 10 | - | - |
gradatim | 12 | - | - |
graddans | 11 | - | - |
gradines | 10 | - | - |
gradings | 11 | - | - |
graduals | 10 | - | - |
graduand | 11 | - | - |
graduses | 10 | - | - |
graecise | 11 | - | - |
graecize | 20 | - | - |
graffing | 16 | - | - |
graftage | 13 | - | - |
grafters | 12 | - | - |
grainage | 10 | - | - |
grainers | 9 | - | - |
grainier | 9 | - | - |
graining | 10 | a texture like that of wood | - |
graithed | 13 | - | - |
graithly | 15 | - | - |
gralloch | 14 | - | - |
gramarye | 14 | - | - |
grammage | 14 | - | - |
grammars | 13 | - | - |
gramoche | 16 | - | - |
grampies | 13 | - | - |
grandads | 11 | - | - |
grandame | 12 | - | - |
grandams | 12 | - | - |
granddam | 13 | - | - |
grandees | 10 | - | - |
grandest | 10 | - | - |
grandkid | 15 | - | - |
grandmas | 12 | - | - |
grandpas | 12 | - | - |
grandsir | 10 | - | - |
granfers | 12 | - | - |
grangers | 10 | - | - |
granitas | 9 | - | - |
granites | 9 | - | - |
granitic | 11 | hard as granite | a granitic fist |
grannams | 11 | - | - |
grannied | 10 | - | - |
grannies | 9 | - | - |
grannoms | 11 | - | - |
granolas | 9 | - | - |
grantees | 9 | - | - |
granters | 9 | - | - |
granting | 10 | - | - |
grantors | 9 | - | - |
granules | 9 | - | - |
grapheme | 16 | a written symbol that is used to represent speech | - |
graphene | 14 | - | - |
graphing | 15 | - | - |
graphium | 16 | - | - |
grapiest | 11 | - | - |
grapline | 11 | - | - |
graplins | 11 | - | - |
grapnels | 11 | - | - |
grappled | 14 | - | - |
grapples | 13 | - | - |
graspers | 11 | - | - |
grassers | 9 | - | - |
grassier | 9 | - | - |
grassily | 12 | - | - |
grassing | 10 | - | - |
grassums | 11 | - | - |
gratinee | 9 | - | - |
gratings | 10 | - | - |
grattoir | 9 | - | - |
graupels | 11 | - | - |
gravamen | 14 | - | - |
graveled | 13 | - | - |
gravidae | 13 | - | - |
gravidas | 13 | - | - |
gravidly | 16 | - | - |
gravings | 13 | - | - |
graviton | 12 | a gauge boson that mediates the (extremely weak) gravitational interactions between particles | - |
gravlaks | 16 | - | - |
gravures | 12 | - | - |
grayback | 20 | a dowitcher with a grey back | - |
grayfish | 18 | - | - |
grayhead | 16 | - | - |
grayhens | 15 | - | - |
graylags | 13 | - | - |
graylist | 12 | - | - |
graymail | 14 | - | - |
grayouts | 12 | - | - |
grazable | 20 | - | - |
graziers | 18 | - | - |
grazings | 19 | - | - |
grazioso | 18 | - | - |
greasers | 9 | - | - |
greasies | 9 | - | - |
greasily | 12 | in a greasy manner | the food was greasily unappetizing |
greasing | 10 | - | - |
greatens | 9 | - | - |
greaving | 13 | - | - |
grecians | 11 | - | - |
grecised | 12 | - | - |
grecises | 11 | - | - |
grecized | 21 | - | - |
grecizes | 20 | - | - |
grecques | 20 | - | - |
greeboes | 11 | - | - |
gullying | 13 | - | - |
guidages | 11 | - | - |
guideway | 16 | - | - |
guidings | 11 | - | - |
guilders | 10 | - | - |
guileful | 12 | marked by skill in deception | - |
guiltily | 12 | in the manner of someone who has committed an offense | she blushed guiltily as she spoke |
guilting | 10 | - | - |
guimbard | 14 | - | - |
guimping | 14 | - | - |
guipures | 11 | - | - |
guisards | 10 | - | - |
guisings | 10 | - | - |
guitguit | 10 | - | - |
gulching | 15 | - | - |
gulfiest | 12 | - | - |
gulflike | 16 | - | - |
gulfweed | 16 | brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea | - |
gullable | 11 | - | - |
gullably | 14 | - | - |
gulleyed | 13 | - | - |
gullwing | 13 | - | - |
gummings | 14 | - | - |
gunboats | 11 | - | - |
gumwoods | 15 | - | - |
gumweeds | 15 | - | - |
gumtrees | 11 | - | - |
gumshoes | 14 | - | - |
gumshoed | 15 | - | - |
gumphion | 16 | - | - |
gummosis | 13 | disease of citrus trees caused by the fungus Phytophthora citrophthora | - |
gummoses | 13 | - | - |
gummites | 13 | - | - |
gumbotil | 13 | - | - |
gulosity | 12 | - | - |
gulpiest | 11 | - | - |
gumballs | 13 | - | - |
gumboils | 13 | - | - |
gumlands | 12 | - | - |
gummiest | 13 | - | - |
gumlines | 11 | - | - |
guidable | 12 | - | - |