7-Letter Words Matching ___GN__

There are 16 7-letter words that match ___GN__. 9 are common words, such as ALIGNED and ALIGNER. A rarer one is THEGNLY. 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

alignedalignerchignondeigneddragnetfeignedreignedsoigneewingnutfeignerlorgnonbeignetcoignedcoignesoutgnawthegnly

About this list

Words
16 (9 common words)
Common example
aligned
Rare example
thegnly
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
1

Questions

How many 7-letter words matching ___gn__ are there?

16. 9 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ALIGNED is among the common words in this set.