5 letter words with I in the middle in numbers
- 790 words in total, of which 365 are everyday words.
- The most common first letter is s (140 words), followed by a (75).
- Letters found most often: i 100%, s 48%, e 33%, r 30%, a 26% of words.
Highest-scoring 5 letter words with I in the middle
Ranked by Scrabble tile values, before any bonus squares:
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| whizz | 29 |
| phizz | 28 |
| frizz | 26 |
| quick | 20 |
| quiff | 20 |
| quirk | 18 |
| zaidy | 18 |
| juicy | 17 |
| whiff | 17 |
| fritz | 17 |
| blitz | 16 |
| chick | 16 |
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All 5 letter words with I in the middle
All 790 words, A to Z.
a (75)
abide, acids, acidy, acing, acini, adieu, adios, adits, afire, agile, aging, agios, agism, agist, agita, ahing, ajies, ajiva, alias, alibi, alien, alifs, align, alike, aline, alist, alive, aliya, amias, amice, amici, amide, amido, amids, amies, amiga, amigo, amine, amino, amins, amirs, amiss, amity, anile, anils, anima, anime, animi, anion, anise, apian, aping, apish, arias, ariel, arils, arise, aside, atigi, atilt, avian, avion, aviso, awing, axial, axile, axils, axing, axiom, axion, axite, ayins, azide, azido, azine
b (47)
bails, bairn, baith, baits, baiza, baize, beige, beigy, being, blimp, blimy, blind, bling, blini, blink, bliny, blips, bliss, blite, blitz, boils, boing, boink, boite, briar, bribe, brick, bride, brief, brier, bries, brigs, brill, brims, brine, bring, brink, brins, briny, brios, brisk, briss, brith, brits, britt, build, built
c (70)
caids, cains, caird, cairn, ceiba, ceili, ceils, chiao, chias, chica, chick, chico, chics, chide, chief, chiel, child, chile, chili, chill, chimb, chime, chimp, china, chine, ching, chino, chins, chips, chirk, chirm, chiro, chirp, chirr, chiru, chits, chive, chivy, click, cliff, clift, climb, clime, cline, cling, clink, clips, clipt, clits, cnida, coifs, coign, coils, coins, coirs, crias, cribs, crick, cried, crier, cries, crime, crimp, cripe, crips, crisp, crits, cuifs, cuing, cuish
d (30)
daily, dairy, daisy, deice, deify, deign, deils, deism, deist, deity, dhikr, djinn, djins, doily, doing, doits, dribs, dried, drier, dries, drift, drill, drily, drink, drips, dript, drive, duits, dwine, dying
e (24)
edict, edify, edile, edits, ejido, eking, elide, elint, elite, emics, emirs, emits, epics, erica, etics, evict, evils, evite, exile, exine, exing, exist, exits, eying
f (36)
fails, faint, fairs, fairy, faith, feign, feint, feist, flick, flics, flied, flier, flies, fling, flint, flips, flirs, flirt, flite, flits, foils, foins, foist, friar, fried, frier, fries, frigs, frill, frise, frisk, frith, frits, fritt, fritz, frizz
g (39)
gaily, gains, gaits, glial, glias, glide, gliff, glime, glims, glint, glitz, going, gride, grids, grief, griff, grift, grigs, grill, grime, grimy, grind, grins, griot, gripe, grips, gript, gripy, grist, grith, grits, guide, guids, guild, guile, guilt, guiro, guise, gwine
h (16)
haick, haika, haiks, haiku, hails, haint, hairs, hairy, heigh, heils, heirs, heist, hoick, hoise, hoist, hying
i (20)
icier, icily, icing, idiom, idiot, iliac, iliad, ilial, ilium, imide, imido, imids, imine, imino, inion, irids, iring, ivied, ivies, ixias
j (6)
jails, joins, joint, joist, juice, juicy
k (13)
kaiak, kaifs, kails, kains, keirs, klick, klieg, kliks, knife, knish, knits, koine, krill
l (11)
laich, laics, laigh, laird, lairs, lairy, laith, laity, loids, loins, lying
m (15)
maids, maile, maill, mails, maims, mains, mairs, maist, maize, mbira, meiny, moils, moira, moire, moist
n (14)
naiad, naifs, nails, naira, nairu, naive, neifs, neigh, neist, noils, noily, noirs, noise, noisy
o (25)
obias, obits, odist, odium, ogive, ohias, ohing, olios, olive, omits, onion, onium, opine, oping, opium, oribi, oriel, osier, ovine, owies, owing, oxide, oxids, oxime, oxims
p (47)
paiks, pails, pains, paint, pairs, paisa, paise, peins, peise, phial, phish, phizz, piing, plica, plied, plier, plies, plink, poilu, poind, point, poise, price, prick, pricy, pride, pried, prier, pries, prigs, prill, prima, prime, primi, primo, primp, prims, prink, print, prion, prior, prise, prism, priss, privy, prize, pyins
q (16)
qaids, quick, quids, quiet, quiff, quill, quilt, quins, quint, quips, quipu, quire, quirk, quirt, quite, quits
r (20)
raias, raids, rails, rains, rainy, raise, raita, reifs, reify, reign, reiki, reink, reins, reive, rhino, roids, roils, roily, ruing, ruins
s (140)
saice, saids, saiga, sails, sains, saint, saith, scion, seifs, seine, seise, seism, seiza, seize, shied, shiel, shier, shies, shift, shill, shily, shims, shine, shins, shiny, ships, shire, shirk, shirr, shirt, shist, shite, shiur, shiva, shive, shivs, skids, skied, skier, skies, skiey, skiff, skill, skimp, skims, skink, skins, skint, skips, skirl, skirr, skirt, skite, skits, skive, slice, slick, slide, slier, slily, slime, slims, slimy, sling, slink, slipe, slips, slipt, slits, smile, smirk, smite, smith, snibs, snick, snide, sniff, snipe, snips, snits, soils, spica, spice, spicy, spied, spiel, spier, spies, spiff, spike, spiky, spile, spill, spilt, spine, spins, spiny, spire, spirt, spiry, spite, spits, spitz, spivs, stich, stick, stied, sties, stiff, stile, still, stilt, stime, stims, stimy, sting, stink, stint, stipe, stirk, stirp, stirs, suing, suint, suite, suits, swift, swigs, swile, swill, swims, swine, swing, swink, swipe, swirl, swish, swiss, swith, swive
t (59)
taiga, taiko, tails, tains, taint, teiid, teind, teins, thick, thief, thigh, thill, thine, thing, think, thins, thiol, third, thirl, toile, toils, toits, triac, triad, trial, tribe, trice, trick, tried, trier, tries, trigo, trigs, trike, trill, trims, trine, triol, trios, tripe, trips, trite, tuile, twice, twier, twigs, twill, twine, twink, twins, twiny, twirl, twirp, twist, twits, twixt, tying, tyins, tyiyn
u (13)
umiac, umiak, umiaq, unica, unify, union, unite, units, unity, urial, urine, using, utile
v (10)
vails, vairs, veils, veins, veiny, voice, voids, voila, voile, vying
w (39)
waifs, wails, wains, wairs, waist, waits, waive, weigh, weird, weirs, which, whids, whiff, whigs, while, whims, whine, whins, whiny, whips, whipt, whirl, whirr, whirs, whish, whisk, whist, white, whits, whity, whizz, wrick, wried, wrier, wries, wring, wrist, write, writs
y (1)
yaird
z (4)
zaida, zaidy, zaire, zeins
Frequently asked questions
- How many 5 letter words have I as the middle letter?
- There are 790 in our game word list, and 365 of them are everyday words.
- What are some common 5 letter words with I as the middle letter?
- Everyday examples include ABIDE, AGING, ALIEN, ALIGN, ALIKE, ALIVE, ARISE, ASIDE, AXIOM, BEING. The full list is below, everyday words first.
- What is a good 5 letter word with I in the middle for Wordle?
- ARISE. Of all five-letter words with I in the middle that have five different letters, it finds the most letters as a first guess in our test: 1.89 green or yellow tiles on average against every answer.
- What are some unusual 5 letter words with I in the middle?
- Rare but valid word game words such as PHIZZ, FRIZZ, QUIFF, ZAIDY, FRITZ, BAIZA. They are worth knowing for tile games, but daily puzzles almost never use them as answers.
- Which of these words are good guesses in five-letter puzzles?
- Everyday words with five different, common letters test the most at once. Daily puzzles also tend to pick everyday words, so start with the list of everyday words on this page.