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5-Letter Words Ending in I

142 five-letter words end in I; 9 of them are common words, shown in bold. Common words are where Wordle answers come from.

Best Wordle guesses

Ranked by how many green and yellow tiles each word turns up, on average, against the common words Wordle answers come from.

#WordGreenYellow
1rabbi0.220.97
2swami0.340.82
3quasi0.280.83
4alibi0.260.80
5kanji0.220.81
6khaki0.230.74
7chili0.330.58
8sushi0.270.64

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  • chilicommon
  • rabbicommon
  • sushicommon
  • quasicommon
  • fungicommon
  • alibicommon
  • khakicommon
  • swamicommon
  • kanjicommon
  • mufti
  • corgi
  • fermi
  • cacti
  • rishi
  • ghazi
  • tutti
  • radii
  • ennui
  • bindi
  • libri
  • aioli
  • lanai
  • issei
  • shoji
  • amici
  • genii
  • hadji
  • khadi
  • torii
  • hajji
  • nisei
  • dashi
  • bassi
  • villi
  • carpi
  • dhoti
  • terai
  • palpi
  • cerci
  • kauri
  • lungi
  • tempi
  • garni
  • putti
  • campi
  • pardi
  • okapi
  • tarsi
  • lathi
  • acari
  • senti
  • benni
  • cocci
  • kukri
  • serai
  • primi
  • sulci
  • celli
  • soldi
  • oculi

All 142 five-letter words

Starting with A 11

aalii abaci acari acini aioli alibi amici animi askoi assai aurei

Starting with B 9

bassi benni biali bindi blini bocci bravi buffi byssi

Starting with C 14

cacti campi carpi celli cerci cesti chili cirri clavi coati cocci corgi croci culti

Starting with D 7

dashi dhobi dhoti dhuti disci dolci duomi

Starting with E 4

elemi ennui enoki envoi

Starting with F 4

farci fermi fundi fungi

Starting with G 4

gaddi garni genii ghazi

Starting with H 3

hadji hajji houri

Starting with I 3

iambi indri issei

Starting with J 1

jinni

Starting with K 9

kanji kauri khadi khaki kibbi kibei korai krubi kukri

Starting with L 9

laari lanai lathi libri lichi limbi litai logoi lungi

Starting with M 3

maqui medii mufti

Starting with N 4

naevi nimbi nisei nomoi

Starting with O 6

obeli oboli oculi okapi oribi ovoli

Starting with P 11

padri palpi pappi pardi penni petti pilei poori primi psoai putti

Starting with Q 1

quasi

Starting with R 4

rabbi radii recti rishi

Starting with S 15

salmi scudi segni sengi senti serai shoji soldi solei spahi stoai styli sulci sushi swami

Starting with T 13

tarsi teloi tempi terai thymi tondi tophi topoi torii torsi tragi tsadi tutti

Starting with U 3

uraei urari uteri

Starting with V 2

villi volti

Starting with X 1

xysti

Starting with Z 1

zombi

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Questions people ask

How many five-letter words end in I?

Our list has 142. 9 of them are common everyday words; the rest are rarer words you are more likely to meet in Scrabble or a crossword than in conversation. The list is a public-domain English word list, sorted by how often each word appears in everyday writing.

What are the most common five-letter words that end in I?

CHILI, RABBI, SUSHI, QUASI, FUNGI — in that order, by how often they appear in everyday English.

What is the best Wordle guess that ends in I?

RABBI. Against the common five-letter words Wordle draws its answers from, it turns up 0.22 green and 0.97 yellow tiles on average — more than any other word on this list. The method is the same as on our Best Wordle Starting Words page.