5-Letter Words With I in the Middle
739 five-letter words have I as the third letter; 274 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.
| # | Word | Green | Yellow |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ariel | 0.51 | 1.31 |
| 2 | arise | 0.55 | 1.28 |
| 3 | raise | 0.56 | 1.26 |
| 4 | erica | 0.36 | 1.40 |
| 5 | tries | 0.48 | 1.24 |
| 6 | alien | 0.48 | 1.21 |
| 7 | reins | 0.36 | 1.30 |
| 8 | tried | 0.57 | 1.09 |
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743 words matching __I__
- whichcommon
- thinkcommon
- beingcommon
- goingcommon
- stillcommon
- whilecommon
- thingcommon
- doingcommon
- pointcommon
- whitecommon
- usingcommon
- thirdcommon
- childcommon
- quitecommon
- bringcommon
- pricecommon
- triedcommon
- drivecommon
- chiefcommon
- chinacommon
- unioncommon
- builtcommon
- dailycommon
- voicecommon
- buildcommon
- writecommon
- quickcommon
- drinkcommon
- crimecommon
- smithcommon
- trialcommon
- priorcommon
- twicecommon
- clickcommon
- faithcommon
- primecommon
- weirdcommon
- unitscommon
- alivecommon
- stickcommon
- guidecommon
- raisecommon
- existcommon
- jointcommon
- lyingcommon
- quietcommon
- smilecommon
- dyingcommon
- shirtcommon
- asidecommon
- prizecommon
- shiftcommon
- noisecommon
- shipscommon
- printcommon
- triescommon
- blindcommon
- briefcommon
- paintcommon
- pridecommon
All 739 five-letter words
Starting with A 71
abide acids acidy acing acini adieu adios adits afire agile aging agios agism agist 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 atilt avian avion aviso awing axial axile axils axing axiom axion axite ayins azide azido azine
Starting with B 42
bails bairn baith baits baiza baize beige beigy being blimp blimy blind blini blink blips bliss blite blitz boils boing boite briar bribe brick bride brief brier bries brigs brill brims brine bring brink brins briny brios brisk brits britt build built
Starting with C 61
caids cains caird cairn ceiba ceils chiao chias chick chico chics chide chief chiel child chile chili chill chimb chime chimp china chine chino chins chips chirk chirm chiro chirp chirr chits chive chivy click cliff clift climb clime cline cling clink clips clipt coifs coign coils coins coirs cribs crick cried crier cries crime crimp cripe crisp cuifs cuing cuish
Starting with D 29
daily dairy daisy deice deify deign deils deism deist deity djinn djins doily doing doits dribs dried drier dries drift drill drily drink drips dript drive duits dwine dying
Starting with E 20
edict edify edile edits eking elide elint elite emirs emits epics erica evict evils evite exile exine exist exits eying
Starting with F 35
fails faint fairs fairy faith feign feint feist flick flics flied flier flies fling flint flips flirt flite flits foils foins foist friar fried frier fries frigs frill frise frisk frith frits fritt fritz frizz
Starting with G 38
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
Starting with H 14
haika haiks haiku hails hairs hairy heigh heils heirs heist hoick hoise hoist hying
Starting with I 20
icier icily icing idiom idiot iliac iliad ilial ilium imide imido imids imine imino inion irids iring ivied ivies ixias
Starting with J 6
jails joins joint joist juice juicy
Starting with K 10
kaiak kaifs kails kains keirs knife knish knits koine krill
Starting with L 9
laich laics laigh laird lairs laith laity loins lying
Starting with M 15
maids maile maill mails maims mains mairs maist maize mbira meiny moils moira moire moist
Starting with N 13
naiad naifs nails naira naive neifs neigh neist noils noily noirs noise noisy
Starting with O 24
obias obits odist odium ogive ohias ohing olios olive omits onion onium opine oping opium oribi oriel osier ovine owing oxide oxids oxime oxims
Starting with P 45
paiks pails pains paint pairs paisa paise peins peise phial 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
Starting with Q 16
qaids quick quids quiet quiff quill quilt quins quint quips quipu quire quirk quirt quite quits
Starting with R 17
raias raids rails rains rainy raise reifs reify reign reink reins reive rhino roils roily ruing ruins
Starting with S 137
saice saids saiga sails sains saint saith scion seifs seine seise seism seize shied shiel shier shies shift shill shily shims shine shins shiny ships shire shirk shirr shirt shist shiva shive shivs skids skied skier skies skiey skiff skill skimo 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 spick spied spiel spier spies spiff spike spiks spiky spile spill spilt spine spins spiny spire spirt spiry spite spits spitz spivs stich stick stied sties stiff stile still stilt stime stimy sting stink stint stipe stirk stirp stirs suing suint suite suits swift swigs swill swims swine swing swink swipe swirl swish swiss swith swive
Starting with T 53
taiga tails tains taint teiid teind 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 twice twier twigs twill twine twins twiny twirl twirp twist twits twixt tying
Starting with U 12
umiac umiak umiaq unify union unite units unity urial urine using utile
Starting with V 10
vails vairs veils veins veiny voice voids voila voile vying
Starting with 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
Starting with Y 1
yaird
Starting with Z 2
zaire zeins
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Questions people ask
How many five-letter words have I as the third letter?
Our list has 739. 274 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 have I as the third letter?
WHICH, THINK, BEING, GOING, STILL — in that order, by how often they appear in everyday English.
What is the best Wordle guess that has I as the third letter?
ARIEL. Against the common five-letter words Wordle draws its answers from, it turns up 0.51 green and 1.31 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.