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5 Letter Words Starting With I

Our word list has 49 five letter words starting with I. Start with the 18 common ones, ranked by everyday use (ISSUE, IMAGE, IDEAS), or open the full list for the other 31. The most common second letter is N, found in 18 of them.

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Words
49
18 common
Top letters in spots 2 to 5
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Repeated letters
15
31% of words, like ISSUE
2+ vowels
46
94% of words

Common 5 letter words starting with I

18 everyday words, ranked by how often they appear in English, most common first.

  1. issue
  2. image
  3. ideas
  4. items
  5. index
  6. inner
  7. ideal
  8. idiot
  9. input
  10. inter
  11. irony
  12. imply
  13. icons
  14. incur
  15. infer
  16. idiom
  17. irate
  18. inane

More 5 letter words starting with I

The other 31 words in our dictionary, A to Z. Most are rarer words, plurals and word forms that many word games accept.

Show all 31 more words

IA... 1

iambs

IC... 3

icier icily icing

ID... 5

idled idler idles idols idyll

IG... 1

igloo

IM... 2

imams impel

IN... 11

inapt inbox inept inert infix ingot inked inlay inlet inset inure

IO... 1

iotas

IR... 2

irked irons

IS... 2

isles islet

IT... 1

itchy

IV... 2

ivies ivory

Tips for this pattern

  • Check the second letter. N follows the I in 18 words (37%), as in INDEX and INNER. D (9) and C (4) come next.
  • Look at the last letter. 22% of five letter words starting with I end in S, like IDEAS and ITEMS. Most of those are plurals, which some daily word games never use as answers.
  • A strong first guess. If you know the word starts with I, INTER is a good opener: it tests N, T, E and R, four of the seven most common letters in the open spots.

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Questions

How many 5 letter words starting with I are there?

Our dictionary has 49 five letter words starting with I. 18 of them are common everyday words, and the other 31 are rarer words that are still in our dictionary.

What are the most common 5 letter words starting with I?

ISSUE, IMAGE, IDEAS, ITEMS and INDEX, ranked by how often they appear in everyday English. 15 of all 49 words repeat a letter, and 46 have two or more vowels.

What is the most common second letter in 5 letter words starting with I?

N. 18 of the 49 words (37%) have N second, such as INDEX and INNER. D is next with 9 words, then C with 4.

Word lists are based on SCOWL. “Most common” order uses data from wordfreq by Robyn Speer, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.