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5 Letter Words With I in the Middle
WHICH is the most common of the 411 five letter words with I in the middle in our list, followed by THINK and BEING. S is the most common first letter, starting 83 of them. The 164 common words come first below.
- Words
- 411
- 164 common
- Top letters around the I
- s50%e35%r29%n28%t26%
- Repeated letters
- 88
- 21% of words, like WHICH
- 2+ vowels
- 270
- 66% of words
Common 5 letter words with I in the middle
164 everyday words, ranked by how often they appear in English, most common first.
- which
- think
- being
- going
- still
- while
- thing
- doing
- point
- white
- using
- third
- child
- quite
- bring
- price
- tried
- drive
- chief
- union
More common words, in order (144)
built daily voice build write quick drink crime smith trial prior twice click faith prime weird units alive stick guide raise exist joint lying quiet smile dying shirt aside prize shift noise ships print tries blind brief paint pride trick thick skill knife saint elite idiot juice swing slide alien coins fails brick gains suits trips climb twist unity chips cried suite shine twins alike guilt tribe pairs cliff drill flies fairy grief reign fried aging clips dried joins nails spite ruins wrist slice weigh skirt spike grind arise cries stiff unite onion raids shiny thief pains rains spill drift fries hairy rails bliss faint hairs naive blink owing crisp spies tails tying waits noisy align mails slips abide deity exits sails suing grips alias mains edits sniff quits evils maize boils flips dries skips spits unify axiom swims stirs idiom drips omits flied
More 5 letter words with I in the middle
The other 247 words in our dictionary, A to Z. Most are rarer words, plurals and word forms that many word games accept.
Show all 247 more words
A... 19
acids acing adieu afire agile alibi amigo amino amiss amity anime anion anise aping arias avian awing axial axing
B... 17
bails baits baize beige blimp bling blips blitz bribe bride brier brigs brims brine brink briny brisk
C... 20
cairn chick chide chili chill chime chimp china chink chins chirp clime cling clink clits coifs coils cribs crier cuing
D... 8
dairy daisy deice deify deign deism doily drier
E... 8
edict eking elide emirs emits epics evict exile
F... 14
fairs feign feint flick flier fling flint flirt flits foils foist friar frill frisk
G... 15
gaily gaits glide glint grids grill grime grimy grins gripe grist grits guild guile guise
H... 5
haiku hails heirs hoist hying
I... 4
icier icily icing ivies
J... 3
jails joist juicy
K... 1
knits
L... 3
lairs laity loins
M... 4
maids maims moire moist
N... 2
naiad neigh
O... 7
obits odium olive opine opium osier oxide
P... 13
pails phial phish piing plied plies poise pried pries prigs primp prism privy
Q... 6
quids quill quilt quips quire quirk
R... 5
rainy reins rhino roils ruing
S... 53
saith scion seize shied shies shill shims shins shire shirk shirr skids skied skies skiff skimp skims skins skits slick slier slime slims slimy sling slink slits smirk smite snide snipe snips soils spice spicy spied spiky spine spins spiny spire sties stile sting stink stint swift swigs swill swine swipe swirl swish
T... 16
taint thigh thine thins toils triad trice trill trims trios tripe trite twigs twill twine twirl
U... 2
umiak urine
V... 5
veils veins voids voile vying
W... 17
waifs wails waist waive weirs whiff whims whine whiny whips whirl whirs whisk whist whits wring writs
Tips for this pattern
- Work outward from the I. The letter right after it is most often N (85 words, like THINK and BEING), then L (49).
- Try common openings. S starts 83 of these words and C starts 32, while S is the most common last letter (29%).
- A strong first guess. If you know the middle letter is I, RAISE is a good opener: it tests R, A, S and E, four of the seven most common letters in the open spots.
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Questions
How many 5 letter words with I in the middle are there?
Our dictionary has 411 five letter words with I in the middle. 164 of them are common everyday words, and the other 247 are rarer words that are still in our dictionary.
What are the most common 5 letter words with I in the middle?
WHICH, THINK, BEING, GOING and STILL, ranked by how often they appear in everyday English. 88 of all 411 words repeat a letter, and 270 have two or more vowels.
What letter do most 5 letter words with I in the middle start with?
S. It starts 83 of the 411 words (20%), including STILL and SMITH. C is second with 32.
Word lists are based on SCOWL. “Most common” order uses data from wordfreq by Robyn Speer, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.