5-letter words with I as the second letter
There are 1,347 five-letter words with I as the second letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is FIZZY at 29 points. L is the most common first letter among them (109), and the average score is 9.4 points.
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Every word your letters make appears below, longest first, each with its Scrabble score.
Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green I in the second position leaves these 1,347 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with I in slot 2, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include FIZZY, BIZZY, MIZZY, DIZZY and TIZZY. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an I in slot 2 further.
For Wordle, RINSE is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 1,347 words.
5-letter words with I as the second letter in numbers
- Words
- 1,347
- Highest scoring
- FIZZY 29 pts
- Average score
- 9.4 pts
- With a definition
- 787 (58%)
- A25
- B91
- C34
- D97
- E8
- F89
- G53
- H46
- J27
- K58
- L109
- M108
- N56
- O5
- P108
- Q1
- R76
- S99
- T72
- V73
- W75
- Y13
- Z24
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with i as the second letter
5-letter words with I as the second letter (1,347)
These 300 of the 1,347 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every first letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words have I as the second letter?
Unscrambly's list has 1,347 five-letter words with I in the second position, 11% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your second tile turned green as I, these 1,347 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as RINSE.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with I as the second letter?
FIZZY scores 29 points in Scrabble. Next come BIZZY (28), MIZZY (28) and DIZZY (27). The average is 9.4 points.