5-letter words with I as the third letter
There are 1,022 five-letter words with I as the third letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is WHIZZ at 29 points. S is the most common first letter among them (183), and the average score is 8.8 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green I in the third position leaves these 1,022 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with I in slot 3, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include WHIZZ, CHIZZ, FRIZZ, SWIZZ and QUICK. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an I in slot 3 further.
For Wordle, ARISE 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 1,022 words.
5-letter words with I as the third letter in numbers
- Words
- 1,022
- Highest scoring
- WHIZZ 29 pts
- Average score
- 8.8 pts
- With a definition
- 576 (56%)
- A91
- B57
- C86
- D37
- E29
- F47
- G57
- H23
- I20
- J6
- K21
- L18
- M27
- N18
- O32
- P52
- Q22
- R32
- S183
- T77
- U13
- V16
- W50
- Y4
- Z4
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with i as the third letter
5-letter words with I as the third letter (1,022)
These 300 of the 1,022 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 third letter?
Unscrambly's list has 1,022 five-letter words with I in the third position, 8.1% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your third tile turned green as I, these 1,022 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 ARISE.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with I as the third letter?
WHIZZ scores 29 points in Scrabble. Next come CHIZZ (28), FRIZZ (26) and SWIZZ (26). The average is 8.8 points.