Words that start with I
There are 9,449 words that start with I in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is ISOCARBOXAZIDS at 35 points. They run from 2 to 15 letters, 10-letter words are the biggest group with 1,365, and the average one scores 15.1 points.
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I is the second most common vowel, and words that begin with it skew a little formal and Latin-rooted. I starts 3.5% of the 269,870 words in the dictionary, the 13th largest share of the 26 letters. The longest run to 15 letters (497 words), IMPRESSIONISTIC among them. Two-letter words starting with I: ID, IF, IN, IO, IS and IT.
Words that start with I in numbers
- Words
- 9,449
- Highest scoring
- ISOCARBOXAZIDS 35 pts
- Average score
- 15.1 pts
- Longest
- IMPRESSIONISTIC 15 letters
- 26
- 327
- 470
- 5161
- 6381
- 7654
- 8963
- 91,243
- 101,365
- 111,348
- 121,195
- 13926
- 14613
- 15497
Highest-scoring words that start with i
| Word | Score | Length |
|---|---|---|
| isocarboxazids | 35 | 14 |
| isocarboxazid | 34 | 13 |
| ichthyophagists | 32 | 15 |
| ichthyophagy | 32 | 12 |
| immunocomplexes | 32 | 15 |
| ichthyophagies | 31 | 14 |
| ichthyophagist | 31 | 14 |
| ichthyophagous | 31 | 14 |
| inexplicability | 31 | 15 |
| intermezzos | 31 | 11 |
Words that start with I (9,449)
These 300 of the 9,449 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every length (2 to 15 letters); within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the full list is in the free JSON API.
15-letter words 23
14-letter words 23
13-letter words 23
12-letter words 23
11-letter words 23
10-letter words 23
9-letter words 23
8-letter words 23
7-letter words 23
6-letter words 24
5-letter words 24
4-letter words 24
Frequently asked questions
How many words start with I?
9,449 words in Unscrambly's list start with I. 161 of them have five letters, 654 have seven and 6 have two.
What is the best I word for Scrabble?
ISOCARBOXAZIDS scores 35 points before bonus squares. Next come ISOCARBOXAZID (34), ICHTHYOPHAGISTS (32) and ICHTHYOPHAGY (32). Across all 9,449, the average is 15.1 points.
What two-letter words start with I?
ID, IF, IN, IO, IS and IT: 6 in total. Two-letter words are the easiest way to score on a crowded board.
How many 5 letter words start with I?
161. Five letters is the Wordle length, and every one of them is on the 5 letter words starting with I list, where IZZAT scores highest at 23 points.