5-Letter Words Starting with I
There are 37 common five-letter words starting with I in Hintwordo's list, and 81 more that are valid but rarely used. The most familiar are ISSUE, IMAGE, INDEX, INNER, IDEAL, IDIOT. Words are ranked by how often they appear in real-world writing, so the ones at the top are the likeliest answers in a daily five-letter puzzle.
Apart from the letter in the name, the most common letters in this list are E (in 51% of words), N (51%) and R (30%) — good letters to test next.
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Common words (37)
Type a pattern with ? for unknown letters (s?a?e), or letters the word must contain (ae).
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- very common: issue
- very common: image
- very common: index
- very common: inner
- very common: ideal
- very common: idiot
- very common: input
- very common: indie
- very common: irony
- very common: imply
- very common: intro
- common: icing
- common: inlet
- common: itchy
- common: incur
- common: infer
- common: inept
- common: inert
- common: ivory
- common: idiom
- common: infra
- common: inset
- common: irate
- common: islet
- common: inane
- common: inlay
- common: igloo
- less common: idyll
- less common: imbue
- less common: ionic
- less common: ingot
- less common: impel
- less common: imago
- less common: idler
- less common: ilium
- less common: ileum
- less common: inure
Letter patterns in these words
Most common other letters
- e51%
- n51%
- r30%
- l30%
- t30%
- o24%
Most common letter by position
| Position 1 | Position 2 | Position 3 | Position 4 | Position 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| i100% | n43% | l14% | e22% | t22% |
A strong first guess from this list: inlet
Puzzle tips
- If you know the first letter is I, spend your next guess on common vowels and consonants you haven't tried rather than on another I-word.
- Check the “most common letter by position” table below: it shows which second and last letters are most likely.
- Enter your guesses in the solver to combine this with everything else you know, including yellow letters.
Less common valid words (81)
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