4-letter words with I as the 2nd letter

There are 707 4-letter words with I as the 2nd letter, from familiar choices like WITH and TIME to rare, high-scoring ZIZZ.

707 wordsTop pick WITHHighest score ZIZZ 31

244 of 707 are everyday words (35%). A friendly list: most players will know the top picks.

2nd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

A is the most common 2nd letter in 4-letter words (1,057 words); Q is the rarest (1). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 244 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 244 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 707

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

AIAS₄
AIDE₅
AIDS₅
AIGA₅
AILS₄
AIMS₆
AINE₄
AINS₄
AIRN₄
AIRS₄
AIRT₄
AIRY₇
AITS₄
AITU₄
BIAS₆
BIBB₁₀
BIBE₈
BIBS₈
BICE₈
BIDE₇
BIDI₇
BIDS₇
BIEN₆
BIER₆
BIFF₁₂
BIGA₇
BIGG₈
BIGS₇
BIKE₁₀
BILE₆
BILK₁₀
BILL₆
BIMA₈
BIND₇
BINE₆
BING₇
BINK₁₀
BINS₆
BINT₆
BIOG₇
BIOS₆
BIRD₇
BIRK₁₀
BIRL₆
BIRO₆
BIRR₆
BISE₆
BISH₉
BISK₁₀
BIST₆
BITE₆
BITO₆
BITS₆
BITT₆
BIZE₁₅
CIAO₆
CIDE₇
CIDS₇
CIEL₆
CIGS₇
CILL₆
CINE₆
CINQ₁₅
CION₆
CIRE₆
CIRL₆
CIST₆
CITE₆
CITO₆
CITS₆
CITY₉
CIVE₉
DIAL₅
DIBS₇
DICE₇
DICH₁₀
DICK₁₁
DICT₇
DIDO₆
DIDY₉
DIEB₇
DIED₆
DIEL₅
DIES₅
DIET₅
DIFF₁₁
DIFS₈
DIGS₆
DIKA₉
DIKE₉
DILL₅
DIME₇
DIMP₉
DIMS₇
DINE₅
DING₆
DINK₉
DINO₅
DINS₅
DINT₅
DIOL₅
DIPS₇
DIPT₇
DIRE₅
DIRK₉
DIRL₅
DIRT₅
DISA₅
DISC₇
DISH₈
DISK₉
DISS₅
DITA₅
DITE₅
DITS₅
DITT₅
DITZ₁₄
DIVA₈
DIVE₈
DIVI₈
DIVS₈
DIXI₁₂
DIXY₁₅
EIDE₅
EIKS₈
EILD₅
EINA₄
EINE₄
EISH₇
FIAR₇
FIAT₇
FIBS₉
FICE₉
FICO₉
FIDO₈
FIDS₈
FIEF₁₀
FIER₇
FIFE₁₀
FIFI₁₀
FIGO₈
FIGS₈
FIKE₁₁
FIKY₁₄
FILA₇
FILE₇
FILK₁₁
FILL₇
FILM₉
FILO₇
FILS₇
FIND₈
FINE₇
FINI₇
FINK₁₁
FINO₇
FINS₇
FIRE₇
FIRK₁₁
FIRM₉
FIRN₇
FIRS₇
FISC₉
FISH₁₀
FISK₁₁
FIST₇
FITS₇
FITT₇
FIVE₁₀
FIXT₁₄
FIZZ₂₅
GIBE₇
GIBS₇
GIDS₆
GIED₆
GIEN₅
GIES₅
GIFS₈
GIFT₈
GIGA₆
GIGS₆
GILA₅
GILD₆
GILL₅
GILT₅
GIMP₉
GING₆
GINK₉
GINN₅
GINS₅
GIOS₅
GIPS₇
GIRD₆
GIRL₅
GIRN₅
GIRO₅
GIRR₅
GIRT₅
GISM₇
GIST₅
GITE₅
GITS₅
GIVE₈
GIZZ₂₃
HICK₁₃
HIDE₈
HIED₈
HIES₇
HIGH₁₁
HIKE₁₁
HILA₇
HILD₈
HILI₇
HILL₇
HILT₇
HIMS₉
HIND₈
HING₈
HINS₇
HINT₇
HIOI₇
HIPS₉
HIPT₉
HIRE₇
HISH₁₀
HISN₇
HISS₇
HIST₇
HITS₇
HIVE₁₀
HIYA₁₀
HIZZ₂₅
JIAO₁₁
JIBB₁₅
JIBE₁₃
JIBS₁₃
JIFF₁₇
JIGS₁₂
JILL₁₁
JILT₁₁
JIMP₁₅
JINK₁₅
JINN₁₁
JINS₁₁
JINX₁₈
JIRD₁₂
JISM₁₃
JIVE₁₄
JIVY₁₇
JIZZ₂₉
KIBE₁₀
KICK₁₄
KIDS₉
KIEF₁₁
KIER₈
KIFF₁₄
KIFS₁₁
KIKE₁₂
KILD₉
KILL₈
KILN₈
KILO₈
KILP₁₀
KILT₈
KINA₈
KIND₉
KINE₈
KING₉
KINK₁₂
KINO₈
KINS₈
KIPE₁₀
KIPP₁₂
KIPS₁₀
KIRK₁₂
KIRN₈
KIRS₈
KISH₁₁
KISS₈
KIST₈
KITE₈
KITH₁₁
KITS₈
KIVA₁₁
KIWI₁₁
LIAR₄
LIAS₄
LIBS₆
LICE₆
LICH₉
LICK₁₀
LIDO₅
LIDS₅
LIED₅
LIEF₇
LIEN₄
LIER₄
LIES₄
LIEU₄
LIFE₇
LIFT₇
LIGS₅
LIKE₈
LILL₄
LILO₄
LILT₄
LILY₇
LIMA₆
LIMB₈
LIME₆
LIMN₆
LIMO₆
LIMP₈
LIMY₉
LIND₅
LINE₄
LING₅
LINK₈
LINN₄
LINO₄
LINS₄
LINT₄
LINY₇
LION₄
LIPA₆
LIPE₆
LIPO₆
LIPS₆
LIRA₄
LIRE₄
LIRI₄
LIRK₈
LISK₈
LISP₆
LIST₄
LITE₄
LITH₇
LITS₄
LITU₄
LIVE₇
MIBS₈
MICA₈
MICE₈
MICH₁₁
MICK₁₂
MICO₈
MICS₈
MIDI₇
MIDS₇
MIEN₆
MIFF₁₂
MIGG₈
MIGS₇
MIHA₉
MIHI₉
MIKE₁₀
MILD₇
MILE₆
MILF₉
MILK₁₀
MILL₆
MILO₆
MILS₆
MILT₆
MIME₈
MINA₆
MIND₇
MINE₆
MING₇
MINI₆
MINK₁₀
MINO₆
MINT₆
MINX₁₃
MINY₉
MIPS₈
MIRE₆
MIRI₆
MIRK₁₀
MIRO₆
MIRS₆
MIRV₉
MIRY₉
MISE₆
MISO₆
MISS₆
MIST₆
MITE₆
MITT₆
MITY₉
MIXT₁₃
MIXY₁₆
MIZZ₂₄
NIBS₆
NICE₆
NICK₁₀
NIDE₅
NIDI₅
NIDS₅
NIED₅
NIEF₇
NIES₄
NIFE₇
NIFF₁₀
NIGH₈
NILL₄
NILS₄
NIMB₈
NIMS₆
NINE₄
NIPA₆
NIPS₆
NIRL₄
NISH₇
NISI₄
NITE₄
NITS₄
NIXE₁₁
NIXY₁₄
OIKS₈
OILS₄
OILY₇
OINK₈
OINT₄
PIAL₆
PIAN₆
PIAS₆
PICA₈
PICE₈
PICK₁₂
PICS₈
PIED₇
PIER₆
PIES₆
PIET₆
PIGS₇
PIKA₁₀
PIKE₁₀
PIKI₁₀
PILA₆
PILE₆
PILI₆
PILL₆
PILY₉
PIMA₈
PIMP₁₀
PINA₆
PINE₆
PING₇
PINK₁₀
PINS₆
PINT₆
PINY₉
PION₆
PIOY₉
PIPA₈
PIPE₈
PIPI₈
PIPS₈
PIPY₁₁
PIRL₆
PIRN₆
PIRS₆
PISE₆
PISH₉
PISO₆
PISS₆
PITA₆
PITH₉
PITS₆
PITY₉
PIUM₈
PIXY₁₆
PIZE₁₅
RIAL₄
RIAS₄
RIBA₆
RIBS₆
RICE₆
RICH₉
RICK₁₀
RICY₉
RIDE₅
RIDS₅
RIEL₄
RIEM₆
RIFE₇
RIFF₁₀
RIFS₇
RIFT₇
RIGG₆
RIGS₅
RILE₄
RILL₄
RIMA₆
RIME₆
RIMS₆
RIMU₆
RIMY₉
RIND₅
RINE₄
RING₅
RINK₈
RINS₄
RIOT₄
RIPE₆
RIPP₈
RIPS₆
RIPT₆
RISE₄
RISK₈
RISP₆
RITE₄
RITS₄
RITT₄
RITZ₁₃
RIVA₇
RIVE₇
RIVO₇
RIZA₁₃
SIAL₄
SIBB₈
SIBS₆
SICE₆
SICH₉
SICK₁₀
SICS₆
SIDA₅
SIDE₅
SIDH₈
SIEN₄
SIES₄
SIFT₇
SIGH₈
SIGN₅
SIGS₅
SIJO₁₁
SIKA₈
SIKE₈
SILD₅
SILE₄
SILK₈
SILL₄
SILO₄
SILT₄
SIMA₆
SIMI₆
SIMP₈
SIMS₆
SIND₅
SINE₄
SING₅
SINH₇
SINK₈
SINS₄
SIPE₆
SIPS₆
SIRE₄
SIRI₄
SIRS₄
SISS₄
SIST₄
SITE₄
SITH₇
SITS₄
SITZ₁₃
SIZE₁₃
SIZY₁₆
TIAN₄
TIAR₄
TICE₆
TICH₉
TICK₁₀
TICS₆
TIDE₅
TIDS₅
TIDY₈
TIED₅
TIER₄
TIES₄
TIFF₁₀
TIFT₇
TIGE₅
TIGS₅
TIKA₈
TIKE₈
TIKI₈
TILE₄
TILL₄
TILS₄
TILT₄
TIME₆
TIND₅
TINE₄
TING₅
TINK₈
TINS₄
TINT₄
TINY₇
TIPI₆
TIPS₆
TIPT₆
TIRE₄
TIRL₄
TIRO₄
TIRR₄
TITE₄
TITI₄
TITS₄
TIVY₁₀
TIYN₇
TIZZ₂₂
VIAE₇
VIAL₇
VIAS₇
VIBE₉
VIBS₉
VICE₉
VIDE₈
VIDS₈
VIED₈
VIER₇
VIES₇
VIEW₁₀
VIFF₁₃
VIGA₈
VIGS₈
VILD₈
VILE₇
VILL₇
VIMS₉
VINA₇
VINE₇
VINO₇
VINS₇
VINT₇
VINY₁₀
VIOL₇
VIRE₇
VIRL₇
VISA₇
VISE₇
VITA₇
VITE₇
VIVA₁₀
VIVE₁₀
VIVO₁₀
VIZY₁₉
WICE₉
WICH₁₂
WICK₁₃
WIDE₈
WIEL₇
WIFE₁₀
WIGS₈
WIKI₁₁
WILD₈
WILE₇
WILI₇
WILL₇
WILT₇
WILY₁₀
WIMP₁₁
WIND₈
WINE₇
WING₈
WINK₁₁
WINN₇
WINO₇
WINS₇
WINY₁₀
WIPE₉
WIRE₇
WIRY₁₀
WISE₇
WISH₁₀
WISP₉
WISS₇
WIST₇
WITE₇
WITH₁₀
WITS₇
WIVE₁₀
YIDS₈
YIKE₁₁
YILL₇
YINS₇
YIPE₉
YIPS₉
YIRD₈
YIRK₁₁
YIRR₇
YITE₇
ZIFF₁₉
ZIGS₁₄
ZILA₁₃
ZILL₁₃
ZIMB₁₇
ZINC₁₅
ZINE₁₃
ZING₁₄
ZINS₁₃
ZIPS₁₅
ZITE₁₃
ZITI₁₃
ZITS₁₃
ZIZZ₃₁

Letters by positionIn 20% of these words the 4th letter is S.

1st letter

3rd letter

N15%
L11%
R8%

4th letter

S20%
E18%
T7%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 6 in Scrabble; ZIZZ tops the list with 31. Scores before board bonuses.

44 points: 89 words
5 points: 69 words
66 points: 128 words
7 points: 128 words
88 points: 96 words
9 points: 54 words
1010 points: 49 words
11 points: 29 words
1212 points: 12 words
13 points: 19 words
1414 points: 9 words
15 points: 9 words
1616 points: 3 words
17 points: 3 words
1818 points: 1 words
19 points: 2 words
2020 points: 0 words
21 points: 0 words
2222 points: 1 words
23 points: 1 words
2424 points: 1 words
25 points: 2 words
2626 points: 0 words
27 points: 0 words
2828 points: 0 words
29 points: 1 words
3030 points: 0 words
31 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
ZIZZ	31	31	Collins · NWL
FIZZ	25	25	All three
HIZZ	25	24	Collins only
MIZZ	24	25	Collins only
GIZZ	23	24	Collins only
TIZZ	22	22	Collins · NWL
ZIFF	19	19	Collins only
VIZY	19	19	Collins only
JINX	18	21	All three
JIFF	17	19	All three
ZIMB	17	19	Collins only
JIVY	17	19	Collins · NWL

The pattern is _I__, and you’ll recognize many entries immediately: LIKE, LIFE, FIND, GIVE, and SIDE all fit. Of the 707 words, 244 rank among the most common English words, while 566 have definitions. Dictionary coverage varies, so a familiar-looking answer and a tournament-accepted play are not always the same thing.

4-letter words with I as the 2nd letter: quick facts

The pattern contains 707 words, with I fixed in the second position.
WITH, WILL, LIKE, TIME, and LIFE are familiar examples that match _I__.
Collins includes 697 matches; NWL2023 includes 547, and ENABLE includes 508.
L leads the first-letter counts with 55 words; M follows with 53 and D with 51.
The most frequent endings are S, with 139 words, and E, with 129.

Which common words fit the pattern?

WITH and WILL are easy to spot, but the pattern also reaches across several everyday word families. TIME, LIFE, and LIVE share the same vowel position, while FIND, KIND, and MIND show how often the final letters change around I.

The 244 common entries are only part of the full set: 566 words have definitions, and many remaining plays are less familiar. For quick recall, try the starting consonant first. L, M, D, P, and S lead the initial-letter counts, with 55, 53, 51, 50, and 48 matches respectively.

Ending letters narrow the search fast. S and E account for the two largest final-letter groups, at 139 and 129 words. If your clue rules out those endings, T is next with 52; A follows with 43.

Where do the strongest scores come from?

ZIZZ tops the scoring examples at 31 points, while FIZZ and HIZZ each score 25. Those unusual Z-heavy words are a sharp contrast with low-key everyday options such as WITH or LIKE; save them for a board position that rewards the premium tiles.

The set suits letter-position clues and word games with broader dictionaries rather than a narrow answer list. Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE do not contain identical selections; check your game's word list before challenging an opponent.

Questions people ask

How many four-letter words have I as the second letter?

There are 707 four-letter words with I in the second position. Common examples include WITH, LIKE, TIME, and LIFE, while the full set also includes less familiar tournament entries. The total counts words appearing in at least one of the covered tournament dictionaries.

What are some common four-letter words with I in the second spot?

WITH, WILL, LIKE, TIME, LIFE, FIND, HIGH, and GIVE are familiar matches. They all follow the _I__ pattern, but their endings vary, making the starting letter a quick way to sort likely answers.

Which four-letter word with I second scores the most?

ZIZZ is the highest-scoring example at 31 points. FIZZ and HIZZ each score 25, so the strongest examples rely on valuable Z tiles rather than unusual word length. Their score depends on tile values and the board position.

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