5-letter words with I as the 2nd letter and E as the 4th letter

5-letter words with I as the 2nd letter and E as the 4th letter follow the pattern _I_E_; 350 tournament-dictionary entries match.

350 wordsTop pick TIMESHighest score ZIZEL 23

94 of 350 are everyday words (27%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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

4th 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

With I in 2nd place, E is the most common 4th letter (350 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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5
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12
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15

Common words 94 · most-used first

TIMES₇
VIDEO₉
GIVEN₉
LIVES₈
GIVES₉
RIVER₈
MILES₇
LINES₅
LIVED₉
LIKED₁₀
SITES₅
LIKES₉
SIDES₆
TIRED₆
FIXED₁₆
MIXED₁₅
FIRED₉
FILED₉
FILES₈
HIRED₉
TIGER₆
CITED₈
SIZED₁₅
AIMED₈
WIDER₉
LIVER₈
MINES₇
SIZES₁₄
FIRES₈
LINED₆
WIVES₁₁
RISES₅
FIBER₁₀
RIDES₆
TIRES₅
RIDER₆
PIPES₉
SIDED₇
RILEY₈
BIKES₁₁
RISEN₅
WIPED₁₁
AIRED₆
WIRES₈
WINES₈
WIRED₉
BITES₇
FINES₈

Showing the top 48 of 94 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 350

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

AIDED₇
AIDER₆
AIDES₆
AILED₆
AIMED₈
AIMER₇
AINEE₅
AIRED₆
AIRER₅
AIVER₈
AIYEE₈
BIBES₉
BICEP₁₁
BICES₉
BIDED₉
BIDER₈
BIDES₈
BIDET₈
BIKED₁₂
BIKER₁₁
BIKES₁₁
BILED₈
BILES₇
BINER₇
BINES₇
BIPED₁₀
BISES₇
BITER₇
BITES₇
BIZES₁₆
CIDED₉
CIDER₈
CIDES₈
CIMEX₁₆
CINES₇
CIRES₇
CITED₈
CITER₇
CITES₇
CIVES₁₀
CIVET₁₀
DICED₉
DICER₈
DICES₈
DICEY₁₁
DIKED₁₁
DIKER₁₀
DIKES₁₀
DIKEY₁₃
DIMER₈
DIMES₈
DINED₇
DINER₆
DINES₆
DIRER₆
DITED₇
DITES₆
DIVED₁₀
DIVER₉
DIVES₉
DIZEN₁₅
EIDER₆
EIKED₁₀
EISEL₅
FIBER₁₀
FICES₁₀
FIFED₁₂
FIFER₁₁
FIFES₁₁
FIKED₁₃
FIKES₁₂
FILED₉
FILER₈
FILES₈
FILET₈
FINED₉
FINER₈
FINES₈
FIRED₉
FIREE₈
FIRER₈
FIRES₈
FIVER₁₁
FIVES₁₁
FIXED₁₆
FIXER₁₅
FIXES₁₅
GIBED₉
GIBEL₈
GIBER₈
GIBES₈
GILET₆
GIMEL₈
GITES₆
GIVED₁₀
GIVEN₉
GIVER₉
GIVES₉
HIDED₁₀
HIDER₉
HIDES₉
HIKED₁₃
HIKER₁₂
HIKES₁₂
HIRED₉
HIREE₈
HIRER₈
HIRES₈
HIVED₁₂
HIVER₁₁
HIVES₁₁
HIZEN₁₇
JIBED₁₅
JIBER₁₄
JIBES₁₄
JIVED₁₆
JIVER₁₅
JIVES₁₅
JIVEY₁₈
KIBEI₁₁
KIBES₁₁
KIDEL₁₀
KIKES₁₃
KILEY₁₂
KINES₉
KIPES₁₁
KITED₁₀
KITER₉
KITES₉
LIBEL₇
LIBER₇
LIFER₈
LIFES₈
LIGER₆
LIKED₁₀
LIKEN₉
LIKER₉
LIKES₉
LIMED₈
LIMEN₇
LIMES₇
LIMEY₁₀
LINED₆
LINEN₅
LINER₅
LINES₅
LINEY₈
LITED₆
LITER₅
LITES₅
LIVED₉
LIVEN₈
LIVER₈
LIVES₈
MIKED₁₂
MIKES₁₁
MILER₇
MILES₇
MIMED₁₀
MIMEO₉
MIMER₉
MIMES₉
MINED₈
MINER₇
MINES₇
MIRED₈
MIRES₇
MIREX₁₄
MISER₇
MISES₇
MITER₇
MITES₇
MIXED₁₅
MIXEN₁₄
MIXER₁₄
MIXES₁₄
MIZEN₁₆
NICER₇
NIDED₇
NIDES₆
NIFES₈
NIGER₆
NINER₅
NINES₅
NISEI₅
NITER₅
NITES₅
NIXED₁₃
NIXER₁₂
NIXES₁₂
OILED₆
OILER₅
PIKED₁₂
PIKER₁₁
PIKES₁₁
PIKEY₁₄
PILEA₇
PILED₈
PILEI₇
PILER₇
PILES₇
PINED₈
PINES₇
PINEY₁₀
PIPED₁₀
PIPER₉
PIPES₉
PIPET₉
PISES₇
PIXEL₁₄
PIXES₁₄
PIZED₁₇
PIZES₁₆
RIBES₇
RICED₈
RICER₇
RICES₇
RICEY₁₀
RIDER₆
RIDES₆
RIFER₈
RILED₆
RILES₅
RILEY₈
RIMED₈
RIMER₇
RIMES₇
RINES₅
RIPED₈
RIPEN₇
RIPER₇
RIPES₇
RISEN₅
RISER₅
RISES₅
RITES₅
RIVED₉
RIVEL₈
RIVEN₈
RIVER₈
RIVES₈
RIVET₈
SICES₇
SIDED₇
SIDER₆
SIDES₆
SIKER₉
SIKES₉
SILED₆
SILEN₅
SILER₅
SILES₅
SILEX₁₂
SINED₆
SINES₅
SINEW₈
SIPED₈
SIPES₇
SIRED₆
SIREE₅
SIREN₅
SIRES₅
SISES₅
SITED₆
SITES₅
SIVER₈
SIXER₁₂
SIXES₁₂
SIZED₁₅
SIZEL₁₄
SIZER₁₄
SIZES₁₄
TICED₈
TICES₇
TIDED₇
TIDES₆
TIGER₆
TIGES₆
TIKES₉
TILED₆
TILER₅
TILES₅
TIMED₈
TIMER₇
TIMES₇
TINEA₅
TINED₆
TINES₅
TIRED₆
TIRES₅
TITER₅
TIZES₁₄
VIBED₁₁
VIBES₁₀
VIBEX₁₇
VIBEY₁₃
VICED₁₁
VICES₁₀
VIDEO₉
VILER₈
VIMEN₁₀
VINED₉
VINER₈
VINES₈
VINEW₁₁
VIPER₁₀
VIRED₉
VIREO₈
VIRES₈
VISED₉
VISES₈
VITEX₁₅
VIVER₁₁
VIVES₁₁
VIXEN₁₅
WIDEN₉
WIDER₉
WIDES₉
WIFED₁₂
WIFES₁₁
WIFEY₁₄
WILED₉
WILES₈
WINED₉
WINES₈
WINEY₁₁
WIPED₁₁
WIPER₁₀
WIPES₁₀
WIRED₉
WIRER₈
WIRES₈
WISED₉
WISER₈
WISES₈
WITED₉
WITES₈
WIVED₁₂
WIVER₁₁
WIVES₁₁
WIZEN₁₇
WIZES₁₇
YIKED₁₃
YIKES₁₂
YIPES₁₀
YITES₈
ZIBET₁₆
ZINEB₁₆
ZINES₁₄
ZIZEL₂₃

Letters by positionIn 34% of these words the 5th letter is S.

1st letter

3rd letter

N11%
V10%
L9%

5th letter

S34%
R23%
D23%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 8 in Scrabble; ZIZEL tops the list with 23. Scores before board bonuses.

55 points: 35 words
6 points: 32 words
77 points: 50 words
8 points: 70 words
99 points: 46 words
10 points: 26 words
1111 points: 27 words
12 points: 17 words
1313 points: 7 words
14 points: 15 words
1515 points: 10 words
16 points: 8 words
1717 points: 5 words
18 points: 1 words
1919 points: 0 words
20 points: 0 words
2121 points: 0 words
22 points: 0 words
2323 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
ZIZEL	23	24	Collins only
JIVEY	18	20	All three
HIZEN	17	17	Collins only
WIZEN	17	18	All three
VIBEX	17	19	Collins only
WIZES	17	17	All three
PIZED	17	18	Collins only
FIXED	16	16	All three
MIZEN	16	18	All three
CIMEX	16	18	All three
JIVED	16	19	All three
ZINEB	16	18	All three

That fixed pair leaves three open tiles: the first, third, and fifth letters. Familiar matches include TIMES, VIDEO, GIVEN, RIVER, and MILES, while FIXED stands out for its score. The list spans Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE, so a match in one dictionary does not guarantee acceptance in every game.

The _I_E_ pattern at a glance

350 tournament-dictionary words fit the pattern _I_E_.
Collins lists 344 matches, NWL2023 lists 295, and ENABLE lists 283; those counts overlap.
94 matches are among the common words tracked here.
Wordle answers number 41, with 348 words accepted as allowed guesses.
FIXED scores 16 points before premium squares; the average score is 9.

Which letters end these five-letter words?

Final S dominates, with 119 matches ending that way. D and R tie at 81 apiece, so an uncertain final tile is worth testing against all three endings rather than defaulting to S.

The opening letter is more spread out: S leads with 30 words, followed by R with 29 and W with 27. TIMES, RIVER, and VIDEO show how different first letters can still share the same two fixed positions. L, F, M, and V each open between 23 and 25 matches, so the first slot rarely collapses to a single likely guess.

Can these pattern words work in Wordle?

Yes: 348 of the matches are allowed guesses, and 41 sit on the Wordle answer list. Treat those as separate counts: an allowed guess is not necessarily an answer. TIMES, GIVEN, and LIVES are recognizable candidates to check against your revealed tiles.

For a score-focused play, FIXED reaches 16 points on the standard letter values before board bonuses. The highest raw score is 23, but an unfamiliar high scorer is less useful if your game rejects it. Of the 350 matches, 304 have definitions; confirm acceptance in your own game before you commit.

Questions people ask

How many five-letter words fit I second and E fourth?

The pattern _I_E_ covers 350 tournament-dictionary words. Recognizable matches include TIMES, VIDEO, GIVEN, and RIVER, while the first, third, and fifth letters stay open.

Which ending is most common for the _I_E_ pattern?

S is the most common final letter, appearing in 119 matching words. D and R are tied next, with 81 words each. That makes the final tile a strong clue when you have already confirmed I in position two and E in position four.

What is the highest-scoring word in this pattern?

ZIZEL is the highest-scoring match at 23 points on the standard letter values. FIXED is a more familiar high scorer at 16 points before board bonuses. Premium squares can change a play's total, so compare the board position as well as the tile score.

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