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

5-letter words with I second and S fifth: 474 matches, including TIMES, GIRLS, LIVES, and GIVES.

474 wordsTop pick TIMESHighest score ZIFFS 20

97 of 474 are everyday words (20%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

2nd letter
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I
J
K
L
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N
O
P
Q
R
S
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5th letter
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I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
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W
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Z

With I in 2nd place, S is the most common 5th letter (474 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 97 · most-used first

TIMES₇
GIRLS₆
LIVES₈
GIVES₉
MILES₇
LINES₅
VIEWS₁₁
SITES₅
LIKES₉
SIDES₆
LINKS₉
SIGNS₆
FILMS₁₀
FINDS₉
BIRDS₈
BILLS₇
KINDS₁₀
FILES₈
HILLS₈
MINDS₈
WINGS₉
VIRUS₈
KINGS₁₀
FIRMS₁₀
GIFTS₉
LISTS₅
RISKS₉
KILLS₉
RINGS₆
PICKS₁₃
MILLS₇
WINDS₉
LIONS₅
MINES₇
SIZES₁₄
FIRES₈
WIVES₁₁
KICKS₁₅
RISES₅
RIDES₆
PILLS₇
TIRES₅
MINUS₇
PIPES₉
BIKES₁₁
SINGS₆
RIOTS₅
HINTS₈

Showing the top 48 of 97 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 474

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

AIDES₆
AIDOS₆
AIGAS₆
AIRNS₅
AIRTS₅
AITUS₅
BIBBS₁₁
BIBES₉
BICES₉
BIDES₈
BIDIS₈
BIERS₇
BIFFS₁₃
BIGGS₉
BIGOS₈
BIKES₁₁
BILES₇
BILKS₁₁
BILLS₇
BIMAS₉
BINDS₈
BINES₇
BINGS₈
BINKS₁₁
BINTS₇
BIOGS₈
BIRDS₈
BIRKS₁₁
BIRLS₇
BIROS₇
BIRRS₇
BISES₇
BISKS₁₁
BITES₇
BITOS₇
BITTS₇
BIZES₁₆
CIAOS₇
CIDES₈
CIELS₇
CILLS₇
CINES₇
CINQS₁₆
CIONS₇
CIRCS₉
CIRES₇
CIRLS₇
CISTS₇
CITES₇
CIVES₁₀
DIALS₆
DIBBS₁₀
DICES₈
DICKS₁₂
DICTS₈
DIDOS₇
DIEBS₈
DIETS₆
DIFFS₁₂
DIKAS₁₀
DIKES₁₀
DILLS₆
DIMES₈
DIMPS₁₀
DINES₆
DINGS₇
DINKS₁₀
DINOS₆
DINTS₆
DIOLS₆
DIRKS₁₀
DIRLS₆
DIRTS₆
DISAS₆
DISCS₈
DISKS₁₀
DITAS₆
DITES₆
DITTS₆
DIVAS₉
DIVES₉
DIVIS₉
EIDOS₆
EILDS₆
FIARS₈
FIATS₈
FICES₁₀
FICOS₁₀
FICUS₁₀
FIDOS₉
FIEFS₁₁
FIERS₈
FIFES₁₁
FIGOS₉
FIKES₁₂
FILES₈
FILKS₁₂
FILLS₈
FILMS₁₀
FILOS₈
FINDS₉
FINES₈
FINIS₈
FINKS₁₂
FINOS₈
FIRES₈
FIRKS₁₂
FIRMS₁₀
FIRNS₈
FISCS₁₀
FISKS₁₂
FISTS₈
FITTS₈
FIVES₁₁
FIXES₁₅
GIBES₈
GIBUS₈
GIFTS₉
GIGAS₇
GILAS₆
GILDS₇
GILLS₆
GILTS₆
GIMPS₁₀
GINGS₇
GINKS₁₀
GIRDS₇
GIRLS₆
GIRNS₆
GIROS₆
GIRRS₆
GIRTS₆
GISMS₈
GISTS₆
GITES₆
GIVES₉
HICKS₁₄
HIDES₉
HIEMS₁₀
HIGHS₁₂
HIKES₁₂
HILLS₈
HILTS₈
HILUS₈
HINDS₉
HINGS₉
HINTS₈
HIOIS₈
HIRES₈
HISTS₈
HIVES₁₁
JIAOS₁₂
JIBBS₁₆
JIBES₁₄
JIFFS₁₈
JILLS₁₂
JILTS₁₂
JINKS₁₆
JINNS₁₂
JIRDS₁₃
JISMS₁₄
JIVES₁₅
KIBES₁₁
KICKS₁₅
KIEFS₁₂
KIERS₉
KIKES₁₃
KILLS₉
KILNS₉
KILOS₉
KILPS₁₁
KILTS₉
KINAS₉
KINDS₁₀
KINES₉
KINGS₁₀
KINKS₁₃
KINOS₉
KIPES₁₁
KIPPS₁₃
KIRKS₁₃
KIRNS₉
KISTS₉
KITES₉
KITHS₁₂
KIVAS₁₂
KIWIS₁₂
LIARS₅
LICKS₁₁
LIDOS₆
LIEFS₈
LIENS₅
LIERS₅
LIEUS₅
LIFES₈
LIFTS₈
LIKES₉
LILLS₅
LILOS₅
LILTS₅
LIMAS₇
LIMBS₉
LIMES₇
LIMNS₇
LIMOS₇
LIMPS₉
LINDS₆
LINES₅
LINGS₆
LINKS₉
LINNS₅
LINOS₅
LINTS₅
LIONS₅
LIPAS₇
LIPOS₇
LIRAS₅
LIRKS₉
LISKS₉
LISPS₇
LISTS₅
LITAS₅
LITES₅
LITHS₈
LIVES₈
MICAS₉
MICKS₁₃
MICOS₉
MIDIS₈
MIENS₇
MIFFS₁₃
MIGGS₉
MIHIS₁₀
MIKES₁₁
MILDS₈
MILES₇
MILFS₁₀
MILKS₁₁
MILLS₇
MILOS₇
MILTS₇
MIMES₉
MINAS₇
MINDS₈
MINES₇
MINGS₈
MINIS₇
MINKS₁₁
MINOS₇
MINTS₇
MINUS₇
MIRES₇
MIRKS₁₁
MIRVS₁₀
MISES₇
MISOS₇
MISTS₇
MITES₇
MITIS₇
MITTS₇
MIXES₁₄
NICKS₁₁
NIDES₆
NIDUS₆
NIEFS₈
NIFES₈
NIFFS₁₁
NIGHS₉
NILLS₅
NIMBS₉
NIMPS₉
NINES₅
NIPAS₇
NIRLS₅
NISUS₅
NITES₅
NIXES₁₂
OINKS₉
OINTS₅
PIANS₇
PICAS₉
PICKS₁₃
PIERS₇
PIETS₇
PIKAS₁₁
PIKES₁₁
PIKIS₁₁
PILES₇
PILIS₇
PILLS₇
PILUS₇
PIMAS₉
PIMPS₁₁
PINAS₇
PINES₇
PINGS₈
PINKS₁₁
PINTS₇
PIONS₇
PIOUS₇
PIOYS₁₀
PIPAS₉
PIPES₉
PIPIS₉
PIRLS₇
PIRNS₇
PISES₇
PISOS₇
PITAS₇
PITHS₁₀
PIUMS₉
PIXES₁₄
PIZES₁₆
RIALS₅
RIBAS₇
RIBES₇
RICES₇
RICKS₁₁
RIDES₆
RIELS₅
RIEMS₇
RIFFS₁₁
RIFTS₈
RIGGS₇
RILES₅
RILLS₅
RIMES₇
RIMUS₇
RINDS₆
RINES₅
RINGS₆
RINKS₉
RIOTS₅
RIPES₇
RIPPS₉
RISES₅
RISKS₉
RISPS₇
RISUS₅
RITES₅
RITTS₅
RIVAS₈
RIVES₈
RIVOS₈
RIZAS₁₄
SIALS₅
SIBBS₉
SICES₇
SICKS₁₁
SIDAS₆
SIDES₆
SIENS₅
SIFTS₈
SIGHS₉
SIGNS₆
SIJOS₁₂
SIKAS₉
SIKES₉
SILDS₆
SILES₅
SILKS₉
SILLS₅
SILOS₅
SILTS₅
SIMAS₇
SIMIS₇
SIMPS₉
SINDS₆
SINES₅
SINGS₆
SINHS₈
SINKS₉
SINUS₅
SIPES₇
SIRES₅
SIRIS₅
SISES₅
SISTS₅
SITES₅
SITUS₅
SIXES₁₂
SIZES₁₄
TIANS₅
TIARS₅
TICES₇
TICKS₁₁
TIDES₆
TIERS₅
TIFFS₁₁
TIFTS₈
TIGES₆
TIKAS₉
TIKES₉
TIKIS₉
TILES₅
TILLS₅
TILTS₅
TIMES₇
TIMPS₉
TINDS₆
TINES₅
TINGS₆
TINKS₉
TINTS₅
TIPIS₇
TIRES₅
TIRLS₅
TIROS₅
TIRRS₅
TITIS₅
TIYNS₈
TIZES₁₄
VIALS₈
VIBES₁₀
VICES₁₀
VIERS₈
VIEWS₁₁
VIFFS₁₄
VIGAS₉
VILLS₈
VINAS₈
VINES₈
VINOS₈
VINTS₈
VIOLS₈
VIRES₈
VIRLS₈
VIRUS₈
VISAS₈
VISES₈
VITAS₈
VIVAS₁₁
VIVES₁₁
WICKS₁₄
WIDES₉
WIELS₈
WIFES₁₁
WIKIS₁₂
WILDS₉
WILES₈
WILIS₈
WILLS₈
WILTS₈
WIMPS₁₂
WINDS₉
WINES₈
WINGS₉
WINKS₁₂
WINNS₈
WINOS₈
WIPES₁₀
WIRES₈
WISES₈
WISPS₁₀
WISTS₈
WITES₈
WITHS₁₁
WIVES₁₁
WIZES₁₇
YIKES₁₂
YILLS₈
YIPES₁₀
YIRDS₉
YIRKS₁₂
YIRRS₈
YITES₈
ZIFFS₂₀
ZILAS₁₄
ZILLS₁₄
ZIMBS₁₈
ZINCS₁₆
ZINES₁₄
ZINGS₁₅
ZITIS₁₄

Letters by positionIn 25% of these words the 4th letter is E.

1st letter

3rd letter

N17%
L13%
R10%

4th letter

E25%
T9%
K9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 7 in Scrabble; ZIFFS tops the list with 20. Scores before board bonuses.

55 points: 62 words
6 points: 46 words
77 points: 86 words
8 points: 85 words
99 points: 68 words
10 points: 29 words
1111 points: 36 words
12 points: 25 words
1313 points: 9 words
14 points: 14 words
1515 points: 4 words
16 points: 6 words
1717 points: 1 words
18 points: 2 words
1919 points: 0 words
20 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
ZIFFS	20	20	Collins only
JIFFS	18	20	All three
ZIMBS	18	20	Collins only
WIZES	17	17	All three
JINKS	16	19	All three
CINQS	16	18	NWL only
PIZES	16	17	Collins only
JIBBS	16	20	All three
ZINCS	16	18	All three
BIZES	16	17	All three
KICKS	15	16	All three
FIXES	15	15	All three

The pattern fixes the second letter at I and closes on S, leaving three positions to vary. That produces familiar options such as TIMES, GIRLS, LIVES, GIVES, MILES, and LINES, alongside less familiar tournament entries. The list has 97 common words, yet its strongest tile scores come from unusual Z- and J-words, so treat the pattern as a clue filter first.

At a glance: 5-letter words with I second and S fifth

474 tournament-dictionary words match the pattern _I__S.
97 entries are classified as common.
L is the most frequent first letter, with 38 matches; S has 37 and M has 36.
Collins includes 464 matches, while NWL2023 includes 367.
The average score is 8.5 points.

How many I-second, S-fifth words fit Wordle?

There are 3 Wordle answer-list matches for this pattern, alongside 472 allowed guesses. TIMES, GIRLS, LIVES, GIVES, MILES, and LINES show how many familiar choices fit the frame, but an accepted guess is not automatically an answer.

The first-letter counts cluster tightly: L leads with 38, just one ahead of S and two ahead of M. That small spread means the opening letter alone does little to narrow the pattern; use the other open positions to separate candidates.

When you solve, mark the second-letter I and final S as fixed, then test your remaining letters in the first, third, and fourth slots. Keep a shortlist of likely answers separate from legal probes, since the guess total is far larger than the answer count.

Which matching words score the most?

ZIFFS scores 20 points, the highest listed result; JIFFS and ZIMBS each score 18. WIZES scores 17, while JINKS, CINQS, PIZES, JIBBS, ZINCS, and BIZES each score 16. The premium letters in these examples make them stronger scoring targets than everyday TIMES or MILES.

For 5-letter words with I second and S fifth, familiar vocabulary is only part of the picture: 97 of the 474 matches are common, and several top scorers are obscure. Collins includes 464 matches compared with 367 in NWL2023, so check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar form.

Questions people ask

How many five-letter words have I second and S last?

There are 474 tournament-dictionary matches with I in the second position and S in the fifth. Familiar examples include TIMES, GIRLS, LIVES, and MILES. The full set also contains less common entries, so a match may not be accepted by every game's dictionary.

How many Wordle answers match I in the second spot and S at the end?

The pattern has 3 Wordle answer-list matches. It also has 472 allowed guesses, so the guess pool is much broader than the answer set. A word accepted as a guess should not be treated as a confirmed possible solution.

What is the highest-scoring word in this pattern?

ZIFFS is the top scorer at 20 points. JIFFS and ZIMBS follow at 18 points each, with WIZES at 17. These high-value options are less familiar than words such as TIMES or MILES, so verify that your game accepts them before playing.

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