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5-letter words with I as the 3rd letter and G as the 4th letter

5-letter words with I as the 3rd letter and G as the 4th letter: 31 matches, including REIGN, WEIGH, and THIGH.

31 wordsTop pick REIGNHighest score WEIGH 12

6 of 31 are everyday words (19%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With I in 3rd place, N is the most common 4th letter (180 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 31 · most-used first

  • REIGN6
  • WEIGH12
  • THIGH12
  • ALIGN6
  • BEIGE8
  • TWIGS9
  • AMIGO8
  • WHIGS12
  • AMIGA8
  • TAIGA6
  • FEIGN9
  • NEIGH9
  • DEIGN7
  • HEIGH12
  • SAIGA6
  • BRIGS8
  • SWIGS9
  • TRIGO6
  • LAIGH9
  • PRIGS8
  • THIGS9
  • AHIGH12
  • TRIGS6
  • COIGN8
  • FRIGS9
  • BEIGY11
  • ANIGH9
  • ATIGI6
  • GRIGS7
  • SNIGS6
  • TAIGS6
All valid words 31

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

  • AHIGH12
  • ALIGN6
  • AMIGA8
  • AMIGO8
  • ANIGH9
  • ATIGI6
  • BEIGE8
  • BEIGY11
  • BRIGS8
  • COIGN8
  • DEIGN7
  • FEIGN9
  • FRIGS9
  • GRIGS7
  • HEIGH12
  • LAIGH9
  • NEIGH9
  • PRIGS8
  • REIGN6
  • SAIGA6
  • SNIGS6
  • SWIGS9
  • TAIGA6
  • TAIGS6
  • THIGH12
  • THIGS9
  • TRIGO6
  • TRIGS6
  • TWIGS9
  • WEIGH12
  • WHIGS12
Letters by positionIn 35% of these words the 5th letter is S.
1st letter
  1. T23%
  2. A19%
  3. B10%
2nd letter
  1. E26%
  2. R19%
  3. A13%
5th letter
  1. S35%
  2. H23%
  3. N16%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 6 in Scrabble; WEIGH tops the list with 12. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 66 points: 9 words
  2. 7 points: 2 words
  3. 88 points: 6 words
  4. 9 points: 8 words
  5. 1010 points: 0 words
  6. 11 points: 1 words
  7. 1212 points: 5 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
WEIGH1212All three
THIGH1211All three
WHIGS1212All three
HEIGH1211All three
AHIGH1211Collins only
BEIGY1112All three
TWIGS910All three
FEIGN911All three
NEIGH910All three
SWIGS910All three
LAIGH910All three
THIGS99Collins only

The fixed pattern is _ _ I G _: REIGN, WEIGH, THIGH, and ALIGN show how varied the first two letters can be. Six of the 31 matches are common by frequency, so many are specialist game entries rather than everyday vocabulary. Endings cluster around S and H, while T and A lead the starting-letter counts.

How many matches fit the I-G pattern?

  • 31 tournament-dictionary words match the pattern, across Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE.
  • Collins lists all 31 matches; ENABLE has 25 and NWL2023 has 26.
  • Seven matching Wordle answers also appear in tournament dictionaries.
  • WEIGH, THIGH, WHIGS, HEIGH, and AHIGH each score 12 points.

Which of these words are Wordle answers?

Seven matches appear in the Wordle answer list, and all seven also belong to a tournament dictionary. The allowed-guess count is 31, so the answer pool is narrower than the playable set; an accepted guess is not automatically an answer.

Treat the known I-G pair as a constraint, not a complete guess. REIGN, WEIGH, THIGH, ALIGN, and BEIGE are recognizable pattern matches, but only seven of the 31 are answers. Keep other possibilities open until feedback rules them out.

5-letter words with I as the 3rd letter and G as the 4th letter

WEIGH, THIGH, WHIGS, HEIGH, and AHIGH share the top score of 12 points. TWIGS, FEIGN, NEIGH, and SWIGS score 9, while the average for this pattern is 8.4. The surrounding letters, rather than the fixed I-G pair, separate the stronger base scores.

Endings offer a quick way to narrow the choices: 11 words finish in S, seven in H, and five in N. Those three endings account for 23 of the 31 matches. T leads the first-letter counts with seven words, just ahead of A with six.

Dictionary coverage differs: Collins has 31 matches, compared with 25 in ENABLE and 26 in NWL2023. Only six matches meet the common-word frequency cutoff, so check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar entry.

Questions people ask

Are all 31 words accepted in every word game?
No. The 31 matches are the combined set across tournament dictionaries, not a guarantee for every game. Collins lists 31, while ENABLE lists 25 and NWL2023 lists 26. Check the word list your game uses before playing an unfamiliar match such as HEIGH or AHIGH.
Which I-G words have the highest Scrabble score?
WEIGH, THIGH, WHIGS, HEIGH, and AHIGH tie for the highest score at 12 points each. That is above the 8.4-point average for this pattern. Board premiums can change a play's final score, but these five share the highest base score among the matches.
How many of these five-letter words are Wordle answers?
Seven of the 31 matches appear in the Wordle answer list, and all seven also appear in tournament dictionaries. The matching allowed-guess count is 31, so the answer list is smaller than the set of words accepted as guesses.

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