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

The pattern is _ _ I S _: only the first two letters and final letter can vary. RAISE, EXIST, NOISE, and TWIST show how different the words can look despite sharing the same middle. Nineteen entries are common by frequency, so the pattern has recognizable options alongside less familiar tournament words.

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

• Eighty-seven tournament-dictionary words fit the exact _ _ I S _ pattern.
• Nineteen matches are common words, including RAISE, NOISE, and WAIST.
• All 24 matching Wordle answers also appear in a tournament dictionary.
• Final T is most frequent; Collins has 86 matches, compared with 54 in NWL2023 and 52 in ENABLE.
• The average score across the matches is 8.2 points.
• All 87 words are accepted Wordle guesses, but only 24 are possible answers.

Which final letters dominate this pattern?

T is the clear leader: 31 words end in T, including EXIST, TWIST, and HEIST. E comes next with 19, as in RAISE, NOISE, and POISE; H follows with 11, including WHISK, BRISK, and SWISH.

The first letter is less concentrated. A leads with 11 words, followed by S with 9 and P with 8. That makes the last slot your strongest narrowing clue once I and S are fixed in the middle.

How should you use the high scorers?

ZOISM tops the score ranking at 16 points; WHISK follows at 15. WHISK is the more familiar play, while ZOISM is the counterintuitive pick: its Z gives it the edge even though the word is far less everyday. PHISH scores 13, and EXIST, FRISK, and JOIST each score 12.

For a puzzle, start with familiar choices such as RAISE, EXIST, or NOISE, then use the fixed middle to test remaining letters. The combined count does not mean every game accepts all 87 words, so check your game's dictionary before playing an unfamiliar entry.