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

6-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and I as the 5th letter number 321; rabbit, matrix, and garlic make the pattern easy to spot.

321 wordsTop pick MARTINHighest score RAZZIA 24

17 of 321 are everyday words (5%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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

5th 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 A in 2nd place, E is the most common 5th letter (1,299 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Common words 17 · most-used first

MARTIN₈
MARGIN₉
FABRIC₁₃
MATRIX₁₅
RABBIT₁₀
GARLIC₉
MAGGIE₁₀
TACTIC₁₀
DAMMIT₁₁
BARBIE₁₀
CANDID₁₀
CARDIO₉
BANDIT₉
NAPKIN₁₂
BARRIE₈
MANTIS₈
GAMBIT₁₁

All valid words 321

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

AALIIS₆
AARTIS₆
BAALIM₁₀
BACKIE₁₄
BADDIE₁₀
BAGGIE₁₀
BAGGIT₁₀
BAGNIO₉
BAGUIO₉
BAGWIG₁₃
BAILIE₈
BAININ₈
BAJRIS₁₅
BAKKIE₁₆
BALDIE₉
BALTIS₈
BAMBIS₁₂
BANDIT₉
BANKIT₁₂
BARBIE₁₀
BARDIC₁₁
BARDIE₉
BARFIS₁₁
BARMIE₁₀
BARRIE₈
BARRIO₈
BASTIS₈
BATTIK₁₂
BAWTIE₁₁
CABBIE₁₂
CABRIE₁₀
CABRIO₁₀
CABRIT₁₀
CADDIE₁₀
CADDIS₁₀
CADMIC₁₃
CALCIC₁₂
CALKIN₁₂
CALLID₉
CAMAIL₁₀
CAMBIA₁₂
CAMMIE₁₂
CANDID₁₀
CANDIE₉
CANNIE₈
CANTIC₁₀
CAPLIN₁₀
CAPRIC₁₂
CAPRID₁₁
CAPRIS₁₀
CAPSID₁₁
CARDIA₉
CARDIE₉
CARDIO₉
CARDIS₉
CARLIN₈
CARNIE₈
CASEIC₁₀
CASEIN₈
CASSIA₈
CASSIS₈
CATKIN₁₂
CATLIN₈
CATNIP₁₀
CATTIE₈
CAULIS₈
CAURIS₈
DACOIT₉
DAFTIE₁₀
DAHLIA₁₀
DAIMIO₉
DAKOIT₁₁
DAMMIT₁₁
DARKIE₁₁
DARZIS₁₆
DASHIS₁₀
DASSIE₇
DAUTIE₇
DAWTIE₁₀
DAYLIT₁₀
EARWIG₁₀
EASSIL₆
FABRIC₁₃
FACTIS₁₁
FADEIN₁₀
FAERIE₉
FALSIE₉
FANFIC₁₄
FAQUIR₁₈
FARCIE₁₁
FARCIN₁₁
FASCIA₁₁
FASCIO₁₁
FASCIS₁₁
FASTIE₉
FATSIA₉
GADDIS₉
GADGIE₉
GADOID₉
GAIJIN₁₄
GALLIC₉
GAMBIA₁₁
GAMBIR₁₁
GAMBIT₁₁
GANOID₈
GANOIN₇
GARLIC₉
GARVIE₁₀
GASKIN₁₁
GASLIT₇
GAUCIE₉
GAWSIE₁₀
HACHIS₁₄
HACKIE₁₅
HADDIE₁₁
HADJIS₁₇
HAEMIC₁₃
HAEMIN₁₁
HAFFIT₁₅
HAGGIS₁₁
HAIRIF₁₂
HAJJIS₂₃
HALOID₁₀
HANGIS₁₀
HANKIE₁₃
HAPPIS₁₃
HAPTIC₁₃
HARMIN₁₁
HARPIN₁₁
HATPIN₁₁
HAWKIE₁₆
HAWKIT₁₆
IAMBIC₁₂
IATRIC₈
JAGHIR₁₇
JARVIE₁₆
JASMIN₁₅
JASPIS₁₅
JASSID₁₄
KAFFIR₁₆
KAINIT₁₀
KALMIA₁₂
KALPIS₁₂
KAMSIN₁₂
KANJIS₁₇
KAOLIN₁₀
KAONIC₁₂
KARAIT₁₀
KARMIC₁₄
KARRIS₁₀
KATTIS₁₀
KAURIS₁₀
LAARIS₆
LABRID₉
LACTIC₁₀
LADDIE₈
LAESIE₆
LAGGIN₈
LALDIE₇
LAMBIE₁₀
LAMMIE₁₀
LANAIS₆
LAPPIE₁₀
LAROID₇
LASSIE₆
LASSIS₆
LATHIS₉
LATRIA₆
LATTIN₆
LAURIC₈
MAELID₉
MAFFIA₁₄
MAFTIR₁₁
MAGGIE₁₀
MAGPIE₁₁
MAHSIR₁₁
MAJLIS₁₅
MALEIC₁₀
MALKIN₁₂
MAMMIE₁₂
MANAIA₈
MANDIR₉
MANDIS₉
MANTIC₁₀
MANTID₉
MANTIS₈
MAQUIS₁₇
MARGIN₉
MARLIN₈
MARRIS₈
MARTIN₈
MASHIE₁₁
MASJID₁₆
MASLIN₈
MASSIF₁₁
MASTIC₁₀
MASTIX₁₅
MATAIS₈
MATRIC₁₀
MATRIX₁₅
MATTIE₈
MATTIN₈
MAURIS₈
MAUVIN₁₁
MAWKIN₁₅
MAYVIN₁₄
NANDIN₇
NANKIN₁₀
NANNIE₆
NAPKIN₁₂
NAPPIE₁₀
NASHIS₉
NASTIC₈
NAUTIC₈
NAVAID₁₀
PAGRIS₉
PAINIM₁₀
PALAIS₈
PALKIS₁₂
PALLIA₈
PALLID₉
PALMIE₁₀
PANDIT₉
PANTIE₈
PAPAIN₁₀
PARDIE₉
PARKIE₁₂
PARKIN₁₂
PARKIS₁₂
PARTIM₁₀
PARTIS₈
PARVIS₁₁
PASHIM₁₃
PASSIM₁₀
PASTIE₈
PASTIL₈
PASTIS₈
PATHIC₁₃
PATOIS₈
PATTIE₈
PAULIN₈
PAYNIM₁₃
RABBIN₁₀
RABBIS₁₀
RABBIT₁₀
RACHIS₁₁
RAFFIA₁₂
RAHUIS₉
RAISIN₆
RAMTIL₈
RANCID₉
RANDIE₇
RANGIS₇
RAPHIA₁₁
RAPHIS₁₁
RASHIE₉
RATLIN₆
RAUCID₉
RAZZIA₂₄
SAGOIN₇
SAGUIN₇
SAIMIN₈
SAIYID₁₀
SAKAIS₁₀
SAKTIS₁₀
SALMIS₈
SALPID₉
SALTIE₆
SALVIA₉
SAMPIS₁₀
SANNIE₆
SANTIM₈
SANTIR₆
SARMIE₈
SARNIE₆
SATAIS₆
SAULIE₆
SAWPIT₁₁
SAYYID₁₃
TABBIS₁₀
TACTIC₁₀
TADDIE₈
TAENIA₆
TAFFIA₁₂
TAHSIL₉
TAKHIS₁₃
TALKIE₁₀
TALLIS₆
TALLIT₆
TAMEIN₈
TAMMIE₁₀
TANGIE₇
TANGIS₇
TANKIA₁₀
TANNIC₈
TANNIE₆
TANNIN₆
TAPPIT₁₀
TARSIA₆
TASSIE₆
TATTIE₆
TAUPIE₈
TAURIC₈
TAUTIT₆
TAWAIS₉
TAWPIE₁₁
TAWTIE₉
WABAIN₁₁
WABBIT₁₃
WADDIE₁₁
WAFFIE₁₅
WALLIE₉
WASHIN₁₂
WASPIE₁₁
YABBIE₁₃
YANKIE₁₃
YAPPIE₁₃
YAUTIA₉
ZADDIK₂₁
ZAFFIR₂₁
ZAFTIG₁₉

Letters by positionIn 26% of these words the 6th letter is E.

1st letter

C12%
M11%
T9%

3rd letter

R13%
N12%
S11%

4th letter

T14%
R8%
D8%

6th letter

E26%
S20%
N14%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; RAZZIA tops the list with 24. Scores before board bonuses.

66 points: 28 words
7 points: 13 words
88 points: 53 words
9 points: 46 words
1010 points: 65 words
11 points: 39 words
1212 points: 26 words
13 points: 16 words
1414 points: 8 words
15 points: 10 words
1616 points: 7 words
17 points: 4 words
1818 points: 1 words
19 points: 1 words
2020 points: 0 words
21 points: 2 words
2222 points: 0 words
23 points: 1 words
2424 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
RAZZIA	24	24	Collins · NWL
HAJJIS	23	26	All three
ZADDIK	21	21	All three
ZAFFIR	21	21	All three
ZAFTIG	19	20	All three
FAQUIR	18	19	All three
MAQUIS	17	19	All three
HADJIS	17	18	All three
KANJIS	17	20	All three
JAGHIR	17	19	Collins only
MASJID	16	19	All three
JARVIE	16	19	Collins only

The fixed shape is _ A _ _ I _, leaving the first, third, fourth, and final positions open. Familiar examples include martin, margin, fabric, and tactic, but only 17 matches are classed as common. Another 231 entries have definitions, so the pattern spans recognizable vocabulary and specialist game words.

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

321 tournament-dictionary words match the A-second, I-fifth pattern.
C leads as a first letter with 38 matches, just ahead of M at 36.
Final E is most common at 82; final S follows at 65.
Razzia tops the scoring list at 24 points.

How do the first and last letters cluster?

C begins 38 entries, just two more than M’s 36; T, B, and P follow with 28, 27, and 27. That tight leading group is a useful filter when a crossing gives you the opening tile, but C words are not a majority.

At the other end, E closes 82 words and S closes 65; N is next at 46. C closes 28. Those counts make E and S strong places to check when your final tile is still unknown.

Changing only the second tile to O, while keeping I fifth, gives 282 matches. Keeping A second but changing the fifth tile to E expands the group to 1,299, making the I constraint much tighter.

Which matches score best in Scrabble?

Razzia scores 24 points, ahead of hajjis at 23 and zaddik and zaffir at 21 each. Their Z, J, and F tiles drive those totals, so save these specialist words for a scoring opportunity rather than treating them as likely everyday answers.

Dictionary coverage sets a real limit: 315 entries appear in Collins, 211 in NWL2023, and 188 in ENABLE. Those pools overlap; the 321 total counts words found in at least one tournament dictionary, not the sum of all three. Check your game’s word list before playing an obscure scorer.

One easy scoring mistake is to chase a high tile value without checking the board. Razzia leads this group by its tile score, but a premium square can change the play’s value more than choosing between two ordinary entries.

Questions people ask

Which first letter appears most often in this pattern?

C is the leading first letter, with 38 matches; M is close behind at 36. T starts 28, while B and P each start 27. If a crossing fixes the opening tile, check those groups before moving to less common initials.

What are the most common endings for these words?

E is the most frequent final letter, appearing in 82 matches, followed by S with 65 and N with 46. C ends 28 words. When the last tile is open, E and S are the first endings to test against your other crossings.

What is the highest-scoring word with A second and I fifth?

Razzia leads at 24 points, with hajjis next at 23. Zaddik and zaffir each score 21. These scores come from the word tiles before any premium-square bonuses, so the board position still matters when you choose a play.

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

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

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