6-letter words with A as the 4th letter and I as the 5th letter

The fixed pattern is ??AI??: A occupies spot four, I spot five, and 94 entries meet both clues. Familiar results include remain, afraid, detail, retail, repair, and obtain. The set spans everyday vocabulary and less familiar tournament plays; 19 entries fall among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, while the count combines words found in at least one of Collins, NWL2023, or ENABLE.

6-letter words with A fourth and I fifth: how many?

• 94 words match the two fixed positions.
• 19 entries rank within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• Remain, retail, repair, and obtain are familiar examples.
• 24 words end in L; another 22 end in N.
• JEZAIL leads the scoring examples at 22 points.

Which letters appear most often at the start and end?

Ending letters divide the set sharply: L appears 24 times and N 22, while D and S each finish 13 words. Retail and detail show the L pattern; remain, obtain, and regain illustrate N. The final letter is a strong second filter once A-I is fixed.

Starting letters are more spread out. S leads with 14 matches; A and R have 13 each, followed by U with 10. Strain, sprain, and strait demonstrate S; afraid and affair begin with A, while remain and repair begin with R.

Compare the neighboring patterns: A fourth and N fifth has 271 matches, while A fourth and R fifth has 262. Both are much larger groups than this A-I set, so keeping both fixed letters matters.

Which A-I words score the most?

JEZAIL is the top scorer at 22 points, ahead of MEZAIL at 17 and DIZAIN at 16. Those are tournament-play candidates, not everyday vocabulary; with a J on your rack, weigh the word's placement against the board before playing it.

More familiar plays include affair at 12, mohair at 11, and bewail at 11. The average score across the set is 8.7, so high-value outliers such as JEZAIL are not representative. For 6-letter words with A as the 4th letter and I as the 5th letter, check your game's word list before relying on a rare term.

Collins includes 91 of these entries, compared with 60 in NWL2023 and 57 in ENABLE. Those source totals overlap, so they should not be added together; a word accepted in one list may not be accepted in another.