6-letter words with E as the 2nd letter and I as the 4th letter

6-letter words with E second and I fourth number 383, from SERIES and PERIOD to DESIGN and REVIEW.

383 wordsTop pick SERIESHighest score ZENITH 18

70 of 383 are everyday words (18%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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

4th 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 E in 2nd place, I is the most common 4th letter (383 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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Common words 70 · most-used first

SERIES₆
BEHIND₁₂
PERIOD₉
DESIGN₈
REVIEW₁₂
SEEING₇
REGION₇
SENIOR₆
DECIDE₁₀
DEVICE₁₂
BEGINS₉
DESIRE₇
MEDIUM₁₁
RELIEF₉
BELIEF₁₁
DENIED₈
REMIND₉
GENIUS₇
DEFINE₁₀
REGIME₉
RECIPE₁₀
SERIAL₆
RESIST₆
BESIDE₉
MEDIAN₉
RETIRE₆
DENIAL₇
RESIGN₇
AERIAL₆
VERIFY₁₅
LEGION₇
RELIED₇
RELIES₆
DEVILS₁₀
DENIES₇
SEWING₁₀
REVIVE₁₂
MERITS₈
RESIDE₇
DEMISE₉
SEXIST₁₃
REGINA₇
FETISH₁₂
SEXISM₁₅
BENIGN₉
DERIVE₁₀
REVISE₉
RELICS₈

Showing the top 48 of 70 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 383

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

AECIAL₈
AECIUM₁₀
AEDILE₇
AEDINE₇
AERIAL₆
AERIED₇
AERIER₆
AERIES₆
AERIFY₁₂
AERILY₉
BEDIDE₁₀
BEDIMS₁₁
BEFITS₁₁
BEGIFT₁₂
BEGILD₁₀
BEGILT₉
BEGINS₉
BEGIRD₁₀
BEGIRT₉
BEHIND₁₂
BEKISS₁₂
BELIED₉
BELIEF₁₁
BELIER₈
BELIES₈
BELIKE₁₂
BELIVE₁₁
BEMIRE₁₀
BEMIST₁₀
BEMIXT₁₇
BENIGN₉
BEPITY₁₃
BERIME₁₀
BESIDE₉
BESIGH₁₂
BESING₉
BESITS₈
BETIDE₉
BETIME₁₀
BETING₉
BETISE₈
BEVIES₁₁
BEWIGS₁₂
BEZILS₁₇
CEBIDS₁₁
CECILS₁₀
CECITY₁₃
CEDING₁₀
CELIAC₁₀
CERIAS₈
CERING₉
CERIPH₁₃
CERISE₈
CERITE₈
CERIUM₁₀
CESIUM₁₀
DEAIRS₇
DEBILE₉
DEBITS₉
DECIDE₁₀
DECILE₉
DECIME₁₁
DEEING₈
DEFIED₁₁
DEFIER₁₀
DEFIES₁₀
DEFILE₁₀
DEFINE₁₀
DEKING₁₂
DELICE₉
DELICT₉
DELIME₉
DELINK₁₁
DELISH₁₀
DELIST₇
DEMIES₉
DEMISE₉
DEMISS₉
DEMIST₉
DEMITS₉
DENIAL₇
DENIED₈
DENIER₇
DENIES₇
DENIMS₉
DEPICT₁₁
DERIDE₈
DERIGS₈
DERING₈
DERIVE₁₀
DESIGN₈
DESINE₇
DESIRE₇
DESIST₇
DETICK₁₃
DEVICE₁₂
DEVILS₁₀
DEVISE₁₀
DEWIER₁₀
DEWILY₁₃
DEWING₁₁
DEWITT₁₀
DEXIES₁₄
DEZINC₁₈
EEJITS₁₃
EELIER₆
EELING₇
EERIER₆
EERILY₉
FECIAL₁₁
FEEING₁₀
FELIDS₁₀
FELINE₉
FENING₁₀
FERIAE₉
FERIAL₉
FERIAS₉
FERINE₉
FERITY₁₂
FETIAL₉
FETICH₁₄
FETING₁₀
FETISH₁₂
FEUING₁₀
FEYING₁₃
GEEING₈
GEMINI₉
GEMINY₁₂
GENIAL₇
GENIES₇
GENIPS₉
GENIUS₇
GEOIDS₈
GEPIKS₁₃
HEGIRA₁₀
HEJIRA₁₆
HELIAC₁₁
HELING₁₀
HELIOS₉
HELIUM₁₁
HEMINA₁₁
HEMINS₁₁
HERIED₁₀
HERIES₉
HERIOT₉
HETING₁₀
HEWING₁₃
HEXING₁₇
HEYING₁₃
JEEING₁₄
JEMIMA₁₇
JERIDS₁₄
JEWIES₁₆
JEWING₁₇
KEFIRS₁₃
KELIMS₁₂
KEVILS₁₃
KEYING₁₄
LEEING₇
LEGION₇
LEGIST₇
LEGITS₇
LEMING₉
LENIFY₁₂
LENITE₆
LENITY₉
LERING₇
LESION₆
LEVIED₁₀
LEVIER₉
LEVIES₉
LEVINS₉
LEVITE₉
LEVITY₁₂
LEXICA₁₅
MEDIAD₁₀
MEDIAE₉
MEDIAL₉
MEDIAN₉
MEDIAS₉
MEDICK₁₅
MEDICO₁₁
MEDICS₁₁
MEDINA₉
MEDIUM₁₁
MEDIUS₉
MEGILP₁₁
MELICK₁₄
MELICS₁₀
MELIKS₁₂
MENIAL₈
MENING₉
MENINX₁₅
MERILS₈
MERING₉
MERINO₈
MERISM₁₀
MERITS₈
MESIAD₉
MESIAL₈
MESIAN₈
METICA₁₀
METICS₁₀
METIER₈
METIFS₁₁
METING₉
MEVING₁₂
MEWING₁₂
NEBISH₁₁
NELIES₆
NEPITS₈
NERINE₆
NERITE₆
NEWIES₉
NEWING₁₀
NEWISH₁₂
OECIST₈
PEEING₉
PEKINS₁₂
PELITE₈
PENIAL₈
PENIES₈
PENILE₈
PENILL₈
PENING₉
PEPINO₁₀
PEPITA₁₀
PERILS₈
PERIOD₉
PERISH₁₁
PERITI₈
PETITE₈
PEWITS₁₁
REBIDS₉
REBILL₈
REBIND₉
REBITE₈
RECIPE₁₀
RECITE₈
RECITS₈
REDIAE₇
REDIAL₇
REDIAS₇
REDING₈
REDIPS₉
REDIPT₉
REFILE₉
REFILL₉
REFILM₁₁
REFIND₁₀
REFINE₉
REFIRE₉
REFITS₉
REGIES₇
REGIFT₁₀
REGILD₈
REGILT₇
REGIME₉
REGINA₇
REGION₇
REGIUS₇
REGIVE₁₀
REHIRE₉
REJIGS₁₄
REKING₁₁
RELICS₈
RELICT₈
RELIDE₇
RELIED₇
RELIEF₉
RELIER₆
RELIES₆
RELINE₆
RELINK₁₀
RELISH₉
RELIST₆
RELIVE₉
REMIND₉
REMINT₈
REMISE₈
REMISS₈
REMITS₈
REMIXT₁₅
RENIED₇
RENIES₆
RENIGS₇
RENINS₆
REOILS₆
REPINE₈
REPINS₈
RERIGS₇
RERISE₆
RESIDE₇
RESIDS₇
RESIFT₉
RESIGN₇
RESILE₆
RESINS₆
RESINY₉
RESIST₆
RESITE₆
RESITS₆
RESIZE₁₅
RETIAL₆
RETIED₇
RETIES₆
RETILE₆
RETIME₈
RETINA₆
RETINE₆
RETINT₆
RETIRE₆
REVIED₁₀
REVIES₉
REVIEW₁₂
REVILE₉
REVISE₉
REVIVE₁₂
REWIND₁₀
REWINS₉
REWIRE₉
REXINE₁₃
SEDILE₇
SEEING₇
SEMIES₈
SEMINA₈
SENILE₆
SENIOR₆
SENITI₆
SEPIAS₈
SEPIUM₁₀
SERIAL₆
SERIES₆
SERIFS₉
SERINE₆
SERING₇
SERINS₆
SERIPH₁₁
SEWING₁₀
SEWINS₉
SEXIER₁₃
SEXILY₁₆
SEXING₁₄
SEXISM₁₅
SEXIST₁₃
TEAING₇
TEDIER₇
TEDIUM₉
TEEING₇
TEIIDS₇
TELIAL₆
TELIUM₈
TENIAE₆
TENIAS₆
TEWING₁₀
TEWITS₉
VEGIES₁₀
VENIAL₉
VENINE₉
VENINS₉
VENIRE₉
VENITE₉
VERIER₉
VERIFY₁₅
VERILY₁₂
VERISM₁₁
VERIST₉
VERITE₉
VERITY₁₂
VESICA₁₁
VEXILS₁₆
VEXING₁₇
VEZIRS₁₈
WEEING₁₀
WEXING₁₇
XENIAL₁₃
XENIAS₁₃
XENIUM₁₅
YEDING₁₁
YEVING₁₃
YEXING₁₇
ZENITH₁₈
ZERIBA₁₇

Letters by positionIn 25% of these words the 6th letter is S.

1st letter

R23%
D13%
B9%

3rd letter

R15%
L11%
N10%

5th letter

N25%
E13%
T9%

6th letter

S25%
E20%
G13%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; ZENITH tops the list with 18. Scores before board bonuses.

66 points: 40 words
7 points: 44 words
88 points: 52 words
9 points: 89 words
1010 points: 54 words
11 points: 30 words
1212 points: 24 words
13 points: 18 words
1414 points: 8 words
15 points: 8 words
1616 points: 4 words
17 points: 9 words
1818 points: 3 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
ZENITH	18	18	All three
DEZINC	18	20	All three
VEZIRS	18	19	Collins only
JEMIMA	17	21	Collins only
VEXING	17	20	All three
HEXING	17	18	All three
BEMIXT	17	19	All three
ZERIBA	17	18	Collins only
WEXING	17	19	Collins only
YEXING	17	18	Collins only
BEZILS	17	19	All three
SEXILY	16	16	All three

The fixed pattern is _E_I__, leaving four positions open. SERIES, BEHIND, and REGION show how different the remaining letters can be, while the first-letter counts cluster around R and D. The 383-word total draws from Collins, ENABLE, and NWL2023, so a game’s own word list still determines which candidates it accepts.

At a glance: the strongest clues

The pattern has 383 matches across the tournament dictionaries.
R opens 89 matches, the largest starting-letter group; D adds 48.
S ends 97 matches, the largest final-letter group.
Only 70 matches fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
ZENITH and DEZINC tie for the top score at 18 points.

Which letters start and end these words?

R leads the opening letters with 89 words, nearly twice D’s 48. B and M are next at 34 and 33, while S starts 23. Try an R opening first when your known tiles leave the first position uncertain; BEHIND and REGION are familiar examples.

S tops the endings with 97 words, followed by E at 76 and G at 49. That makes SERIES, DESIGN, and BEGINS useful candidates when the final tile is still unknown. The distribution is not a guarantee for any rack, but it gives you a sensible way to sort possible fits.

6-letter words with E second and I fourth

ZENITH and DEZINC each score 18, the top score for this pattern; VEXING, HEXING, and BEMIXT score 17. Those are less everyday choices than PERIOD or DEVICE, so use the familiar examples to check the pattern before chasing a high-value play.

The average score is 9.6, and coverage differs by list: Collins holds 376 of these matches, NWL2023 holds 304, and ENABLE holds 285. Only 313 matches have definitions, and just 70 are common by frequency. A Collins-only entry may not be accepted in an NWL game, so check your game's word list.

Questions people ask

How many six-letter words fit the _E_I__ pattern?

There are 383 six-letter matches for _E_I__, with E second and I fourth. SERIES, PERIOD, DESIGN, and REVIEW all fit. The total counts every word in Collins, ENABLE, or NWL2023, so a game using one list alone may accept fewer.

Which words fit the pattern _E_I__?

SERIES, BEHIND, PERIOD, DESIGN, REVIEW, and REGION all fit _E_I__. Each has six letters, with E second and I fourth. The first letter R is especially common among the matches, while S is the leading final letter.

Which word in the list scores highest at Scrabble?

ZENITH and DEZINC tie for the top score, at 18 points each. VEXING, HEXING, and BEMIXT follow at 17. Board premiums can change a play’s final total, so treat these as base word scores rather than guaranteed turn scores.

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