6-letter words with G as the 1st letter and I as the 3rd letter

Lock in G at the start and I in the third slot, then scan the remaining letters for a match. This pattern has fewer entries than the S-first, I-third group, but it still offers recognizable choices alongside less familiar vocabulary. Eleven words here rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency; the rest are less likely to come to mind during a quick solve.

At a glance: the G-and-I pattern

• There are 93 tournament-dictionary words with G first and I third.
• The most common final letter is S, appearing on 32 matches.
• Only 11 matches fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• Glitzy leads the scoring examples at 19 points.

How many 6-letter words have G first and I third?

There are 93 matches across the tournament word lists. That equals the count for P in the first slot and I in the third, while the S-and-I pattern has 302 and the C-and-I pattern has 145. If you have flexibility on the first letter, switching from G to S opens a much larger set.

The endings narrow the search quickly: 32 words finish in S, compared with 12 ending in D and 12 ending in Y. Try examples such as guilds, guides, and grills when S is confirmed; guilty and gritty fit a Y ending. Ten matches end in E, including grieve and grille.

Which G-and-I words are familiar or high-scoring?

Guilty, gained, guitar, and guided are among the more recognizable examples. Other candidates include glitch, glider, grinds, and geisha. The list is not a bank of everyday words: only 11 matches are common by the frequency measure, so check your game's word list before relying on an obscure entry.

For scoring, glitzy stands out at 19 points; guizer and grizes each score 16. Those unusual spellings can be tempting when you hold a Z, but a high tile score does not guarantee a playable word in every dictionary. Collins includes 91 matches, NWL2023 includes 71, and ENABLE includes 69, so game versions can differ.