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

6-letter words with I as the 2nd letter and E as the 5th letter include 805 matches, from either and sister to high-scoring ZIZZED.

805 wordsTop pick EITHERHighest score ZIZZED 34

121 of 805 are everyday words (15%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

2nd letter
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C
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I
J
K
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M
N
O
P
Q
R
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T
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X
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Z

5th letter
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P
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With I in 2nd place, E is the most common 5th letter (805 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 121 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 121 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 805

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

AIDMEN₉
AIGLET₇
AIGRET₇
AIRIER₆
AIRMEN₈
AIRNED₇
AIRTED₇
AISLED₇
AISLES₆
AIZLES₁₅
BIASED₉
BIASES₈
BIBBED₁₃
BIBBER₁₂
BIBLES₁₀
BICKER₁₄
BIDDEN₁₀
BIDDER₁₀
BIFFED₁₅
BIFFER₁₄
BIFLEX₁₈
BIFTER₁₁
BIGGED₁₁
BIGGER₁₀
BIKIES₁₂
BILGED₁₀
BILGES₉
BILKED₁₃
BILKER₁₂
BILLED₉
BILLER₈
BILLET₈
BINDER₉
BINGED₁₀
BINGER₉
BINGES₉
BINMEN₁₀
BINNED₉
BIOGEN₉
BIOMES₁₀
BIRDED₁₀
BIRDER₉
BIRKEN₁₂
BIRLED₉
BIRLER₈
BIRLES₈
BIRRED₉
BIRSES₈
BISHES₁₁
BISTER₈
BITSER₈
BITTED₉
BITTEN₈
BITTER₈
BIZJET₂₄
BIZZES₂₆
CIELED₉
CIMIER₁₀
CINDER₉
CIPHER₁₃
CISTED₉
CITHER₁₁
CITIED₉
CITIES₈
CIVIES₁₁
DIADEM₁₀
DIALED₈
DIALER₇
DIAPER₉
DIBBED₁₂
DIBBER₁₁
DICIER₉
DICKED₁₄
DICKER₁₃
DICKEY₁₆
DICTED₁₀
DIDDER₉
DIDIES₈
DIDOES₈
DIENES₇
DIESEL₇
DIESES₇
DIETED₈
DIETER₇
DIFFER₁₃
DIGGED₁₀
DIGGER₉
DIKIER₁₁
DILLED₈
DIMMED₁₂
DIMMER₁₁
DINGED₉
DINGER₈
DINGES₈
DINGEY₁₁
DINKED₁₂
DINKER₁₁
DINKEY₁₄
DINNED₈
DINNER₇
DINTED₈
DIODES₈
DIPLEX₁₆
DIPNET₉
DIPPED₁₂
DIPPER₁₁
DIRGES₈
DIRHEM₁₂
DIRKED₁₂
DIRKES₁₁
DIRLED₈
DIRTED₈
DISCED₁₀
DISHED₁₁
DISHES₁₀
DISKED₁₂
DISKER₁₁
DISMES₉
DISPEL₉
DISSED₈
DISSES₇
DITHER₁₀
DITTED₈
DITZES₁₆
DIXIES₁₄
EITHER₉
FIATED₁₀
FIBBED₁₄
FIBBER₁₃
FIBRED₁₂
FIBRES₁₁
FICHES₁₄
FICOES₁₁
FIDGED₁₂
FIDGES₁₁
FIDGET₁₁
FIERES₉
FIGGED₁₂
FIKIER₁₃
FILLED₁₀
FILLER₉
FILLES₉
FILLET₉
FILMED₁₂
FILMER₁₁
FILTER₉
FINDER₁₀
FINEER₉
FINGER₁₀
FINKED₁₄
FINNED₁₀
FINNER₉
FIQUES₁₈
FIREES₉
FIRIES₉
FIRKED₁₄
FIRMED₁₂
FIRMER₁₁
FISHED₁₃
FISHER₁₂
FISHES₁₂
FISKED₁₄
FISTED₁₀
FITTED₁₀
FITTER₉
FITTES₉
FIZZED₂₈
FIZZEN₂₇
FIZZER₂₇
FIZZES₂₇
GIBBED₁₂
GIBBER₁₁
GIBBET₁₁
GIBLET₉
GIDGEE₉
GIDJEE₁₅
GIFTED₁₁
GIFTEE₁₀
GIGGED₁₀
GIGLET₈
GIGMEN₁₀
GIGUES₈
GILDED₉
GILDEN₈
GILDER₈
GILLED₈
GILLER₇
GILLET₇
GILPEY₁₂
GIMLET₉
GIMMER₁₁
GIMMES₁₁
GIMPED₁₂
GINGER₈
GINGES₈
GINNED₈
GINNEL₇
GINNER₇
GIPPED₁₂
GIPPER₁₁
GIPSEN₉
GIRDED₉
GIRDER₈
GIRNED₈
GIRNEL₇
GIRNER₇
GIRTED₈
GITTED₈
GIZZEN₂₅
GIZZES₂₅
HICKER₁₅
HICKEY₁₈
HIDDEN₁₁
HIDDER₁₁
HIGHED₁₄
HIGHER₁₃
HILLED₁₀
HILLER₉
HILTED₁₀
HINDER₁₀
HINGED₁₁
HINGER₁₀
HINGES₁₀
HINTED₁₀
HINTER₉
HIPPED₁₄
HIPPEN₁₃
HIPPER₁₃
HIREES₉
HIRSEL₉
HISHED₁₃
HISHES₁₂
HISSED₁₀
HISSER₉
HISSES₉
HISTED₁₀
HITHER₁₂
HITHES₁₂
HITMEN₁₁
HITTER₉
HIZZED₂₈
HIZZES₂₇
JIBBED₁₈
JIBBER₁₇
JIGGED₁₆
JIGGER₁₅
JILLET₁₃
JILTED₁₄
JILTER₁₃
JIMPER₁₇
JINKED₁₈
JINKER₁₇
JINNEE₁₃
JINXED₂₁
JINXES₂₀
JITNEY₁₆
JITTER₁₃
JIVIER₁₆
JIZZES₃₁
KIBBEH₁₇
KIBBES₁₄
KICKED₁₇
KICKER₁₆
KIDDED₁₃
KIDDER₁₂
KIDLET₁₁
KIDNEY₁₄
KIEVES₁₃
KILLED₁₁
KILLER₁₀
KILNED₁₁
KILTED₁₁
KILTER₁₀
KIMMER₁₄
KINDED₁₂
KINDER₁₁
KINGED₁₂
KINKED₁₅
KINRED₁₁
KIPPED₁₅
KIPPEN₁₄
KIPPER₁₄
KIRBEH₁₅
KIRKED₁₅
KIRNED₁₁
KISHES₁₃
KISMET₁₂
KISSED₁₁
KISSEL₁₀
KISSER₁₀
KISSES₁₀
KISTED₁₁
KITHED₁₄
KITHES₁₃
KITSET₁₀
KITTED₁₁
KITTEL₁₀
KITTEN₁₀
LIANES₆
LIASES₆
LIBBED₁₁
LIBBER₁₀
LIBKEN₁₂
LICHEE₁₁
LICHEN₁₁
LICHES₁₁
LICKED₁₃
LICKER₁₂
LIDDED₉
LIDGER₈
LIEDER₇
LIEFER₉
LIEGER₇
LIEGES₇
LIEVER₉
LIFTED₁₀
LIFTER₉
LIGGED₉
LIGGEN₈
LIGGER₈
LIGGES₈
LIGNES₇
LILIED₇
LILIES₆
LILLED₇
LILTED₇
LIMBEC₁₂
LIMBED₁₁
LIMBER₁₀
LIMIER₈
LIMMER₁₀
LIMNED₉
LIMNER₈
LIMPED₁₁
LIMPER₁₀
LIMPET₁₀
LINDEN₇
LINGEL₇
LINGER₇
LINIER₆
LINKED₁₁
LINKER₁₀
LINNED₇
LINNET₆
LINNEY₉
LINSEY₉
LINTED₇
LINTEL₆
LINTER₆
LIONEL₆
LIONET₆
LIPOED₉
LIPPED₁₁
LIPPEN₁₀
LIPPER₁₀
LIRKED₁₁
LISLES₆
LISPED₉
LISPER₈
LISSES₆
LISTED₇
LISTEE₆
LISTEL₆
LISTEN₆
LISTER₆
LITHED₁₀
LITHER₉
LITHES₉
LITRES₆
LITTEN₆
LITTER₆
LIVIER₉
LIVRES₉
LIVYER₁₂
MICHED₁₄
MICHER₁₃
MICHES₁₃
MICKEY₁₇
MIDDEN₁₀
MIDDER₁₀
MIDGES₁₀
MIDGET₁₀
MIDLEG₁₀
MIEVED₁₂
MIEVES₁₁
MIFFED₁₅
MIHIED₁₂
MIKVEH₁₈
MILDED₁₀
MILDEN₉
MILDER₉
MILDEW₁₂
MILIEU₈
MILKED₁₃
MILKEN₁₂
MILKER₁₂
MILLED₉
MILLER₈
MILLES₈
MILLET₈
MILNEB₁₀
MILSEY₁₁
MILTED₉
MILTER₈
MIMMER₁₂
MIMSEY₁₃
MINCED₁₁
MINCER₁₀
MINCES₁₀
MINDED₁₀
MINDER₉
MINGED₁₀
MINGER₉
MINGES₉
MINIER₈
MINKES₁₂
MINTED₉
MINTER₈
MINUET₈
MINXES₁₅
MIOSES₈
MIRIER₈
MIRKER₁₂
MIRVED₁₂
MISFED₁₂
MISKEN₁₂
MISKEY₁₅
MISLED₉
MISMET₁₀
MISPEN₁₀
MISSED₉
MISSEE₈
MISSEL₈
MISSES₈
MISSET₈
MISTED₉
MISTER₈
MITHER₁₁
MITIER₈
MITRED₉
MITRES₈
MITTEN₈
MIXIER₁₅
MIZZEN₂₆
MIZZES₂₆
NIBBED₁₁
NIBLET₈
NICHED₁₂
NICHER₁₁
NICHES₁₁
NICKED₁₃
NICKEL₁₂
NICKER₁₂
NIDGET₈
NIECES₈
NIEVES₉
NIFFED₁₃
NIFFER₁₂
NIGGER₈
NIGHED₁₁
NIGHER₁₀
NILLED₇
NIMBED₁₁
NIMMED₁₁
NIMMER₁₀
NIPPED₁₁
NIPPER₁₀
NIPTER₈
NIRLED₇
NISHES₉
NISSES₆
NITHER₉
NITRES₆
NIXIES₁₃
OILIER₆
OILLET₆
OILMEN₈
OINKED₁₁
OINTED₇
PICKED₁₅
PICKER₁₄
PICKET₁₄
PIECED₁₁
PIECEN₁₀
PIECER₁₀
PIECES₁₀
PIEMEN₁₀
PIGGED₁₁
PIGLET₉
PIGPEN₁₁
PILFER₁₁
PILLED₉
PIMPED₁₃
PINCER₁₀
PINDER₉
PINGED₁₀
PINGER₉
PINIER₈
PINIES₈
PINKED₁₃
PINKEN₁₂
PINKER₁₂
PINKEY₁₅
PINNED₉
PINNER₈
PINNET₈
PIOLET₈
PIONED₉
PIONER₈
PIONEY₁₁
PIOTED₉
PIOYES₁₁
PIPIER₁₀
PIPPED₁₃
PIQUED₁₈
PIQUES₁₇
PIQUET₁₇
PISHED₁₂
PISHER₁₁
PISHES₁₁
PISSED₉
PISSER₈
PISSES₈
PISTES₈
PITHED₁₂
PITIED₉
PITIER₈
PITIES₈
PITMEN₁₀
PITTED₉
PITTEN₈
PITTER₈
PIXIES₁₅
RIBBED₁₁
RIBBER₁₀
RIBIER₈
RIBLET₈
RICHED₁₂
RICHEN₁₁
RICHER₁₁
RICHES₁₁
RICIER₈
RICKED₁₃
RICKER₁₂
RICKEY₁₅
RIDDED₉
RIDDEN₈
RIDDER₈
RIDGED₉
RIDGEL₈
RIDGER₈
RIDGES₈
RIDLEY₁₀
RIEVER₉
RIEVES₉
RIFFED₁₃
RIFLED₁₀
RIFLER₉
RIFLES₉
RIFTED₁₀
RIGGED₉
RIGGER₈
RILIER₆
RILLED₇
RILLES₆
RILLET₆
RIMIER₈
RIMMED₁₁
RIMMER₁₀
RINDED₈
RINGED₈
RINGER₇
RINKED₁₁
RINSED₇
RINSER₆
RINSES₆
RIOTED₇
RIOTER₆
RIPPED₁₁
RIPPER₁₀
RISKED₁₁
RISKER₁₀
RISPED₉
RITTED₇
RITTER₆
RITZES₁₅
RIZZER₂₄
SICCED₁₁
SICKED₁₃
SICKEE₁₂
SICKEN₁₂
SICKER₁₂
SIDLED₈
SIDLER₇
SIDLES₇
SIEGED₈
SIEGER₇
SIEGES₇
SIEVED₁₀
SIEVES₉
SIFREI₉
SIFTED₁₀
SIFTER₉
SIGHED₁₁
SIGHER₁₀
SIGNED₈
SIGNEE₇
SIGNER₇
SIGNET₇
SILKED₁₁
SILKEN₁₀
SILLER₆
SILOED₇
SILOES₆
SILTED₇
SILVER₉
SILVEX₁₆
SIMMER₁₀
SIMNEL₈
SIMPER₁₀
SINDED₈
SINGED₈
SINGER₇
SINGES₇
SINKER₁₀
SINNED₇
SINNER₆
SINNET₆
SINTER₆
SIPPED₁₁
SIPPER₁₀
SIPPET₁₀
SIREES₆
SIRRED₇
SIRREE₆
SISSES₆
SISTED₇
SISTER₆
SITHED₁₀
SITHEE₉
SITHEN₉
SITHES₉
SITREP₈
SITTEN₆
SITTER₆
SIXTES₁₃
SIZIER₁₅
TICCED₁₁
TICHES₁₁
TICKED₁₃
TICKEN₁₂
TICKER₁₂
TICKET₁₂
TICKEY₁₅
TIDIED₈
TIDIER₇
TIDIES₇
TIERED₇
TIFFED₁₃
TIFTED₁₀
TIGGED₉
TIKIED₁₁
TILDES₇
TILLED₇
TILLER₆
TILTED₇
TILTER₆
TIMBER₁₀
TINDED₈
TINDER₇
TINGED₈
TINGES₇
TINIER₆
TINIES₆
TINKED₁₁
TINKER₁₀
TINMEN₈
TINNED₇
TINNER₆
TINSEL₆
TINSEY₉
TINTED₇
TINTER₆
TIPPED₁₁
TIPPEE₁₀
TIPPER₁₀
TIPPET₁₀
TIRLED₇
TIROES₆
TIRRED₇
TITFER₉
TITHED₁₀
TITHER₉
TITHES₉
TITLED₇
TITLER₆
TITLES₆
TITMEN₈
TITRES₆
TITTED₇
TITTER₆
TIZZES₂₄
VIALED₁₀
VIBIER₁₁
VIEWED₁₃
VIEWER₁₂
VIFFED₁₆
VINIER₉
VINTED₁₀
VIOLER₉
VIOLET₉
VIRGER₁₀
VIRGES₁₀
VISAED₁₀
VISEED₁₀
VISIED₁₀
VISIER₉
VISIES₉
VISNES₉
VIVAED₁₃
VIVRES₁₂
VIZIED₁₉
VIZIER₁₈
VIZIES₁₈
WICHES₁₄
WICKED₁₆
WICKEN₁₅
WICKER₁₅
WICKET₁₅
WIDDER₁₁
WIDGET₁₁
WIENER₉
WIFIES₁₂
WIGGED₁₂
WIGGER₁₁
WIGLET₁₀
WILDED₁₁
WILDER₁₀
WILIER₉
WILLED₁₀
WILLER₉
WILLET₉
WILLEY₁₂
WILTED₁₀
WIMPED₁₄
WINCED₁₂
WINCER₁₁
WINCES₁₁
WINCEY₁₄
WINDED₁₁
WINDER₁₀
WINGED₁₁
WINGER₁₀
WINGES₁₀
WINIER₉
WINKED₁₄
WINKER₁₃
WINNED₁₀
WINNER₉
WINOES₉
WINSEY₁₂
WINTER₉
WINZES₁₈
WIPPEN₁₃
WIRIER₉
WISHED₁₃
WISHER₁₂
WISHES₁₂
WISKET₁₃
WISPED₁₂
WISSED₁₀
WISSES₉
WISTED₁₀
WITHED₁₃
WITHER₁₂
WITHES₁₂
WITNEY₁₂
WITTED₁₀
WITTER₉
WIZIER₁₈
WIZZEN₂₇
WIZZES₂₇
YICKER₁₅
YIKKER₁₇
YIPPED₁₄
YIPPEE₁₃
YIPPER₁₃
YIRDED₁₁
YIRKED₁₄
YIRRED₁₀
YITIES₉
YITTEN₉
ZIGGED₁₈
ZIMMER₁₉
ZINCED₁₈
ZINGED₁₇
ZINGEL₁₆
ZINGER₁₆
ZINKED₂₀
ZINKES₁₉
ZIPPED₂₀
ZIPPER₁₉
ZITHER₁₈
ZIZZED₃₄
ZIZZES₃₃

Letters by positionIn 32% of these words the 6th letter is D.

1st letter

3rd letter

N18%
L10%
S10%

4th letter

T11%
K10%
G10%

6th letter

D32%
R30%
S17%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; ZIZZED tops the list with 34. Scores before board bonuses.

66 points: 54 words
7 points: 67 words
88 points: 107 words
9 points: 128 words
1010 points: 119 words
11 points: 96 words
1212 points: 73 words
13 points: 46 words
1414 points: 28 words
15 points: 24 words
1616 points: 12 words
17 points: 10 words
1818 points: 14 words
19 points: 4 words
2020 points: 3 words
21 points: 1 words
2222 points: 0 words
23 points: 0 words
2424 points: 3 words
25 points: 2 words
2626 points: 3 words
27 points: 6 words
2828 points: 2 words
29 points: 0 words
3030 points: 0 words
31 points: 1 words
3232 points: 0 words
33 points: 1 words
3434 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
ZIZZED	34	34	Collins · NWL
ZIZZES	33	33	Collins · NWL
FIZZED	28	28	All three
HIZZED	28	27	Collins only
FIZZES	27	27	All three
FIZZER	27	27	All three
WIZZEN	27	28	All three
FIZZEN	27	28	Collins only
HIZZES	27	26	Collins only
WIZZES	27	27	Collins · NWL
MIZZEN	26	28	All three
BIZZES	26	27	All three

Locking I into position two and E into position five gives you a pattern like _I__E_. Familiar fits include either, higher, listen, winter, and silver. The collection mixes common vocabulary with less familiar game entries, so check the word list for your game before relying on an obscure match.

Six-letter words with I second and E fifth at a glance

805 matches appear in at least one of the tournament dictionaries counted here.
121 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, including either, sister, and winter.
D is the most common final letter with 261 words; R follows with 240, for 501 combined.
ZIZZED leads the listed Scrabble scores at 34 points, well above the 10.6-point average.

Which endings are common in this letter pattern?

D and R dominate the final position: together they account for 501 of the 805 matches. That pattern shows up in recognizable words such as killed, signed, and higher. S is a distant third, with 140 matches, including cities and pieces.

The first letter is more evenly spread. L leads with 76 matches, followed by M with 71; D and S each start 60. Try checking the first and last letters before searching deeper, since those positions divide this set into useful smaller groups.

How should you use these words in a game?

For a familiar candidate, start with either, listen, sister, or winter. Those everyday examples fit the pattern without requiring unusual vocabulary.

The highest scores come from unusual letter combinations, not the common examples. ZIZZED scores 34, while ZIZZES scores 33; both greatly outscore the 10.6 average. Treat those as rack or board opportunities, not likely guesses.

Dictionary coverage also varies: Collins includes 796 matches, compared with 620 in NWL2023 and 582 in ENABLE, so verify an unfamiliar word in your game's list.

Questions people ask

What are some common six-letter words with I second and E fifth?

Either, higher, listen, sister, winter, and silver are familiar examples with I in position two and E in position five. They come from a set of 805 matches, which also includes less familiar entries. Use the surrounding letters in your clue to narrow the options.

Which word with I second and E fifth scores the most in Scrabble?

ZIZZED is the top-scoring match, with a listed Scrabble score of 34 points. ZIZZES follows at 33, while FIZZED scores 28. These unusual words can pay off when your rack and board support them, but they are not ordinary vocabulary guesses.

Are all 805 words accepted in every word game?

No. The collection counts words found in at least one of ENABLE, Collins, or NWL2023, and the dictionaries cover different totals: 582, 796, and 620 matches respectively. Those counts overlap, so they are not separate groups to add together. Check your game's dictionary for a final ruling.

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