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

Two I's frame these 189 matches, and the second one usually pulls an E behind it: 54 end in -IE, among them WILLIE, MINNIE, LIZZIE, HIPPIE, BIGGIE and KIDDIE. Half of that group doubles the third and fourth letters, which lends the set its nickname flavour. Twelve matches score 16 or more, and VIZZIE stands out at 27.

What does the double-I pattern hold?

• 189 six-letter matches carry I in both the second and fifth slots.
• 54 end in -IE, and 27 of those double the middle letter.
• 48 matches repeat the same letter in the third and fourth slots.
• Fourteen are common words, and 132 carry a definition.
• VIZZIE tops the scores at 27, with LIZZIE on 24 and JIGJIG on 22.

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

Few second letters reach this size with I in the fifth slot. A gives 321 matches, O gives 282 and E gives 267, all ahead of the 189 here, while U gives 175. The fifth slot itself belongs to E, which takes 805 matches, and I ranks fourth on 189 behind L on 218 and A on 213.

Everyday words still make up a fair share. WITHIN, VICTIM, LIQUID, VIRGIN, PICNIC, VIOLIN, BIRDIE and PIPPIN all appear, and 14 matches fall in the common tier.

Why do so many of these words end in -IE?

A final E lands on 54 of the 189 matches, and every one of those endings is part of an -IE pair, since the I is already fixed in the fifth slot. The doubling habit then takes over, and 27 of the 54 put the same consonant in the third and fourth slots.

That is where WILLIE, MINNIE, LIZZIE and HIPPIE come from, and it is why the group reads like a roster of nicknames rather than a list of common nouns. The endings outside -IE spread out: N closes 36 matches, C closes 24, S closes 21 and T closes 15.

Z and J push the top of the list