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

The pattern is _ I _ _ _ N: keep I fixed in slot two and N at the end. The 149 matching entries range from everyday words such as WITHIN and LISTEN to less familiar tournament plays. P is the most frequent opening letter, with 19 matches, while B and S follow with 15 each and only 15 matches rank among the most common English words.

How many 6-letter words with I second and N sixth?

• 149 entries match the six-letter pattern across at least one tournament dictionary.
• WITHIN, LISTEN, VISION, HIDDEN, and KITTEN are recognizable examples.
• P starts 19 entries; B and S each start 15.
• Collins includes 148 matches, compared with 104 in NWL2023 and 93 in ENABLE.
• WIZZEN and FIZZEN lead the score list at 27 points apiece.

Which matching words are common or high-scoring?

WITHIN, LISTEN, VISION, HIDDEN, and VIOLIN are among the clearest everyday choices. The frequency measure marks 15 of the 149 matches as common; that leaves most of the pattern outside the top 25,000 English words. When a clue feels constrained, start with these familiar forms before testing specialist vocabulary.

For points, WIZZEN and FIZZEN each score 27, ahead of MIZZEN at 26; ZIRCON reaches 17. Those high totals come from unusual letter combinations, not familiar vocabulary, so the top scorer may not fit your clue or your game's dictionary. The source counts diverge: 148 appear in Collins, 104 in NWL2023, and 93 in ENABLE.

How can you narrow the pattern?

Treat the final N as fixed and sort by first letter: P has 19 candidates, while B and S have 15 each. Then test the middle three letters against the clue. WITHIN, PIGEON, and PISTON show how widely those interior letters can vary even when the edges stay put.

Compared with the same I-second pattern ending in S, the N-ending group is much smaller: 149 matches versus 602. The phrase 6-letter words with I second and N sixth describes the constraint, not a promise that every entry is common or accepted in every game. Check your game's word list before committing to an unfamiliar play.