6-letter words with I as the 4th letter and N as the 5th letter

The pattern _ _ _ I N _ matches 833 6-letter words with I as the 4th letter and N as the 5th letter.

833 wordsTop pick DURINGHighest score HAZING 19

164 of 833 are everyday words (20%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

4th letter
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Z

5th letter
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With I in 4th place, N is the most common 5th letter (833 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 164 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 164 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 833

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

AAHING₁₀
ABLING₉
ABLINS₈
ABRINS₈
ABYING₁₂
ACHING₁₂
ACTING₉
ACTINS₈
ADDING₉
ADMINS₉
ADZING₁₇
AEDINE₇
AFFINE₁₂
AGEING₈
AGOING₈
AIDING₈
AILING₇
AIMING₉
AIRING₇
ALBINO₈
ALGINS₇
ALKINE₁₀
ALOINS₆
ALPINE₈
ALVINE₉
AMMINE₁₀
AMMINO₁₀
AMPING₁₁
ANGINA₇
ANOINT₆
ANTING₇
APTING₉
ARCING₉
ARKING₁₁
ARLING₇
ARMING₉
AROINT₆
ARSINE₆
ARSING₇
ARSINO₆
ASHINE₉
ASHING₁₀
ASKING₁₁
ASPINE₈
ASWING₁₀
ATTING₇
AUDING₈
AUXINS₁₃
AWEING₁₀
AWNING₁₀
BAAING₉
BAKING₁₃
BALING₉
BANING₉
BARING₉
BASING₉
BASINS₈
BATING₉
BAVINS₁₁
BAYING₁₂
BEGINS₉
BEHIND₁₂
BESING₉
BETING₉
BIDING₁₀
BIKING₁₃
BIKINI₁₂
BILING₉
BIMINI₁₀
BITING₉
BLAINS₈
BLUING₉
BODING₁₀
BOKING₁₃
BOLINE₈
BONING₉
BOOING₉
BORING₉
BOVINE₁₁
BOWING₁₂
BOXING₁₆
BOYING₁₂
BRAINS₈
BRAINY₁₁
BRUINS₈
BURINS₈
BUSING₉
BUYING₁₂
BYDING₁₃
BYKING₁₆
BYLINE₁₁
CAAING₉
CABINS₁₀
CAGING₁₀
CAKING₁₃
CANINE₈
CANING₉
CAPING₁₁
CARINA₈
CARING₉
CASING₉
CASINI₈
CASINO₈
CAVING₁₂
CAWING₁₂
CEDING₁₀
CERING₉
CHAINE₁₁
CHAINS₁₁
CIDING₁₀
CITING₉
CLUING₉
CLYING₁₂
CODING₁₀
COKING₁₃
COLINS₈
COMING₁₁
CONINE₈
CONING₉
CONINS₈
COOING₉
COPING₁₁
CORING₉
COSINE₈
COSING₉
COTING₉
COVINE₁₁
COVING₁₂
COVINS₁₁
COWING₁₂
COXING₁₆
COYING₁₂
COZING₁₈
CRYING₁₂
CUBING₁₁
CUEING₉
CUMINS₁₀
CURING₉
CUTINS₈
DAEING₈
DARING₈
DATING₈
DAWING₁₁
DAZING₁₇
DEEING₈
DEFINE₁₀
DEKING₁₂
DELINK₁₁
DERING₈
DESINE₇
DEWING₁₁
DEZINC₁₈
DICING₁₀
DIEING₈
DIKING₁₂
DINING₈
DITING₈
DIVINE₁₀
DIVING₁₁
DOLINA₇
DOLINE₇
DOLING₈
DOMINE₉
DOMING₁₀
DOMINO₉
DONING₈
DOPING₁₀
DOSING₈
DOTING₈
DOVING₁₁
DOWING₁₁
DOXING₁₅
DOZING₁₇
DRAINS₇
DRYING₁₁
DUDING₉
DUKING₁₂
DUPING₁₀
DURING₈
DYEING₁₁
DYKING₁₅
EANING₇
EARING₇
EASING₇
EATING₇
EBBING₁₁
ECHING₁₂
ECHINI₁₁
EDGING₉
EELING₇
EFFING₁₃
EGGING₉
EIKING₁₁
ELAINS₆
ELDING₈
ELDINS₇
ELFING₁₀
ELFINS₉
ELOINS₆
ELSINS₆
EMPING₁₁
ENCINA₈
ENDING₈
ENGINE₇
ENLINK₁₀
ENRING₇
ENWIND₁₀
EOSINE₆
EOSINS₆
EQUINE₁₅
ERMINE₈
ERNING₇
ERRING₇
ETTINS₆
EUKING₁₁
EWKING₁₄
EXTINE₁₃
EYEING₁₀
FAAING₁₀
FACING₁₂
FADING₁₁
FAGINS₁₀
FAKING₁₄
FAMINE₁₁
FAMING₁₂
FARINA₉
FARING₁₀
FATING₁₀
FAXING₁₇
FAYING₁₃
FAZING₁₉
FEEING₁₀
FELINE₉
FENING₁₀
FERINE₉
FETING₁₀
FEUING₁₀
FEYING₁₃
FICINS₁₁
FIFING₁₃
FIKING₁₄
FILING₁₀
FINING₁₀
FIRING₁₀
FIXING₁₇
FLYING₁₃
FORINT₉
FOXING₁₇
FROING₁₀
FRYING₁₃
FUMING₁₂
FUSING₁₀
FUZING₁₉
FYKING₁₇
GAEING₈
GAGING₉
GALING₈
GAMINE₉
GAMING₁₀
GAMINS₉
GAPING₁₀
GATING₈
GAZING₁₇
GEEING₈
GEMINI₉
GEMINY₁₂
GIBING₁₀
GIEING₈
GIVING₁₁
GLUING₈
GORING₈
GRAINE₇
GRAINS₇
GRAINY₁₀
GREINS₇
GROINS₇
GRUING₈
GUYING₁₁
GYBING₁₃
GYRING₁₁
GYVING₁₄
HADING₁₁
HAEING₁₀
HALING₁₀
HAMING₁₂
HARING₁₀
HATING₁₀
HAVING₁₃
HAWING₁₃
HAYING₁₃
HAZING₁₉
HELING₁₀
HEMINA₁₁
HEMINS₁₁
HETING₁₀
HEWING₁₃
HEXING₁₇
HEYING₁₃
HIDING₁₁
HIEING₁₀
HIKING₁₄
HIRING₁₀
HIVING₁₃
HOAING₁₀
HOEING₁₀
HOHING₁₃
HOKING₁₄
HOLING₁₀
HOMING₁₂
HOMINY₁₄
HONING₁₀
HOPING₁₂
HOSING₁₀
HOVING₁₃
HOXING₁₇
HOYING₁₃
HUMINT₁₁
HYEING₁₃
HYPING₁₅
ICHING₁₂
IDLING₈
IGGING₉
IMPING₁₁
INGINE₇
INKING₁₁
INNING₇
INTINE₆
INWIND₁₀
IODINE₇
IODINS₇
IRKING₁₁
ISLING₇
JADING₁₅
JAPING₁₆
JARINA₁₃
JAWING₁₇
JEEING₁₄
JEWING₁₇
JIBING₁₆
JIMINY₁₈
JIVING₁₇
JOBING₁₆
JOKING₁₈
JOLING₁₄
JOWING₁₇
JOYING₁₇
JUKING₁₈
KAEING₁₁
KAWING₁₄
KEYING₁₄
KININS₁₀
KITING₁₁
KONINI₁₀
KYLINS₁₃
LACING₉
LADING₈
LADINO₇
LAKING₁₁
LAKINS₁₀
LAMINA₈
LAMING₉
LAPINS₈
LARINE₆
LASING₇
LATINA₆
LATINO₆
LAVING₁₀
LAWINE₉
LAWING₁₀
LAWINS₉
LAYING₁₀
LAYINS₉
LAZING₁₆
LEEING₇
LEMING₉
LERING₇
LEVINS₉
LIKING₁₁
LIKINS₁₀
LIMINA₈
LIMING₉
LINING₇
LININS₆
LIPINS₈
LITING₇
LIVING₁₀
LOBING₉
LOCING₉
LOGINS₇
LOMING₉
LOOING₇
LOPING₉
LORING₇
LOSING₇
LOUING₇
LOVING₁₀
LOWING₁₀
LOXING₁₄
LUBING₉
LUGING₈
LUMINA₈
LUMINE₈
LUPINE₈
LUPINS₈
LURING₇
LUTING₇
LYSINE₉
LYSING₁₀
LYSINS₉
LYTING₁₀
MAAING₉
MACING₁₁
MAKING₁₃
MALINE₈
MARINA₈
MARINE₈
MASING₉
MATING₉
MATINS₈
MAVINS₁₁
MAWING₁₂
MAXING₁₆
MAYING₁₂
MAZING₁₈
MEDINA₉
MENING₉
MENINX₁₅
MERING₉
MERINO₈
METING₉
MEVING₁₂
MEWING₁₂
MIKING₁₃
MILING₉
MIMING₁₁
MINING₉
MIRING₉
MIRINS₈
MIXING₁₆
MOLINE₈
MOOING₉
MOPING₁₁
MOSING₉
MOVING₁₂
MOWING₁₂
MOZING₁₈
MUCINS₁₀
MULING₉
MURINE₈
MURING₉
MUSING₉
MUTINE₈
MUTING₉
MUTINY₁₁
MUXING₁₆
NAMING₉
NAPING₉
NARINE₆
NERINE₆
NEWING₁₀
NIDING₈
NIXING₁₄
NOMINA₈
NOSING₇
NOTING₇
NOYING₁₀
NUKING₁₁
NUMINA₈
OARING₇
OBIING₉
OFFING₁₃
OGGINS₈
OGLING₈
OILING₇
OLEINE₆
OLEINS₆
ONDINE₇
ONDING₈
ONLINE₆
ONNING₇
OOHING₁₀
OOPING₉
OOZING₁₆
OPSINS₈
OPTING₉
ORBING₉
ORCINE₈
ORCINS₈
ORPINE₈
ORPINS₈
OSCINE₈
OUPING₉
OUTING₇
OWLING₁₀
OWNING₁₀
PACING₁₁
PAGING₁₀
PALING₉
PANING₉
PANINI₈
PANINO₈
PARING₉
PATINA₈
PATINE₈
PATINS₈
PAVING₁₂
PAVINS₁₁
PAWING₁₂
PAYING₁₂
PEEING₉
PEKINS₁₂
PENING₉
PEPINO₁₀
PICINE₁₀
PIEING₉
PIKING₁₃
PILING₉
PINING₉
PIPING₁₁
PIZING₁₈
PLAINS₈
PLAINT₈
PLYING₁₂
POKING₁₃
POLING₉
POOING₉
PORINA₈
PORING₉
PORINS₈
POSING₉
POTING₉
POTINS₈
POWINS₁₁
POXING₁₆
PROINE₈
PROINS₈
PRUINA₈
PRUINE₈
PRYING₁₂
PUKING₁₃
PULING₉
PURINE₈
PURING₉
PURINS₈
PWNING₁₂
PYEING₁₂
PYNING₁₂
PYXING₁₉
QUAINT₁₅
QUEINT₁₅
QUOINS₁₅
RACING₉
RACINO₈
RAGING₈
RAGINI₇
RAHING₁₀
RAKING₁₁
RAMINS₈
RANINE₆
RAPINE₈
RAPING₉
RAPINI₈
RARING₇
RASING₇
RATINE₆
RATING₇
RAVINE₉
RAVING₁₀
RAVINS₉
RAWING₁₀
RAWINS₉
RAXING₁₄
RAYING₁₀
RAZING₁₆
REBIND₉
REDING₈
REFIND₁₀
REFINE₉
REGINA₇
REKING₁₁
RELINE₆
RELINK₁₀
REMIND₉
REMINT₈
RENINS₆
REPINE₈
REPINS₈
RESINS₆
RESINY₉
RETINA₆
RETINE₆
RETINT₆
REWIND₁₀
REWINS₉
REXINE₁₃
RICING₉
RICINS₈
RIDING₈
RILING₇
RIMING₉
RIPING₉
RISING₇
RIVING₁₀
ROBING₉
ROBINS₈
RODING₈
ROKING₁₁
RONINS₆
ROPING₉
ROSING₇
ROSINS₆
ROSINY₉
ROTING₇
ROTINI₆
ROVING₁₀
ROWING₁₀
RUBINE₈
RUBINS₈
RUEING₇
RULING₇
RUMINA₈
RUSINE₆
RUTINS₆
RYKING₁₄
SABINE₈
SABINS₈
SAFING₁₀
SALINA₆
SALINE₆
SANING₇
SARING₇
SARINS₆
SASINE₆
SASINS₆
SATING₇
SATINS₆
SATINY₉
SAVINE₉
SAVING₁₀
SAVINS₉
SAWING₁₀
SAYING₁₀
SCRINE₈
SDAINE₇
SDEINS₇
SEEING₇
SEMINA₈
SERINE₆
SERING₇
SERINS₆
SEWING₁₀
SEWINS₉
SEXING₁₄
SHRINE₉
SHRINK₁₃
SHYING₁₃
SIDING₈
SILING₇
SINING₇
SIPING₉
SIRING₇
SITING₇
SIZING₁₆
SKEINS₁₀
SKIING₁₁
SKYING₁₄
SLUING₇
SOLING₇
SORING₇
SOWING₁₀
SOZINE₁₅
SOZINS₁₅
SPAING₉
SPAINS₈
SPHINX₁₈
SPLINE₈
SPLINT₈
SPRING₉
SPRINT₈
SPUING₉
SPYING₁₂
SQUINT₁₅
SQUINY₁₈
STAINS₆
STEINS₆
STRINE₆
STRING₇
STYING₁₀
SUPINE₈
SURING₇
SUSING₇
SWAINS₉
SYEING₁₀
SYNING₁₀
SYPING₁₂
SYRINX₁₆
TAEING₇
TAGINE₇
TAHINA₉
TAHINI₉
TAJINE₁₃
TAKING₁₁
TAKINS₁₀
TAMINE₈
TAMING₉
TAMINS₈
TAPING₉
TARING₇
TASING₇
TAWING₁₀
TAXING₁₄
TEAING₇
TEEING₇
TEWING₁₀
THEINE₉
THEINS₉
THYINE₁₂
TICING₉
TIDING₈
TIEING₇
TILING₇
TIMING₉
TINING₇
TIRING₇
TIYINS₉
TOEING₇
TOKING₁₁
TOLING₇
TONING₇
TOPING₉
TOSING₇
TOTING₇
TOWING₁₀
TOXINE₁₃
TOXINS₁₃
TOYING₁₀
TOZING₁₆
TRAINS₆
TRUING₇
TRYING₁₀
TSKING₁₁
TUBING₉
TUNING₇
TWAINS₉
TYEING₁₀
TYNING₁₀
TYPING₁₂
TYRING₁₀
UGGING₉
ULLING₇
ULMINS₈
UMMING₁₁
UMPING₁₁
UNBIND₉
UNCINI₈
UNDINE₇
UNFINE₉
UNKIND₁₁
UNKING₁₁
UNKINK₁₄
UNLINE₆
UNLINK₁₀
UNPINS₈
UNTINS₆
UNWIND₁₀
UPBIND₁₁
UPLINK₁₂
UPPING₁₁
UPWIND₁₂
URGING₈
URNING₇
URPING₉
URSINE₆
VADING₁₁
VAGINA₁₀
VAHINE₁₂
VALINE₉
VAPING₁₂
VAXING₁₇
VENINE₉
VENINS₉
VEXING₁₇
VIBING₁₂
VICING₁₂
VIKING₁₄
VIMINA₁₁
VINING₁₀
VIRING₁₀
VIRINO₉
VISING₁₀
VOLING₁₀
VOTING₁₀
VOWING₁₃
WADING₁₁
WAGING₁₁
WAHINE₁₂
WAKING₁₄
WALING₁₀
WANING₁₀
WARING₁₀
WAVING₁₃
WAXING₁₇
WAYING₁₃
WEEING₁₀
WEXING₁₇
WIFING₁₃
WILING₁₀
WINING₁₀
WIPING₁₂
WIRING₁₀
WISING₁₀
WITING₁₀
WIVING₁₃
WONING₁₀
WOOING₁₀
WOWING₁₃
WRYING₁₃
WYLING₁₃
WYTING₁₃
YAWING₁₃
YEDING₁₁
YEVING₁₃
YEXING₁₇
YIKING₁₄
YMPING₁₄
YOGINI₁₀
YOGINS₁₀
YOKING₁₄
YOWING₁₃
YUKING₁₄
ZAYINS₁₈
ZONING₁₆
ZORINO₁₅

Letters by positionIn 64% of these words the 6th letter is G.

1st letter

2nd letter

A24%
O18%
I13%

3rd letter

6th letter

G64%
S13%
E11%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; HAZING tops the list with 19. Scores before board bonuses.

66 points: 49 words
7 points: 100 words
88 points: 131 words
9 points: 154 words
1010 points: 129 words
11 points: 74 words
1212 points: 55 words
13 points: 51 words
1414 points: 25 words
15 points: 13 words
1616 points: 17 words
17 points: 20 words
1818 points: 11 words
19 points: 4 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
HAZING	19	20	All three
FUZING	19	22	All three
FAZING	19	21	All three
PYXING	19	21	Collins only
JOKING	18	22	All three
SPHINX	18	19	All three
JIMINY	18	21	All three
MAZING	18	21	All three
JUKING	18	23	All three
SQUINY	18	19	Collins only
COZING	18	21	Collins only
DEZINC	18	20	All three

Familiar examples such as during, having, making, trying, coming, and taking make this spelling clue less obscure than it first looks. Still, only 164 entries fall among the most common English words, so the full set soon reaches specialist vocabulary. The strongest structural clue is the final letter: G dominates, while the opening letter is much less concentrated.

The pattern at a glance

833 tournament-dictionary entries match the pattern _ _ _ I N _.
532 matches end in G, making it the clear final letter to test first.
R leads as the first letter with 73 words, just ahead of S with 72.
Only 164 entries rank among the most common English words by frequency.

6-letter words with I as the 4th letter and N as the 5th letter

The pattern often puts I-N before a final G: during, having, making, trying, coming, taking, saying, and living all fit. Other recognizable matches include behind, online, spring, eating, and engine. These examples show why a fixed letter clue can lead to ordinary words as well as specialist entries.

R contributes 73 matches at the start, while S has 72 and L has 56. That near tie means an R-or-S guess narrows the search little; a known opening letter matters more.

The final letter gives a stronger clue: 532 matches end in G, compared with 109 ending in S and 95 ending in E. Shifting the fifth letter from N to L leaves 166 matches, far fewer than this pattern.

Which matching words score the most?

Hazing, fuzing, fazing, and pyxing each score 19 points in Scrabble. Joking, sphinx, jiminy, mazing, juking, and squiny score 18. Those are strong tile scores, but poor everyday guesses: a high score does not make an unfamiliar word likely to fit a casual clue.

Dictionary coverage varies: Collins includes 810 matches, NWL2023 includes 654, and ENABLE includes 600. Those are overlapping sets, not separate piles, and some entries are uncommon. Check your game's word list before challenging an unfamiliar play; for solving, start with familiar examples and use the G ending as a sharper clue than the first letter.

Questions people ask

How many of these six-letter words end in G?

532 matches end in G, making it the dominant final letter for this pattern. The next most common endings are S, with 109 words, and E, with 95. If the final tile is still unknown, G is the strongest single ending to test.

Which matching words have the highest Scrabble score?

Hazing, fuzing, fazing, and pyxing each score 19 points in Scrabble. Joking, sphinx, jiminy, mazing, juking, and squiny each score 18. These are high-value choices when the board permits them, though several are less familiar than during or making.

Are all 833 words accepted in every word game?

No. The total combines words found in at least one tournament dictionary. Collins includes 810 matches, NWL2023 includes 654, and ENABLE includes 600; these sets overlap. A word missing from your game's active dictionary will not be accepted, so check that lexicon before challenging an unfamiliar play.

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6-letter words with I as the 4th letter and N as the 5th letter

Common words 164 · most-used first

Highest-scoring words

The pattern at a glance

6-letter words with I as the 4th letter and N as the 5th letter

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