7-letter words with A as the 1st letter and I as the 5th letter

7-letter words with A first and I fifth have 301 matches, including familiar choices such as AMAZING and ABILITY.

301 wordsTop pick AMAZINGHighest score AZOTIZE 25

26 of 301 are everyday words (9%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

1st letter
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I
J
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N
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5th letter
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J
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With A in 1st place, I is the most common 5th letter (301 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 26 · most-used first

AMAZING₁₉
ABILITY₁₂
AFFAIRS₁₃
APPLIED₁₂
AUCTION₉
ARGUING₉
APPLIES₁₁
ANYTIME₁₂
ACQUIRE₁₈
AIRLINE₇
ARCHIVE₁₅
ABUSIVE₁₂
AMUSING₁₀
ARISING₈
APPOINT₁₁
ABUSING₁₀
ATHEIST₁₀
ABOLISH₁₂
ABIDING₁₁
ATHEISM₁₂
ANGUISH₁₁
ANNUITY₁₀
ANGRILY₁₁
AGILITY₁₁
ACIDITY₁₃
AMPLIFY₁₇

All valid words 301

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

ABASIAS₉
ABASING₁₀
ABATING₁₀
ABAXIAL₁₆
ABAXILE₁₆
ABELIAN₉
ABELIAS₉
ABIDING₁₁
ABILITY₁₂
ABJOINT₁₆
ABLEISM₁₁
ABLEIST₉
ABODING₁₁
ABOLISH₁₂
ABRAIDS₁₀
ABSCIND₁₂
ABSCISE₁₁
ABSCISS₁₁
ABSEILS₉
ABULIAS₉
ABUSING₁₀
ABUSION₉
ABUSIVE₁₂
ABYEING₁₃
ACACIAS₁₁
ACARIAN₉
ACARIDS₁₀
ACARINE₉
ACCOIED₁₂
ACCOILS₁₁
ACEDIAS₁₀
ACETIFY₁₅
ACETINS₉
ACIDIER₁₀
ACIDIFY₁₆
ACIDITY₁₃
ACONITE₉
ACQUIRE₁₈
ACQUIST₁₈
ACQUITE₁₈
ACQUITS₁₈
ADAGIAL₉
ADAGIOS₉
ADAWING₁₂
ADAXIAL₁₅
ADDLING₁₀
ADENINE₈
ADJOINS₁₅
ADJOINT₁₅
ADONISE₈
ADONIZE₁₇
ADORING₉
AEOLIAN₇
AEONIAN₇
AFFAIRE₁₃
AFFAIRS₁₃
AFFLICT₁₅
AFFYING₁₇
AGAMIDS₁₁
AGARICS₁₀
AGATISE₈
AGATIZE₁₇
AGENISE₈
AGENIZE₁₇
AGILITY₁₁
AGNAILS₈
AGOGICS₁₁
AGONIES₈
AGONISE₈
AGONISM₁₀
AGONIST₈
AGONIZE₁₇
AGYRIAS₁₁
AHADITH₁₄
AIBLINS₉
AIERIES₇
AIRLIFT₁₀
AIRLIKE₁₁
AIRLINE₇
AIRNING₈
AIRSICK₁₃
AIRSIDE₈
AIRTIME₉
AIRTING₈
AIRWISE₁₀
AISLING₈
AKEBIAS₁₃
AKENIAL₁₁
ALALIAS₇
ALANINE₇
ALANINS₇
ALATION₇
ALAYING₁₁
ALCAICS₁₁
ALCAIDE₁₀
ALDRINS₈
ALEPINE₉
ALERION₇
ALEVINS₁₀
ALEWIFE₁₃
ALEXIAS₁₄
ALEXINE₁₄
ALEXINS₁₄
ALEYING₁₁
ALIBIED₁₀
ALIBIES₉
ALINING₈
ALLYING₁₁
ALMAINS₉
ALODIAL₈
ALODIUM₁₀
ALOGIAS₈
ALTOIST₇
ALUMINA₉
ALUMINE₉
ALUMINS₉
ALUMISH₁₂
ALUMIUM₁₁
ALUNITE₇
AMABILE₁₁
AMANITA₉
AMATING₁₀
AMATION₉
AMATIVE₁₂
AMAZING₁₉
AMBLING₁₂
AMBOINA₁₁
AMBRIES₁₁
AMELIAS₉
AMENING₁₀
AMENITY₁₂
AMIDINE₁₀
AMIDINS₁₀
AMINITY₁₂
AMIRITE₉
AMITIES₉
AMORINI₉
AMORINO₉
AMORISM₁₁
AMORIST₉
AMOSITE₉
AMOTION₉
AMOVING₁₃
AMPLIFY₁₇
AMUSIAS₉
AMUSING₁₀
AMUSIVE₁₂
ANALITY₁₀
ANAXIAL₁₄
ANDVILE₁₁
ANELING₈
ANEMIAS₉
ANGLICE₁₀
ANGLIFY₁₄
ANGLING₉
ANGLIST₈
ANGRIER₈
ANGRIES₈
ANGRILY₁₁
ANGUINE₈
ANGUISH₁₁
ANILINE₇
ANILINS₇
ANILITY₁₀
ANIMISM₁₁
ANIMIST₉
ANKLING₁₂
ANNUITY₁₀
ANOBIID₁₀
ANODISE₈
ANODIZE₁₇
ANOMIES₉
ANOPIAS₉
ANOXIAS₁₄
ANTBIRD₁₀
ANTEING₈
ANTHILL₁₀
ANTLIAE₇
ANTLIKE₁₁
ANTLION₇
ANTSIER₇
ANURIAS₇
ANYTIME₁₂
ANYWISE₁₃
APATITE₉
APAYING₁₃
APELIKE₁₃
APERIES₉
APICIAN₁₁
APOMICT₁₃
APORIAS₉
APPAIRS₁₁
APPLIED₁₂
APPLIER₁₁
APPLIES₁₁
APPOINT₁₁
APPRISE₁₁
APPRIZE₂₀
APPUIED₁₂
ARABICA₁₁
ARABINS₉
ARABISE₉
ARABIZE₁₈
ARALIAS₇
ARAMIDS₁₀
ARCHILS₁₂
ARCHINE₁₂
ARCHING₁₃
ARCHIVE₁₅
ARCKING₁₄
ARCMINS₁₁
ARCSINE₉
ARCSINS₉
ARCTICS₁₁
ARCTIID₁₀
ARDRIGH₁₂
AREDING₉
AREFIED₁₁
AREFIES₁₀
ARENITE₇
ARGLING₉
ARGUING₉
ARIDITY₁₁
ARISING₈
ARMLIKE₁₃
ARMOIRE₉
ARMPITS₁₁
ARRAIGN₈
ARSHINE₁₀
ARSHINS₁₀
ARTSIER₇
ARTSIES₇
ASCRIBE₁₁
ASINICO₉
ASININE₇
ASOCIAL₉
ASQUINT₁₆
ASSAILS₇
ASSLIKE₁₁
ASSOILS₇
ASSWIPE₁₂
ASTEISM₉
ASTRICT₉
ASTRIDE₈
ATAVISM₁₂
ATAVIST₁₀
ATAXIAS₁₄
ATAXICS₁₆
ATAXIES₁₄
ATELIER₇
ATHEISE₁₀
ATHEISM₁₂
ATHEIST₁₀
ATHEIZE₁₉
ATHRILL₁₀
ATIMIES₉
ATOCIAS₉
ATOMICS₁₁
ATOMIES₉
ATOMISE₉
ATOMISM₁₁
ATOMIST₉
ATOMIZE₁₈
ATONIAS₇
ATONICS₉
ATONIES₇
ATONING₈
ATOPIES₉
ATTAINS₇
ATTAINT₇
ATTRIST₇
ATTRITE₇
ATTRITS₇
ATTUITE₇
AUCTION₉
AUMAILS₉
AUNTIES₇
AUREITY₁₀
AUSPICE₁₁
AUTOING₈
AVALING₁₁
AVARICE₁₂
AVENIRS₁₀
AVIDINS₁₁
AVIDITY₁₄
AVISING₁₁
AVIZING₂₀
AVODIRE₁₁
AVOWING₁₄
AVYZING₂₃
AWAKING₁₅
AWLBIRD₁₃
AWMRIES₁₂
AXEBIRD₁₇
AXINITE₁₄
AZOTISE₁₆
AZOTIZE₂₅
AZURINE₁₆
AZURITE₁₆
AZYGIES₂₀
AZYMITE₂₁

Letters by positionIn 28% of these words the 6th letter is N.

2nd letter

N12%
R11%
L10%

3rd letter

O16%
A16%
E11%

4th letter

L14%
R12%
N10%

6th letter

N28%
S12%
A11%

7th letter

S28%
E26%
G14%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; AZOTIZE tops the list with 25. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 34 words
8 points: 28 words
99 points: 62 words
10 points: 39 words
1111 points: 48 words
12 points: 24 words
1313 points: 15 words
14 points: 13 words
1515 points: 7 words
16 points: 9 words
1717 points: 8 words
18 points: 6 words
1919 points: 2 words
20 points: 3 words
2121 points: 1 words
22 points: 0 words
2323 points: 1 words
24 points: 0 words
2525 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
AZOTIZE	25	25	All three
AVYZING	23	25	Collins only
AZYMITE	21	21	Collins only
APPRIZE	20	22	All three
AVIZING	20	23	Collins only
AZYGIES	20	20	Collins only
AMAZING	19	22	All three
ATHEIZE	19	18	Collins only
ACQUIRE	18	20	All three
ACQUITS	18	20	All three
ATOMIZE	18	19	All three
ARABIZE	18	19	All three

The fixed pattern A _ _ _ I _ _ has 301 entries in at least one tournament dictionary, but familiar words sit beside specialist rack material. AMAZING, ABILITY, APPLIED, and AIRLINE are recognizable; AZOTIZE and AVYZING are scoring curiosities. Only 26 entries count as common, so everyday vocabulary covers a small slice of the full set.

At a glance: the pattern and its standouts

A _ _ _ I _ _ matches 301 seven-letter entries across the tournament lists.
AZOTIZE leads the scores at 25; AMAZING scores 19.
Only 26 matches are classed as common.
S and E are the most frequent final letters, with 83 and 78 matches.
Collins has 295 matches, compared with 217 in NWL2023 and 201 in ENABLE.

How many 7-letter words with A first and I fifth?

Exactly 301 matches fit the two fixed positions. That is more than the nearby A-first patterns with E fifth (157), A fifth (153), or T fifth (143). Keeping I in position five narrows the search, but still leaves more options than those three alternatives.

The familiar end of the set includes AMAZING, ABILITY, APPLIED, and AIRLINE. Other entries such as ARGUING, ANNUITY, and ABIDING add different endings and letter combinations. The 26 common words are a small everyday subset, so expect many less familiar choices among the remaining matches.

Scoring 7-letter words with A first and I fifth

AZOTIZE is the top scorer at 25 points, followed by AVYZING at 23 and AZYMITE at 21. APPRIZE, AVIZING, and AZYGIES each score 20. Those unusual spellings bring high-value letters; the familiar AMAZING still reaches 19.

ACQUIRE and ACQUITS score 18, making them strong options that are easier to recognize than AZOTIZE. For a more natural rack, compare those with ABUSIVE or AMUSING rather than choosing only by score. The most frequent endings are S and E, but the scoring leaders show that less familiar letter combinations can pay more.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have A first and I fifth?

There are 301 tournament-dictionary matches with A in position one and I in position five. The pattern is A _ _ _ I _ _. Collins includes 295, while NWL2023 includes 217 and ENABLE includes 201; those source counts overlap.

What is the highest-scoring word in this pattern?

AZOTIZE is the highest scorer, at 25 points. AVYZING follows at 23, then AZYMITE at 21. AMAZING is a more familiar option and scores 19, while ACQUIRE and ACQUITS each score 18.

Are many of these A-and-I words common?

No. Just 26 of the 301 matches are classed as common. Familiar examples include AMAZING, ABILITY, APPLIED, and AIRLINE, while the highest-scoring entries include less familiar forms such as AZOTIZE and AVYZING.

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