7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and I as the 3rd letter

The 254 7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and I as the 3rd letter include familiar picks like WAITING and RAINBOW.

254 wordsTop pick WAITINGHighest score ZAITECH 21

30 of 254 are everyday words (12%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

2nd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

3rd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With A in 2nd place, R is the most common 3rd letter (916 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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4
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14
15

Common words 30 · most-used first

WAITING₁₁
FAILURE₁₀
RAILWAY₁₃
RAISING₈
PAINTED₁₀
PAINFUL₁₂
FAILING₁₁
GAINING₉
RAINBOW₁₂
SAILING₈
PAINTER₉
RAIDERS₈
SAILORS₇
RAINING₈
HAIRCUT₁₂
MAILING₁₀
PAIRING₁₀
TAINTED₈
FAIRIES₁₀
MAILBOX₁₈
PAISLEY₁₂
RAIDING₉
RAILING₈
WAITERS₁₀
WAIVERS₁₃
BAILOUT₉
HAILING₁₁
RAISINS₇
FAINTED₁₁
WAILING₁₁

All valid words 254

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

BAIDARS₁₀
BAILEES₉
BAILERS₉
BAILEYS₁₂
BAILIES₉
BAILIFF₁₅
BAILING₁₀
BAILLIE₉
BAILLIS₉
BAILORS₉
BAILOUT₉
BAININS₉
BAINITE₉
BAIRNLY₁₂
BAITERS₉
BAITING₁₀
BAIZING₁₉
CAILLES₉
CAIMACS₁₃
CAIMANS₁₁
CAIQUES₁₈
CAIRNED₁₀
CAISSON₉
CAITIFF₁₅
CAITIVE₁₂
DAIDLED₁₀
DAIDLES₉
DAIKERS₁₂
DAIKONS₁₂
DAILIES₈
DAIMIOS₁₀
DAIMOKU₁₄
DAIMONS₁₀
DAIMYOS₁₃
DAINING₉
DAIRIES₈
DAISIED₉
DAISIES₈
FAIBLES₁₂
FAIENCE₁₂
FAIKING₁₅
FAILING₁₁
FAILLES₁₀
FAILURE₁₀
FAINEST₁₀
FAINING₁₁
FAINNES₁₀
FAINTED₁₁
FAINTER₁₀
FAINTLY₁₃
FAIREST₁₀
FAIRIER₁₀
FAIRIES₁₀
FAIRILY₁₃
FAIRING₁₁
FAIRISH₁₃
FAIRWAY₁₆
FAITHED₁₄
FAITHER₁₃
FAITORS₁₀
FAITOUR₁₀
GAINERS₈
GAINEST₈
GAINFUL₁₁
GAINING₉
GAINSAY₁₁
GAITERS₈
GAITING₉
HAIDUKS₁₅
HAILERS₁₀
HAILIER₁₀
HAILING₁₁
HAIMISH₁₅
HAINING₁₁
HAIQUES₁₉
HAIRCAP₁₄
HAIRCUT₁₂
HAIRDOS₁₁
HAIRIER₁₀
HAIRIFS₁₃
HAIRILY₁₃
HAIRING₁₁
HAIRNET₁₀
HAIRPIN₁₂
HAIRSTS₁₀
JAILERS₁₄
JAILING₁₅
JAILORS₁₄
KAIAKED₁₆
KAIKAIS₁₅
KAINGAS₁₂
KAINITE₁₁
KAINITS₁₁
KAISERS₁₁
KAIZENS₂₀
LAICISE₉
LAICISM₁₁
LAICITY₁₂
LAICIZE₁₈
LAIDING₉
LAIGHER₁₁
LAIKERS₁₁
LAIKING₁₂
LAIPSED₁₀
LAIPSES₉
LAIRAGE₈
LAIRDLY₁₁
LAIRIER₇
LAIRING₈
LAIRISE₇
LAIRIZE₁₆
LAISSES₇
LAITHLY₁₃
LAITIES₇
MAIDANS₁₀
MAIDENS₁₀
MAIDING₁₁
MAIDISH₁₃
MAIDISM₁₂
MAIGRES₁₀
MAIHEMS₁₄
MAILBAG₁₂
MAILBOX₁₈
MAILCAR₁₁
MAILERS₉
MAILING₁₀
MAILLOT₉
MAILMAN₁₁
MAILMEN₁₁
MAILVAN₁₂
MAIMERS₁₁
MAIMING₁₂
MAINEST₉
MAINING₁₀
MAINORS₉
MAINOUR₉
MAINTOP₁₁
MAISTER₉
MAISTRY₁₂
MAITAKE₁₃
NAIADES₈
NAIFEST₁₀
NAILERS₇
NAILERY₁₀
NAILING₈
NAILSET₇
NAIVELY₁₃
NAIVEST₁₀
NAIVETE₁₀
NAIVETY₁₃
NAIVIST₁₀
PAIDLES₁₀
PAIGLES₁₀
PAIKING₁₄
PAILFUL₁₂
PAILLON₉
PAINFUL₁₂
PAINIMS₁₁
PAINING₁₀
PAINTED₁₀
PAINTER₉
PAIOCKE₁₅
PAIOCKS₁₅
PAIREST₉
PAIRIAL₉
PAIRING₁₀
PAISANA₉
PAISANO₉
PAISANS₉
PAISLEY₁₂
RAIDERS₈
RAIDING₉
RAIKING₁₂
RAILBED₁₀
RAILBUS₉
RAILCAR₉
RAILERS₇
RAILING₈
RAILMAN₉
RAILMEN₉
RAILWAY₁₃
RAIMENT₉
RAINBOW₁₂
RAINIER₇
RAINILY₁₀
RAINING₈
RAINOUT₇
RAISERS₇
RAISING₈
RAISINS₇
RAISINY₁₀
RAITING₈
RAIYATS₁₀
SAIDEST₈
SAIKEIS₁₁
SAILERS₇
SAILING₈
SAILORS₇
SAIMINS₉
SAIMIRI₉
SAINING₈
SAINTED₈
SAINTLY₁₀
SAIQUES₁₆
SAIREST₇
SAIRING₈
SAITHES₁₀
SAIYIDS₁₁
TAIAHAS₁₀
TAIGLED₉
TAIGLES₈
TAILARD₈
TAILERS₇
TAILFAN₁₀
TAILFIN₁₀
TAILFLY₁₃
TAILING₈
TAILLES₇
TAILLIE₇
TAILORS₇
TAILYES₁₀
TAILZIE₁₆
TAINTED₈
TAIPANS₉
TAISHES₁₀
TAIVERS₁₀
TAIVERT₁₀
VAILING₁₁
VAINEST₁₀
VAIRIER₁₀
VAIVODE₁₄
WAIATAS₁₀
WAIFING₁₄
WAIFISH₁₆
WAILERS₁₀
WAILFUL₁₃
WAILING₁₁
WAINAGE₁₁
WAINING₁₁
WAIRING₁₁
WAIRUAS₁₀
WAISTED₁₁
WAISTER₁₀
WAITERS₁₀
WAITING₁₁
WAITRON₁₀
WAIVERS₁₃
WAIVING₁₄
WAIVODE₁₄
WAIWODE₁₄
ZAIDEHS₂₀
ZAIDIES₁₇
ZAIKAIS₂₀
ZAITECH₂₁

Letters by positionIn 35% of these words the 7th letter is S.

1st letter

M10%
F9%
R9%

4th letter

L24%
N16%
R13%

5th letter

I34%
E18%
O6%

6th letter

E22%
N22%
R13%

7th letter

S35%
G17%
E8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; ZAITECH tops the list with 21. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 18 words
8 points: 24 words
99 points: 43 words
10 points: 59 words
1111 points: 34 words
12 points: 22 words
1313 points: 17 words
14 points: 12 words
1515 points: 9 words
16 points: 6 words
1717 points: 1 words
18 points: 3 words
1919 points: 2 words
20 points: 3 words
2121 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
ZAITECH	21	21	Collins only
ZAIKAIS	20	20	All three
KAIZENS	20	21	Collins · NWL
ZAIDEHS	20	19	NWL only
BAIZING	19	22	Collins only
HAIQUES	19	19	Collins only
MAILBOX	18	21	All three
CAIQUES	18	20	All three
LAICIZE	18	20	All three
ZAIDIES	17	17	NWL only
FAIRWAY	16	15	All three
WAIFISH	16	15	Collins · NWL

That fixed AI sequence still allows a wide range of openings: M leads with 26 entries, while F and R each begin 23. The endings are much less evenly spread. S closes 90 words, more than twice the 43 ending in G, so the final letter can quickly narrow a puzzle search.

The pattern at a glance

The pattern matches 254 tournament-dictionary words, and 30 are among the most common English words.
M is the most frequent first letter, with 26 matches; F and R follow with 23 apiece.
S is the leading final letter at 90 words, ahead of G at 43.
ZAITECH scores 21 points, the highest score among the examples ranked here.

Which 7-letter words with A second and I third are familiar?

WAITING, FAILURE, RAILWAY, PAINTED, PAINFUL and RAINBOW are recognisable options that fit the pattern. Many have a clear word family: PAINTER sits beside PAINTED, while FAILING shares its opening with FAILURE.

The 30 common entries make up a small share of the 254 matches, so expect many less familiar choices in a full game list. For a quick solve, test everyday examples first, then use the third and later letters to distinguish them.

How do scores and dictionaries change your choices?

ZAITECH leads the scores at 21 points; ZAIKAIS and KAIZENS each score 20. MAILBOX is a more recognisable high scorer at 18, while the group’s average score is 10.8.

Dictionary coverage differs: Collins contains 248 matches, compared with 162 in NWL2023 and 145 in ENABLE. Those counts overlap, so they do not add up to the 254-word total. Check your game’s word list before playing an unfamiliar entry; the 7-letter words with A as 2nd and I as 3rd are not accepted uniformly.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have A second and I third?

There are 254 seven-letter words with A in the second position and I in the third. WAITING, FAILURE, RAILWAY and RAINBOW are familiar examples. The group includes entries from tournament dictionaries, but the dictionaries do not all accept the same words.

Which letters most often start these words?

M starts the most, with 26 matches, while F and R each start 23. Those three openings offer more candidates than any other starting letter in this pattern. WAITING and RAINBOW show how different the remaining letters can be.

What is the highest-scoring word in this pattern?

ZAITECH is the top scorer at 21 points. ZAIKAIS and KAIZENS score 20 each, while MAILBOX scores 18. These are base word scores; board premiums can change a play’s total, and acceptance depends on the word list used.

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