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

7-letter words with I as the 2nd letter and E as the 5th letter number 569, from familiar matches like HIMSELF to high-scoring FIZZERS.

569 wordsTop pick HIMSELFHighest score FIZZERS 28

46 of 569 are everyday words (8%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With I in 2nd place, I is the most common 5th letter (813 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 46 · most-used first

  • HIMSELF15
  • BIGGEST11
  • HIGHEST14
  • TICKETS13
  • WITNESS10
  • FINGERS11
  • VIOLENT10
  • SISTERS7
  • WINNERS10
  • FITNESS10
  • VIEWERS13
  • FIFTEEN13
  • SIXTEEN14
  • KILLERS11
  • PIONEER9
  • GILBERT10
  • FILTERS10
  • SINCERE9
  • SINGERS8
  • RICHEST12
  • DIFFERS14
  • WICKETS16
  • WINTERS10
  • LISTENS7
  • DISSENT8
  • DIALECT10
  • DINNERS8
  • DICKENS14
  • DIOCESE10
  • KIDNEYS15
  • KITTENS11
  • DIAPERS10
  • SINNERS7
  • PIGMENT12
  • BIDDERS11
  • SIEMENS9
  • WINGERS11
  • MIDTERM12
  • RIVIERA10
  • HITTERS10
  • WILDEST11
  • DISCERN10
  • FISHERY16
  • MISLEAD10
  • TIMBERS11
  • BIOTECH14
All valid words 569

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

  • AIDLESS8
  • AIGLETS8
  • AIGRETS8
  • AILMENT9
  • AIMLESS9
  • AINSELL7
  • AIRHEAD11
  • AIRIEST7
  • AIRLESS7
  • BIBBERS13
  • BIBBERY16
  • BIBLESS11
  • BICKERS15
  • BIDDERS11
  • BIFFERS15
  • BIFTERS12
  • BIGFEET13
  • BIGGEST11
  • BIGGETY14
  • BIGHEAD14
  • BIGNESS10
  • BILKERS13
  • BILLERS9
  • BILLETS9
  • BINDERS10
  • BINDERY13
  • BINGERS10
  • BIOGENS10
  • BIOGENY13
  • BIOHERM14
  • BIOTECH14
  • BIRDERS10
  • BIRLERS9
  • BISTERS9
  • BITLESS9
  • BITSERS9
  • BITTERN9
  • BITTERS9
  • BIZJETS25
  • CIMIERS11
  • CINDERS10
  • CINDERY13
  • CIPHERS14
  • CISTERN9
  • CITHERN12
  • CITHERS12
  • CITTERN9
  • DIADEMS11
  • DIALECT10
  • DIALERS8
  • DIAPERS10
  • DIBBERS12
  • DICIEST10
  • DICKENS14
  • DICKERS14
  • DICKEYS17
  • DIDDERS10
  • DIESELS8
  • DIETERS8
  • DIFFERS14
  • DIGGERS10
  • DIGRESS9
  • DIKIEST12
  • DILUENT8
  • DIMMERS12
  • DIMMEST12
  • DIMNESS10
  • DINGERS9
  • DINGEYS12
  • DINKEST12
  • DINKEYS15
  • DINNERS8
  • DIOCESE10
  • DIPNETS10
  • DIPPERS12
  • DIPTERA10
  • DIRHEMS13
  • DISCEPT12
  • DISCERN10
  • DISCERP12
  • DISGEST9
  • DISHELM13
  • DISJECT17
  • DISKERS12
  • DISLEAF11
  • DISLEAL8
  • DISNEST8
  • DISPELS10
  • DISPEND11
  • DISSEAT8
  • DISSECT10
  • DISSENT8
  • DISSERT8
  • DISTEND9
  • DISTENT8
  • DITHERS11
  • DITHERY14
  • EISWEIN10
  • FIBBERS14
  • FIBBERY17
  • FIDGETS12
  • FIDGETY15
  • FIFTEEN13
  • FIGGERY15
  • FIGMENT13
  • FIKIEST14
  • FILBERD13
  • FILBERT12
  • FILLERS10
  • FILLETS10
  • FILMERS12
  • FILTERS10
  • FINDERS11
  • FINEERS10
  • FINGERS11
  • FINLESS10
  • FINNERS10
  • FINTECH15
  • FIRMERS12
  • FIRMEST12
  • FISHERS13
  • FISHERY16
  • FISHEYE16
  • FITMENT12
  • FITNESS10
  • FITTERS10
  • FITTEST10
  • FIZZENS28
  • FIZZERS28
  • GIBBERS12
  • GIBBETS12
  • GIBLETS10
  • GIDGEES10
  • GIDJEES16
  • GIFTEES11
  • GIGLETS9
  • GILBERT10
  • GILDERS9
  • GILLERS8
  • GILLETS8
  • GILPEYS13
  • GIMLETS10
  • GIMMERS12
  • GINGELI9
  • GINGELY12
  • GINGERS9
  • GINGERY12
  • GINNELS8
  • GINNERS8
  • GINNERY11
  • GINSENG9
  • GIPPERS12
  • GIPSENS10
  • GIRDERS9
  • GIRNELS8
  • GIRNERS8
  • GITTERN8
  • GIZZENS26
  • HICKEST16
  • HICKEYS19
  • HIDDERS12
  • HIGHERS14
  • HIGHEST14
  • HILLERS10
  • HIMSELF15
  • HINDERS11
  • HINGERS11
  • HINTERS10
  • HIPLESS12
  • HIPNESS12
  • HIPPENS14
  • HIPPEST14
  • HIRSELS10
  • HISSELF13
  • HISSERS10
  • HITHERS13
  • HITLESS10
  • HITTERS10
  • JIBBERS18
  • JIGGERS16
  • JILLETS14
  • JILTERS14
  • JIMPEST18
  • JINKERS18
  • JITNEYS17
  • JITTERS14
  • JITTERY17
  • JIVIEST17
  • KIBBEHS18
  • KICKERS17
  • KIDDERS13
  • KIDLETS12
  • KIDNEYS15
  • KILLERS11
  • KILTERS11
  • KIMMERS15
  • KINDERS12
  • KINDEST12
  • KINLESS11
  • KINREDS12
  • KIPPERS15
  • KIRBEHS16
  • KIRMESS13
  • KISMETS13
  • KISSELS11
  • KISSERS11
  • KITSETS11
  • KITTELS11
  • KITTENS11
  • KITTENY14
  • LIBBERS11
  • LIBKENS13
  • LICHEES12
  • LICHENS12
  • LICKERS13
  • LIDGERS9
  • LIDLESS8
  • LIEFEST10
  • LIEGERS8
  • LIEVEST10
  • LIFTERS10
  • LIGGERS9
  • LIMBECK17
  • LIMBECS13
  • LIMBERS11
  • LIMIEST9
  • LIMMERS11
  • LIMNERS9
  • LIMPERS11
  • LIMPEST11
  • LIMPETS11
  • LINDENS8
  • LINGELS8
  • LINGERS8
  • LINIEST7
  • LINKERS11
  • LINNETS7
  • LINNEYS10
  • LINSEED8
  • LINSEYS10
  • LINTELS7
  • LINTERS7
  • LIONELS7
  • LIONESS7
  • LIONETS7
  • LIPLESS9
  • LIPPENS11
  • LIPPERS11
  • LIPREAD10
  • LIQUEFY22
  • LIQUEUR16
  • LISPERS9
  • LISTEES7
  • LISTELS7
  • LISTENS7
  • LISTERS7
  • LISTETH10
  • LITHELY13
  • LITHEST10
  • LITTERS7
  • LITTERY10
  • LIVIERS10
  • LIVYERS13
  • MICHERS14
  • MICKEYS18
  • MIDDENS11
  • MIDDEST11
  • MIDGETS11
  • MIDLEGS11
  • MIDTERM12
  • MIDWEEK17
  • MIDYEAR13
  • MIKVEHS19
  • MILDENS10
  • MILDEST10
  • MILDEWS13
  • MILDEWY16
  • MILIEUS9
  • MILIEUX16
  • MILKERS13
  • MILLERS9
  • MILLETS9
  • MILNEBS11
  • MILREIS9
  • MILSEYS12
  • MILTERS9
  • MIMMEST13
  • MINCERS11
  • MINCEUR11
  • MINDERS10
  • MINGERS10
  • MINIEST9
  • MINTERS9
  • MINUEND10
  • MINUETS9
  • MIOCENE11
  • MIRIEST9
  • MIRKEST13
  • MISDEAL10
  • MISDEED11
  • MISDEEM12
  • MISFEED13
  • MISFELL12
  • MISHEAR12
  • MISKEEP15
  • MISKENS13
  • MISKENT13
  • MISKEPT15
  • MISKEYS16
  • MISLEAD10
  • MISMEET11
  • MISPENS11
  • MISREAD10
  • MISRELY12
  • MISSEAT9
  • MISSEEM11
  • MISSEEN9
  • MISSEES9
  • MISSELS9
  • MISSEND10
  • MISSENT9
  • MISSETS9
  • MISTELL9
  • MISTEND10
  • MISTERM11
  • MISTERS9
  • MISTERY12
  • MISTEUK13
  • MISWEEN12
  • MISWEND13
  • MISWENT12
  • MITHERS12
  • MITIEST9
  • MITTENS9
  • MIXIEST16
  • MIZZENS27
  • NIBLETS9
  • NICHERS12
  • NICKELS13
  • NICKERS13
  • NIDGETS9
  • NIFFERS13
  • NIGGERS9
  • NIGGERY12
  • NIGHEST11
  • NIMIETY12
  • NIMMERS11
  • NIPPERS11
  • NIPTERS9
  • NITHERS10
  • OILIEST7
  • OILLETS7
  • OILSEED8
  • PICKEER15
  • PICKERS15
  • PICKERY18
  • PICKETS15
  • PIDGEON11
  • PIECENS11
  • PIECERS11
  • PIFFERO15
  • PIGFEED14
  • PIGGERY14
  • PIGLETS10
  • PIGMEAN12
  • PIGMEAT12
  • PIGMENT12
  • PIGPENS12
  • PIGWEED14
  • PILFERS12
  • PILFERY15
  • PINCERS11
  • PINDERS10
  • PINGERS10
  • PINHEAD13
  • PINIEST9
  • PINKENS13
  • PINKERS13
  • PINKEST13
  • PINKEYE16
  • PINKEYS16
  • PINLESS9
  • PINNERS9
  • PINNETS9
  • PINWEED13
  • PIOLETS9
  • PIONEER9
  • PIONERS9
  • PIONEYS12
  • PIPIEST11
  • PIPLESS11
  • PIQUETS18
  • PISHERS12
  • PISSERS9
  • PITHEAD13
  • PITIERS9
  • PITTERS9
  • RIBBERS11
  • RIBIERS9
  • RIBLESS9
  • RIBLETS9
  • RICHENS12
  • RICHEST12
  • RICIEST9
  • RICKERS13
  • RICKETS13
  • RICKETY16
  • RICKEYS16
  • RIDDERS9
  • RIDGELS9
  • RIDGERS9
  • RIDLEYS11
  • RIEVERS10
  • RIFLERS10
  • RIFLERY13
  • RIGGERS9
  • RILIEST7
  • RILIEVI10
  • RILIEVO10
  • RILLETS7
  • RIMIEST9
  • RIMLESS9
  • RIMMERS11
  • RINGENT8
  • RINGERS8
  • RINSERS7
  • RIOTERS7
  • RIPIENI9
  • RIPIENO9
  • RIPPERS11
  • RISKERS11
  • RITTERS7
  • RIVIERA10
  • RIVIERE10
  • RIZZERS25
  • SIAMESE9
  • SIAMEZE18
  • SICKEES13
  • SICKENS13
  • SICKEST13
  • SIDLERS8
  • SIEGERS8
  • SIEMENS9
  • SIEVERT10
  • SIFTERS10
  • SIGHERS11
  • SIGNEES8
  • SIGNERS8
  • SIGNETS8
  • SIGNEUR8
  • SILKENS11
  • SILLERS7
  • SILVERN10
  • SILVERS10
  • SILVERY13
  • SIMMERS11
  • SIMNELS9
  • SIMPERS11
  • SINCERE9
  • SINGERS8
  • SINKERS11
  • SINLESS7
  • SINNERS7
  • SINNETS7
  • SINTERS7
  • SINTERY10
  • SIPPERS11
  • SIPPETS11
  • SIRREES7
  • SISTERS7
  • SITHENS10
  • SITREPS9
  • SITTERS7
  • SIXTEEN14
  • SIZIEST16
  • TICKENS13
  • TICKERS13
  • TICKETS13
  • TICKEYS16
  • TIDIERS8
  • TIDIEST8
  • TIELESS7
  • TIGRESS8
  • TILLERS7
  • TILTERS7
  • TIMBERS11
  • TIMBERY14
  • TINDERS8
  • TINDERY11
  • TINIEST7
  • TINKERS11
  • TINNERS7
  • TINSELS7
  • TINSELY10
  • TINSEYS10
  • TINTERS7
  • TIPLESS9
  • TIPPEES11
  • TIPPERS11
  • TIPPETS11
  • TITFERS10
  • TITHERS10
  • TITLERS7
  • TITTERS7
  • UILLEAN7
  • VIBIEST12
  • VIEWERS13
  • VIHUELA13
  • VILLEIN10
  • VINIEST10
  • VIOLENT10
  • VIOLERS10
  • VIOLETS10
  • VIRGERS11
  • VISCERA12
  • VISIERS10
  • VITREUM12
  • VIZIERS19
  • WICKEDS17
  • WICKENS16
  • WICKERS16
  • WICKETS16
  • WIDDERS12
  • WIDGEON12
  • WIDGETS12
  • WIENERS10
  • WIGGERS12
  • WIGGERY15
  • WIGLESS11
  • WIGLETS11
  • WILDERS11
  • WILDEST11
  • WILIEST10
  • WILLERS10
  • WILLEST10
  • WILLETS10
  • WILLEYS13
  • WINCERS12
  • WINCEYS15
  • WINDERS11
  • WINGERS11
  • WINIEST10
  • WINKERS14
  • WINLESS10
  • WINNERS10
  • WINSEYS13
  • WINTERS10
  • WINTERY13
  • WIPPENS14
  • WIRIEST10
  • WISHERS13
  • WISKETS14
  • WITHERS13
  • WITLESS10
  • WITNESS10
  • WITNEYS13
  • WITTERS10
  • WIZIERS19
  • WIZZENS28
  • YICKERS16
  • YIKKERS18
  • YIPPERS14
  • ZIMMERS20
  • ZINGELS17
  • ZINGERS17
  • ZIPLESS18
  • ZIPPERS20
  • ZITHERN19
  • ZITHERS19
Letters by positionIn 65% of these words the 7th letter is S.
1st letter
  1. M13%
  2. L9%
  3. D9%
3rd letter
  1. N18%
  2. S13%
  3. L10%
4th letter
  1. L12%
  2. T11%
  3. K10%
6th letter
  1. R43%
  2. S15%
  3. N9%
7th letter
  1. S65%
  2. T14%
  3. Y6%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; FIZZERS tops the list with 28. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 77 points: 40 words
  2. 8 points: 41 words
  3. 99 points: 79 words
  4. 10 points: 98 words
  5. 1111 points: 79 words
  6. 12 points: 64 words
  7. 1313 points: 60 words
  8. 14 points: 29 words
  9. 1515 points: 19 words
  10. 16 points: 22 words
  11. 1717 points: 12 words
  12. 18 points: 10 words
  13. 1919 points: 6 words
  14. 20 points: 2 words
  15. 2121 points: 0 words
  16. 22 points: 1 words
  17. 2323 points: 0 words
  18. 24 points: 0 words
  19. 2525 points: 2 words
  20. 26 points: 1 words
  21. 2727 points: 1 words
  22. 28 points: 3 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
FIZZERS2828All three
WIZZENS2829All three
FIZZENS2829Collins only
MIZZENS2729All three
GIZZENS2628Collins only
RIZZERS2525Collins only
BIZJETS2528NWL only
LIQUEFY2223All three
ZIPPERS2022All three
ZIMMERS2022Collins only
HICKEYS1918All three
VIZIERS1920All three

Lock I into slot two and E into slot five, and you get a varied group of seven-letter words. The pattern includes everyday choices such as BIGGEST, HIGHEST, and TICKETS, but only 46 matches fall among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. Final S is especially common, while the top scoring examples are far less familiar.

The pattern at a glance

  • 569 seven-letter entries fit the fixed I-at-2, E-at-5 pattern across the tournament-dictionary union.
  • Only 46 matches are common by the top-25,000 frequency cutoff; most are not everyday vocabulary.
  • 368 end in S, while 77 end in T; the S ending leads by a wide margin.
  • M begins 73 matches, ahead of L at 53 and D at 50.
  • FIZZERS tops the scoring examples at 28 points; WIZZENS and FIZZENS also score 28.

Which words fit this letter pattern?

Read the pattern as _I__E__. HIMSELF, BIGGEST, HIGHEST, TICKETS, and WITNESS all fit, even though their first, third, fourth, sixth, and seventh letters differ. Those familiar examples give you several starting points when a clue fixes only the second and fifth positions.

The combination is less prolific than nearby choices for the second slot with E still fifth: A yields 849 matches, O yields 755, and E yields 597. Switching that second letter to U gives 525. By contrast, keeping I in slot two and changing the fifth letter to I raises the count to 813.

Frequency is a real limitation: just 46 matches reach the common-word cutoff, despite 477 having definitions. Try M first, since it begins 73 matches, then test L or D. That narrows the pool more quickly than starting with the final letter.

How do endings and dictionaries change the pool?

The endings are sharply uneven: 368 matches finish in S, compared with 77 ending in T. Y accounts for 35, D for 21, and N for 18. FIZZERS is a striking scoring outlier at 28 points, but a high score does not make it a familiar everyday guess.

Dictionary coverage also differs: Collins includes 562 matches, NWL2023 has 444, and ENABLE has 420. Check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar entry.

Questions people ask

What are some common words with I second and E fifth?
HIMSELF, BIGGEST, HIGHEST, TICKETS, and WITNESS match the seven-letter pattern. They are recognizable examples, though only 46 total matches fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
Which matching word has the highest score?
FIZZERS scores 28 points, tied with WIZZENS and FIZZENS among the top examples. These high-scoring entries are much less familiar than words such as TICKETS, so use them when the board and your game’s dictionary support them.
How many matching words end in S?
368 of the 569 matches end in S, making it the leading final letter. T is the next most common ending with 77 words, followed by Y with 35; S is a strong first test, but it does not fit every answer.

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