7-letter words with I as the 3rd letter and I as the 5th letter

404 7-letter words have I as the 3rd letter and I as the 5th letter, including WRITING, WAITING, and OXIDIZE.

404 wordsTop pick WRITINGHighest score OXIDIZE 24

54 of 404 are everyday words (13%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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5th letter
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With I in 3rd place, I is the most common 5th letter (404 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 54 · most-used first

WRITING₁₁
WAITING₁₁
ABILITY₁₂
OPINION₉
DRIVING₁₂
EDITION₈
INITIAL₇
SUICIDE₁₀
JOINING₁₅
RAISING₈
CRITICS₁₁
FAILING₁₁
EDITING₉
UTILITY₁₀
CEILING₁₀
SPIRITS₉
SMILING₁₀
GAINING₉
ORIGINS₈
PRICING₁₂
SAILING₈
SHINING₁₁
TUITION₇
TRINITY₁₀
SLIDING₉
UNIFIED₁₁
CUISINE₉
CLINICS₁₁
BOILING₁₀
UTILIZE₁₆
RUINING₈
ARISING₈
RAINING₈
GUIDING₁₀
TRIVIAL₁₀
MAILING₁₀
PAIRING₁₀
WHINING₁₄
ABIDING₁₁
EXITING₁₅
AGILITY₁₁
SEIZING₁₇
FAIRIES₁₀
UNITING₈
RAIDING₉
RAILING₈
VOICING₁₃
DEITIES₈

Showing the top 48 of 54 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 404

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

ABIDING₁₁
ABILITY₁₂
ACIDIER₁₀
ACIDIFY₁₆
ACIDITY₁₃
AGILITY₁₁
ALIBIED₁₀
ALIBIES₉
ALINING₈
AMIDINE₁₀
AMIDINS₁₀
AMINITY₁₂
AMIRITE₉
AMITIES₉
ANILINE₇
ANILINS₇
ANILITY₁₀
ANIMISM₁₁
ANIMIST₉
APICIAN₁₁
ARIDITY₁₁
ARISING₈
ASINICO₉
ASININE₇
ATIMIES₉
AVIDINS₁₁
AVIDITY₁₄
AVISING₁₁
AVIZING₂₀
AXINITE₁₄
BAILIES₉
BAILIFF₁₅
BAILING₁₀
BAININS₉
BAINITE₉
BAITING₁₀
BAIZING₁₉
BOILING₁₀
BRIBING₁₂
BRIDIES₁₀
BRIDING₁₁
BRIMING₁₂
BRINIER₉
BRINIES₉
BRINING₁₀
BRINISH₁₂
CAITIFF₁₅
CAITIVE₁₂
CEILIDH₁₃
CEILING₁₀
CHIDING₁₄
CHILIAD₁₃
CHILIES₁₂
CHILIOI₁₂
CHIMING₁₅
CHINING₁₃
CHITINS₁₂
CHIVIED₁₆
CHIVIES₁₅
CHIVING₁₆
CLINICS₁₁
CLIPING₁₂
CLITICS₁₁
CLIVIAS₁₂
COIFING₁₃
COILING₁₀
COINING₁₀
COITION₉
CRIMINA₁₁
CRIMINE₁₁
CRIMING₁₂
CRIMINI₁₁
CRIMINY₁₄
CRINING₁₀
CRINITE₉
CRITICS₁₁
CUISINE₉
DAILIES₈
DAIMIOS₁₀
DAINING₉
DAIRIES₈
DAISIED₉
DAISIES₈
DEICIDE₁₁
DEICING₁₁
DEIFIED₁₂
DEIFIER₁₁
DEIFIES₁₁
DEITIES₈
DOILIED₉
DOILIES₈
DRIVING₁₂
DWINING₁₂
EDIFICE₁₃
EDIFIED₁₂
EDIFIER₁₁
EDIFIES₁₁
EDITING₉
EDITION₈
ELICITS₉
ELIDING₉
ELISION₇
ELITISM₉
ELITIST₇
ELIXIRS₁₄
EPICIER₁₁
EPICISM₁₃
EPICIST₁₁
ERINITE₇
EVITING₁₁
EXILIAN₁₄
EXILING₁₅
EXILITY₁₇
EXITING₁₅
FAIKING₁₅
FAILING₁₁
FAINING₁₁
FAIRIER₁₀
FAIRIES₁₀
FAIRILY₁₃
FAIRING₁₁
FAIRISH₁₃
FLITING₁₁
FLIXING₁₈
FOILING₁₁
FOILIST₁₀
FOINING₁₁
FRIZING₂₀
GAINING₉
GAITING₉
GLIDING₁₀
GLIMING₁₁
GRICING₁₁
GRIDING₁₀
GRIMIER₁₀
GRIMILY₁₃
GRIMING₁₁
GRIPIER₁₀
GRIPING₁₁
GRISING₉
GUIDING₁₀
GUILING₉
GUISING₉
GWINIAD₁₂
HAILIER₁₀
HAILING₁₁
HAIMISH₁₅
HAINING₁₁
HAIRIER₁₀
HAIRIFS₁₃
HAIRILY₁₃
HAIRING₁₁
HEILING₁₁
HEIMISH₁₅
HEINIES₁₀
HEIRING₁₁
HEITIKI₁₄
HOIKING₁₅
HOISING₁₁
HOISINS₁₀
HUIPILS₁₂
INITIAL₇
IRIDIAL₈
IRIDIAN₈
IRIDISE₈
IRIDIUM₁₀
IRIDIZE₁₇
IRISING₈
JAILING₁₅
JOINING₁₅
JUICIER₁₆
JUICILY₁₉
JUICING₁₇
KAINITE₁₁
KAINITS₁₁
KHILIMS₁₆
KNIFING₁₅
KNIVING₁₅
KRISING₁₂
LAICISE₉
LAICISM₁₁
LAICITY₁₂
LAICIZE₁₈
LAIDING₉
LAIKING₁₂
LAIRIER₇
LAIRING₈
LAIRISE₇
LAIRIZE₁₆
LAITIES₇
LEIRING₈
LOIDING₉
MAIDING₁₁
MAIDISH₁₃
MAIDISM₁₂
MAILING₁₀
MAIMING₁₂
MAINING₁₀
MEINIES₉
MEINING₁₀
MOILING₁₀
NAILING₈
NAIVIST₁₀
NOIRISH₁₀
NOISIER₇
NOISILY₁₀
NOISING₈
OLIGIST₈
OLIVINE₁₀
OPINING₁₀
OPINION₉
OPIOIDS₁₀
ORIFICE₁₂
ORIGINS₈
OVICIDE₁₃
OXIDISE₁₅
OXIDIZE₂₄
PAIKING₁₄
PAINIMS₁₁
PAINING₁₀
PAIRIAL₉
PAIRING₁₀
PEINING₁₀
PEISING₁₀
PEIZING₁₉
POISING₁₀
POITINS₉
PRICIER₁₁
PRICILY₁₄
PRICING₁₂
PRIDIAN₁₀
PRIDING₁₁
PRIMINE₁₁
PRIMING₁₂
PRISING₁₀
PRIVIER₁₂
PRIVIES₁₂
PRIVILY₁₅
PRIVITY₁₅
PRIZING₁₉
QUINIES₁₆
QUININA₁₆
QUININE₁₆
QUININS₁₆
QUIRING₁₇
QUITING₁₇
RAIDING₉
RAIKING₁₂
RAILING₈
RAINIER₇
RAINILY₁₀
RAINING₈
RAISING₈
RAISINS₇
RAISINY₁₀
RAITING₈
REIFIED₁₁
REIFIER₁₀
REIFIES₁₀
REINING₈
REIVING₁₁
RHIZINE₁₉
ROILIER₇
ROILING₈
ROINING₈
ROINISH₁₀
RUINING₈
SAILING₈
SAIMINS₉
SAIMIRI₉
SAINING₈
SAIRING₈
SAIYIDS₁₁
SEILING₈
SEINING₈
SEISING₈
SEISINS₇
SEITIES₇
SEIZING₁₇
SEIZINS₁₆
SHINIER₁₀
SHINIES₁₀
SHINILY₁₃
SHINING₁₁
SHIRING₁₁
SHITING₁₁
SHIVING₁₄
SHIVITI₁₃
SKITING₁₂
SKIVIER₁₄
SKIVING₁₅
SLICING₁₀
SLIDING₉
SLIMIER₉
SLIMILY₁₂
SLIMING₁₀
SLIPING₁₀
SLIVING₁₁
SMILIER₉
SMILIES₉
SMILING₁₀
SMITING₁₀
SNIDIER₈
SNIDING₉
SNIPIER₉
SNIPING₁₀
SOILIER₇
SOILING₈
SPICIER₁₁
SPICILY₁₄
SPICING₁₂
SPIKIER₁₃
SPIKILY₁₆
SPIKING₁₄
SPILING₁₀
SPILITE₉
SPINIER₉
SPIRICS₁₁
SPIRIER₉
SPIRING₁₀
SPIRITS₉
SPIRITY₁₂
SPITING₁₀
STIBIAL₉
STIBINE₉
STIBIUM₁₁
STILING₈
STIMIED₁₀
STIMIES₉
STIMING₁₀
STIRING₈
STIVIER₁₀
STIVING₁₁
SUICIDE₁₀
SUIDIAN₈
SUITING₈
SWILING₁₁
SWINISH₁₃
SWIPIER₁₂
SWIPING₁₃
SWIVING₁₄
TAILING₈
TOILING₈
TOITING₈
TRICING₁₀
TRICITY₁₂
TRILITH₁₀
TRINING₈
TRINITY₁₀
TRIPIER₉
TRITIDE₈
TRITIUM₉
TRIVIAL₁₀
TRIVIUM₁₂
TUITION₇
TWIBILL₁₂
TWIBILS₁₂
TWINIER₁₀
TWINING₁₁
TWIRING₁₁
UNICITY₁₂
UNIFIED₁₁
UNIFIER₁₀
UNIFIES₁₀
UNISIZE₁₆
UNITIES₇
UNITING₈
UNITION₇
UNITISE₇
UNITIVE₁₀
UNITIZE₁₆
URIDINE₈
URINING₈
UTILISE₇
UTILITY₁₀
UTILIZE₁₆
VAILING₁₁
VAIRIER₁₀
VEILIER₁₀
VEILING₁₁
VEINIER₁₀
VEINING₁₁
VOICING₁₃
VOIDING₁₂
WAIFING₁₄
WAIFISH₁₆
WAILING₁₁
WAINING₁₁
WAIRING₁₁
WAITING₁₁
WAIVING₁₄
WEIRING₁₁
WEISING₁₁
WEIZING₂₀
WHILING₁₄
WHINIER₁₃
WHINING₁₄
WHITIER₁₃
WHITIES₁₃
WHITING₁₄
WHITISH₁₆
WRITING₁₁
ZAIDIES₁₇
ZOISITE₁₆

Letters by positionIn 49% of these words the 6th letter is N.

1st letter

S18%
C8%
A7%

2nd letter

A22%
R16%
E9%

4th letter

N16%
L14%
T11%

6th letter

N49%
E19%
T7%

7th letter

G42%
S15%
E10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; OXIDIZE tops the list with 24. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 22 words
8 points: 46 words
99 points: 51 words
10 points: 77 words
1111 points: 72 words
12 points: 40 words
1313 points: 23 words
14 points: 19 words
1515 points: 18 words
16 points: 18 words
1717 points: 7 words
18 points: 2 words
1919 points: 5 words
20 points: 3 words
2121 points: 0 words
22 points: 0 words
2323 points: 0 words
24 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
OXIDIZE	24	24	All three
FRIZING	20	22	All three
AVIZING	20	23	Collins only
WEIZING	20	22	Collins only
PRIZING	19	22	All three
JUICILY	19	23	All three
BAIZING	19	22	Collins only
PEIZING	19	22	Collins only
RHIZINE	19	19	Collins only
LAICIZE	18	20	All three
FLIXING	18	21	Collins only
SEIZING	17	19	All three

The repeated-I pattern turns up in familiar words such as WRITING, WAITING, and DRIVING, but those only hint at the range. Of 404 matches, 54 rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. The endings are lopsided: 170 words finish with G, compared with 60 ending in S.

The pattern at a glance

There are 404 seven-letter matches with I in both the 3rd and 5th positions.
WRITING, WAITING, and ABILITY are recognizable examples in the group.
A total of 54 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
OXIDIZE leads the listed Scrabble scores at 24 points.

What fits the 7-letter I-in-both-spots pattern?

Words ending in G dominate, with 170 matches. WRITING, WAITING, DRIVING, and FAILING show how often this letter pattern appears in familiar -ing words. The ending is a strong clue, not a rule: plenty of matches finish differently.

Starting letters also cluster. S leads with 74 matches, while C has 31 and A has 30. If your puzzle gives you an S at the start, this pattern has more options than any other initial in the group.

Try reading the known letters as a frame: _ _ I _ I _ _. Then use the final letter to sort possibilities before testing less familiar candidates. The same pair of Is appears in everyday words like ABILITY and OPINION, not just verb forms.

Which words score most?

OXIDIZE tops the listed Scrabble values at 24 points. FRIZING and AVIZING follow at 20, with PRIZING and JUICILY at 19. Those figures make the unusual high-value entries stand out beside familiar choices such as WRITING.

The dictionary totals differ: 274 matches appear in ENABLE, 393 in Collins, and 299 in NWL2023. The overall 404 count includes words found in at least one of those tournament dictionaries, so it is not a promise that every game accepts every entry.

A useful distinction: the most familiar examples are not the top scorers. WRITING and WAITING are easy to recognize, while OXIDIZE wins on its letter values. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar high scorer.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have I in the 3rd and 5th positions?

The pattern matches 404 words with I in both positions. The count includes entries found in at least one tournament dictionary, and 54 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.

What is the highest-scoring word in this pattern?

OXIDIZE is the top scorer at 24 points. FRIZING and AVIZING each score 20, while PRIZING and JUICILY score 19, making those less familiar choices outscore common examples such as WRITING.

Which final letter appears most often in these words?

G is the most frequent ending, appearing in 170 matches. S follows with 60, then E with 40; WRITING, WAITING, and DRIVING are familiar examples of the G-ending group.

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