7-letter words with I as the 3rd letter and N as the 6th letter

274 7-letter words with I as the 3rd letter and N as the 6th letter fit the pattern; WRITING and WAITING are familiar starts.

274 wordsTop pick WRITINGHighest score FRIZING 20

42 of 274 are everyday words (15%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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

6th 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 I in 3rd place, E is the most common 6th letter (804 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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8
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12
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14
15

Common words 42 · most-used first

WRITING₁₁
WAITING₁₁
DRIVING₁₂
JOINING₁₅
RAISING₈
FAILING₁₁
EDITING₉
CEILING₁₀
SMILING₁₀
GAINING₉
ORIGINS₈
PRICING₁₂
EVIDENT₁₁
SAILING₈
SHINING₁₁
SLIDING₉
PRISONS₉
CUISINE₉
BOILING₁₀
RUINING₈
ARISING₈
RAINING₈
GUIDING₁₀
TRIBUNE₉
MAILING₁₀
PAIRING₁₀
EMINENT₉
WHINING₁₄
ABIDING₁₁
EXITING₁₅
SEIZING₁₇
UNITING₈
RAIDING₉
TRIDENT₈
RAILING₈
VOICING₁₃
POISONS₉
HAILING₁₁
GLIDING₁₀
RAISINS₇
SLICING₁₀
WAILING₁₁

All valid words 274

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

ABIDING₁₁
AGITANS₈
ALICANT₉
ALIMENT₉
ALIMONY₁₂
ALINING₈
ALISONS₇
AMIDINE₁₀
AMIDINS₁₀
AMIDONE₁₀
ANILINE₇
ANILINS₇
ARISING₈
ASININE₇
AVIDINS₁₁
AVISING₁₁
AVIZING₂₀
BAILING₁₀
BAININS₉
BAITING₁₀
BAIZING₁₉
BOILING₁₀
BRIBING₁₂
BRIDING₁₁
BRIGAND₁₁
BRIMING₁₂
BRINING₁₀
BRISANT₉
CAIMANS₁₁
CEILING₁₀
CHICANA₁₄
CHICANE₁₄
CHICANO₁₄
CHICONS₁₄
CHIDING₁₄
CHIMING₁₅
CHINING₁₃
CHINONE₁₂
CHITINS₁₂
CHITONS₁₂
CHIVING₁₆
CLIPING₁₂
COIFING₁₃
COILING₁₀
COINING₁₀
CRIMINA₁₁
CRIMINE₁₁
CRIMING₁₂
CRIMINI₁₁
CRIMINY₁₄
CRINING₁₀
CRIVENS₁₂
CUISINE₉
DAIKONS₁₂
DAIMONS₁₀
DAINING₉
DEICING₁₁
DRIVING₁₂
DWINING₁₂
EDITING₉
ELIDING₉
EMICANT₁₁
EMINENT₉
EPICENE₁₁
EPIGENE₁₀
EPIGONE₁₀
EPIGONI₁₀
EPIGONS₁₀
EPIGYNA₁₃
EPIGYNE₁₃
EPIGYNY₁₆
EVIDENT₁₁
EVITING₁₁
EXIGENT₁₅
EXILING₁₅
EXITING₁₅
FAIKING₁₅
FAILING₁₁
FAINING₁₁
FAIRING₁₁
FLITING₁₁
FLIXING₁₈
FOILING₁₁
FOINING₁₁
FOISONS₁₀
FRIPONS₁₂
FRIZING₂₀
GAINING₉
GAITING₉
GLIDING₁₀
GLIMING₁₁
GRICING₁₁
GRIDING₁₀
GRIMING₁₁
GRIPING₁₁
GRISING₉
GRISONS₈
GUIDING₁₀
GUIDONS₉
GUILING₉
GUISING₉
HAILING₁₁
HAINING₁₁
HAIRING₁₁
HEILING₁₁
HEIRING₁₁
HOIDENS₁₁
HOIKING₁₅
HOISING₁₁
HOISINS₁₀
IMITANT₉
IRISING₈
JAILING₁₅
JOINING₁₅
JUICING₁₇
KAIZENS₂₀
KNIFING₁₅
KNIVING₁₅
KRISING₁₂
LAIDING₉
LAIKING₁₂
LAIRING₈
LEIRING₈
LOIDING₉
MAIDANS₁₀
MAIDENS₁₀
MAIDING₁₁
MAILING₁₀
MAIMING₁₂
MAINING₁₀
MEINING₁₀
MOILING₁₀
MRIDANG₁₁
NAILING₈
NOISING₈
OKIMONO₁₃
OLIVINE₁₀
OPINING₁₀
ORIGANE₈
ORIGANS₈
ORIGINS₈
ORISONS₇
OXIDANT₁₅
PAIKING₁₄
PAINING₁₀
PAIRING₁₀
PAISANA₉
PAISANO₉
PAISANS₉
PEINING₁₀
PEISING₁₀
PEIZING₁₉
POISING₁₀
POISONS₉
POITINS₉
PRICING₁₂
PRIDING₁₁
PRIMINE₁₁
PRIMING₁₂
PRISING₁₀
PRISONS₉
PRIZING₁₉
PTISANS₉
QUININA₁₆
QUININE₁₆
QUININS₁₆
QUINONE₁₆
QUIRING₁₇
QUITING₁₇
RAIDING₉
RAIKING₁₂
RAILING₈
RAIMENT₉
RAINING₈
RAISING₈
RAISINS₇
RAISINY₁₀
RAITING₈
REINING₈
REIVING₁₁
RHIZINE₁₉
ROILING₈
ROINING₈
RUINING₈
SAILING₈
SAIMINS₉
SAINING₈
SAIRING₈
SEILING₈
SEINING₈
SEISING₈
SEISINS₇
SEITANS₇
SEITENS₇
SEIZING₁₇
SEIZINS₁₆
SHINING₁₁
SHIRING₁₁
SHITING₁₁
SHIVING₁₄
SKITING₁₂
SKIVING₁₅
SLICING₁₀
SLIDING₉
SLIMING₁₀
SLIPING₁₀
SLIVING₁₁
SMILING₁₀
SMITING₁₀
SNIDING₉
SNIPING₁₀
SOILING₈
SPICING₁₂
SPIKING₁₄
SPILING₁₀
SPINONE₉
SPINONI₉
SPIRANT₉
SPIRING₁₀
SPITING₁₀
STIBINE₉
STILING₈
STIMING₁₀
STIPEND₁₀
STIRING₈
STIVING₁₁
SUITING₈
SWILING₁₁
SWIPING₁₃
SWIVING₁₄
TAILING₈
TAIPANS₉
TOILING₈
TOISONS₇
TOITING₈
TRIBUNE₉
TRICING₁₀
TRIDENT₈
TRIGONS₈
TRINING₈
TRITONE₇
TRITONS₇
TRIZONE₁₆
TSIGANE₈
TWINING₁₁
TWIRING₁₁
TZIGANE₁₇
TZIGANY₂₀
ULICONS₉
ULIKONS₁₁
UNISONS₇
UNITING₈
URIDINE₈
URINANT₇
URINING₈
VAILING₁₁
VEILING₁₁
VEINING₁₁
VOICING₁₃
VOIDING₁₂
WAIFING₁₄
WAILING₁₁
WAINING₁₁
WAIRING₁₁
WAITING₁₁
WAIVING₁₄
WEIRING₁₁
WEISING₁₁
WEIZING₂₀
WHILING₁₄
WHINING₁₄
WHITENS₁₃
WHITING₁₄
WRITING₁₁

Letters by positionIn 73% of these words the 5th letter is I.

1st letter

S17%
C9%
P7%

2nd letter

A21%
R18%
O9%

4th letter

N15%
S12%
L11%

5th letter

I73%
O11%
A9%

7th letter

G62%
S17%
E9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 11 in Scrabble; FRIZING tops the list with 20. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 14 words
8 points: 40 words
99 points: 37 words
10 points: 48 words
1111 points: 55 words
12 points: 22 words
1313 points: 8 words
14 points: 15 words
1515 points: 12 words
16 points: 8 words
1717 points: 5 words
18 points: 1 words
1919 points: 4 words
20 points: 5 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
FRIZING	20	22	All three
AVIZING	20	23	Collins only
KAIZENS	20	21	Collins · NWL
TZIGANY	20	21	Collins only
WEIZING	20	22	Collins only
PRIZING	19	22	All three
BAIZING	19	22	Collins only
PEIZING	19	22	Collins only
RHIZINE	19	19	Collins only
FLIXING	18	21	Collins only
SEIZING	17	19	All three
JUICING	17	23	All three

This pattern has a broad, familiar core: 42 matches rank among common English words, including WRITING, WAITING, DRIVING, and CEILING. The final G accounts for 171 entries, so a known ending can cut the search sharply. You also get less obvious options such as FRIZING and KAIZENS when the board calls for a premium-letter play.

At a glance at this letter pattern

274 tournament-dictionary entries match the two fixed positions.
G closes 171 entries; S is next with 46.
S is the leading first letter, with 46 matches.
FRIZING, AVIZING, KAIZENS, TZIGANY, and WEIZING each score 20.
42 matches fall among the commonest English vocabulary.

What shapes do the matching words share?

The ending is the quickest useful split. WRITING, WAITING, DRIVING, JOINING, and SMILING all finish in G, which dominates the pattern; ORIGINS and PRISONS show the sizeable S group. E endings contribute 26, while T appears 13 times.

Once your final tile is known, you can focus on one much smaller slice.

For an opening-letter clue, S leads with 46, ahead of C at 25 and P at 20. That gives you concrete branches such as SAILING and SHINING versus CEILING and PRICING. The mix is unusual: everyday action words share the frame with high-scoring FRIZING and AVIZING, both worth 20 before board bonuses.

How to use 7-letter words with I third and N sixth

Treat the ending as a filter before memorizing obscure entries: a G clue points to the largest family, while O leaves only three candidates. These entries suit pattern solving and tile games instead. The unfamiliar 20-point options are worth checking against your game dictionary before a play.

Why the G ending matters

A final G often signals an -ing verb: WRITING, WAITING, DRIVING, and JOINING all use that shape. But CEILING and ORIGINS show why the ending is only a clue, not a suffix test. Separate grammatical guesses from letter evidence, especially when the board has already fixed the middle N.

Questions people ask

How many words have I third and N sixth?

There are 274 seven-letter matches with I in position three and N in position six. WRITING, WAITING, and DRIVING are recognizable examples. G is the most common final letter, appearing in 171 entries, which makes the ending a strong next clue.

Which ending is most common in this pattern?

G is the most common ending, with 171 matches. S comes next at 46, followed by E at 26 and T at 13. Words such as CEILING and SMILING illustrate the large G group; ORIGINS belongs to the S group.

What are the top scoring matches?

FRIZING, AVIZING, KAIZENS, TZIGANY, and WEIZING each score 20 points. PRIZING, BAIZING, and PEIZING score 19. Those are base tile scores; a premium square changes the turn total.

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