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

7-letter words with S as the 1st letter and I as the 5th letter total 648, from familiar SERVICE to the 24-point SCHVITZ.

648 wordsTop pick SERVICEHighest score SCHVITZ 24

88 of 648 are everyday words (14%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

1st letter
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5th letter
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With S in 1st place, I is the most common 5th letter (648 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 88 · most-used first

SERVICE₁₂
SPECIAL₁₁
STATION₇
SECTION₉
STUDIES₈
STORIES₇
SHOWING₁₄
SITTING₈
SPECIES₁₁
SELLING₈
SETTING₈
SESSION₇
SHARING₁₁
STADIUM₁₀
SERVING₁₁
SUICIDE₁₀
SENDING₉
SINGING₉
SEEKING₁₂
STAYING₁₁
SMOKING₁₄
SURVIVE₁₃
STUDIED₉
SOLDIER₈
SIGNING₉
SCORING₁₀
SHERIFF₁₆
SPIRITS₉
SMILING₁₀
STATING₈
STARING₈
SELFISH₁₃
STUDIOS₈
SHAKING₁₅
SAILING₈
SOLVING₁₁
SHINING₁₁
SLIDING₉
SKATING₁₂
SINKING₁₂
SUNRISE₇
SPECIFY₁₇
SEATING₈
SPATIAL₉
SHAPING₁₃
STRAINS₇
SURFING₁₁
SLOWING₁₁

Showing the top 48 of 88 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 648

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

SABBING₁₂
SABEING₁₀
SABLING₁₀
SABRING₁₀
SACKING₁₄
SACLIKE₁₃
SACRIFY₁₅
SACRING₁₀
SACRIST₉
SADDING₁₀
SADDISH₁₂
SAFFIAN₁₃
SAGGIER₉
SAGGING₁₀
SAGOINS₈
SAGUINS₈
SAILING₈
SAIMINS₉
SAIMIRI₉
SAINING₈
SAIRING₈
SAIYIDS₁₁
SALLIED₈
SALLIER₇
SALLIES₇
SALPIAN₉
SALPIDS₁₀
SALPINX₁₆
SALSIFY₁₃
SALTIER₇
SALTIES₇
SALTILY₁₀
SALTINE₇
SALTING₈
SALTIRE₇
SALTISH₁₀
SALUING₈
SALVIAS₁₀
SALVING₁₁
SAMMIES₁₁
SAMMING₁₂
SAMPIRE₁₁
SANDIER₈
SANDING₉
SANNIES₇
SANTIMI₉
SANTIMS₉
SANTIMU₉
SANTIRS₇
SAPLING₁₀
SAPPIER₁₁
SAPPILY₁₄
SAPPING₁₂
SARCINA₉
SARDINE₈
SARDIUS₈
SARKIER₁₁
SARKILY₁₄
SARKING₁₂
SARMIES₉
SARNIES₇
SASHIMI₁₂
SASHING₁₁
SASSIER₇
SASSIES₇
SASSILY₁₀
SASSING₈
SAUCIER₉
SAUCILY₁₂
SAUCING₁₀
SAULIES₇
SAURIAN₇
SAURIES₇
SAUTING₈
SAVVIED₁₄
SAVVIER₁₃
SAVVIES₁₃
SAVVILY₁₆
SAWBILL₁₂
SAWFISH₁₆
SAWLIKE₁₄
SAWMILL₁₂
SAWPITS₁₂
SAYYIDS₁₄
SCABIES₁₁
SCALIER₉
SCALING₁₀
SCAPING₁₂
SCARIER₉
SCARIFY₁₅
SCARILY₁₂
SCARING₁₀
SCENICS₁₁
SCENING₁₀
SCHLICH₁₇
SCHMICK₂₀
SCHRIKS₁₆
SCHTICK₁₈
SCHTIKS₁₆
SCHUITS₁₂
SCHVITZ₂₄
SCODIER₁₀
SCOLION₉
SCOPING₁₂
SCORIAC₁₁
SCORIAE₉
SCORIFY₁₅
SCORING₁₀
SCOTIAS₉
SCOWING₁₃
SCRAICH₁₄
SCRAIGH₁₃
SCREICH₁₄
SCREIGH₁₃
SCRYING₁₃
SCUSING₁₀
SEABIRD₁₀
SEAGIRT₈
SEALIFT₁₀
SEALINE₇
SEALING₈
SEAMIER₉
SEAMING₁₀
SEANING₈
SEARING₈
SEASICK₁₃
SEASIDE₈
SEASING₈
SEATING₈
SEAWIFE₁₃
SEAZING₁₇
SECTILE₉
SECTION₉
SEDGIER₉
SEEDIER₈
SEEDILY₁₁
SEEDING₉
SEEKING₁₂
SEELIER₇
SEELING₈
SEEMING₁₀
SEEPIER₉
SEEPING₁₀
SEEWING₁₁
SEILING₈
SEINING₈
SEISING₈
SEISINS₇
SEITIES₇
SEIZING₁₇
SEIZINS₁₆
SELFIES₁₀
SELFING₁₁
SELFISH₁₃
SELFISM₁₂
SELFIST₁₀
SELKIES₁₁
SELLING₈
SEMEION₉
SEMMITS₁₁
SENDING₉
SENNITS₇
SENSILE₇
SENSING₈
SENSISM₉
SENSIST₇
SENTIMO₉
SENTING₈
SENVIES₁₀
SEPTICS₁₁
SEPTIME₁₁
SEQUINS₁₆
SERAILS₇
SEREINS₇
SERFISH₁₃
SERGING₉
SERPIGO₁₀
SERRIED₈
SERRIES₇
SERRING₈
SERVICE₁₂
SERVILE₁₀
SERVING₁₁
SESSILE₇
SESSION₇
SESTINA₇
SESTINE₇
SETLINE₇
SETTING₈
SEXTILE₁₄
SEXTING₁₅
SFERICS₁₂
SHADIER₁₁
SHADILY₁₄
SHADING₁₂
SHAHIDS₁₄
SHAKIER₁₄
SHAKILY₁₇
SHAKING₁₅
SHALIER₁₀
SHALING₁₁
SHAMINA₁₂
SHAMING₁₃
SHAPING₁₃
SHARIAH₁₃
SHARIAS₁₀
SHARIAT₁₀
SHARIFS₁₃
SHARING₁₁
SHAVIES₁₃
SHAVING₁₄
SHAWING₁₄
SHEHITA₁₃
SHERIAS₁₀
SHERIAT₁₀
SHERIFF₁₆
SHERIFS₁₃
SHEWING₁₄
SHINIER₁₀
SHINIES₁₀
SHINILY₁₃
SHINING₁₁
SHIRING₁₁
SHITING₁₁
SHIVING₁₄
SHIVITI₁₃
SHOEING₁₁
SHOOING₁₁
SHORING₁₁
SHOVING₁₄
SHOWIER₁₃
SHOWILY₁₆
SHOWING₁₄
SHREIKS₁₄
SHULING₁₁
SHUTING₁₁
SIALIDS₈
SIBLING₁₀
SICCING₁₂
SICCITY₁₄
SICKIES₁₃
SICKING₁₄
SICKISH₁₆
SICLIKE₁₃
SIDLING₉
SIEGING₉
SIENITE₇
SIEVING₁₁
SIFTING₁₁
SIGHING₁₂
SIGNIFY₁₄
SIGNING₉
SIGNIOR₈
SIKSIKS₁₅
SILKIER₁₁
SILKIES₁₁
SILKILY₁₄
SILKING₁₂
SILLIER₇
SILLIES₇
SILLILY₁₀
SILOING₈
SILTIER₇
SILTING₈
SILVICS₁₂
SIMKINS₁₃
SIMLINS₉
SINDING₉
SINGING₉
SINKIER₁₁
SINKING₁₂
SINNING₈
SIPPING₁₂
SIRRING₈
SISKINS₁₁
SISSIER₇
SISSIES₇
SISTING₈
SITHING₁₁
SITTINE₇
SITTING₈
SIXAINE₁₄
SIXAINS₁₄
SIXTIES₁₄
SIZEISM₁₈
SIZEIST₁₆
SKATING₁₂
SKEEING₁₂
SKEWING₁₅
SKITING₁₂
SKIVIER₁₄
SKIVING₁₅
SKOLING₁₂
SKOLION₁₁
SKREIGH₁₅
SKRYING₁₅
SKYDIVE₁₈
SKYFING₁₈
SKYLIKE₁₈
SKYLINE₁₄
SKYRING₁₅
SKYTING₁₅
SLAKING₁₂
SLATIER₇
SLATING₈
SLAVING₁₁
SLAVISH₁₃
SLAYING₁₁
SLEWING₁₁
SLICING₁₀
SLIDING₉
SLIMIER₉
SLIMILY₁₂
SLIMING₁₀
SLIPING₁₀
SLIVING₁₁
SLOPIER₉
SLOPING₁₀
SLOWING₁₁
SLOWISH₁₃
SLUEING₈
SLUMISM₁₁
SMILIER₉
SMILIES₉
SMILING₁₀
SMITING₁₀
SMOKIER₁₃
SMOKIES₁₃
SMOKILY₁₆
SMOKING₁₄
SMORING₁₀
SNAKIER₁₁
SNAKILY₁₄
SNAKING₁₂
SNAKISH₁₄
SNARIER₇
SNARING₈
SNAWING₁₁
SNEEING₈
SNIDIER₈
SNIDING₉
SNIPIER₉
SNIPING₁₀
SNOKING₁₂
SNORING₈
SNOWIER₁₀
SNOWILY₁₃
SNOWING₁₁
SNOWISH₁₃
SOAKING₁₂
SOAPIER₉
SOAPIES₉
SOAPILY₁₂
SOAPING₁₀
SOARING₈
SOBBING₁₂
SOCKING₁₄
SODAINE₈
SODDIER₉
SODDIES₉
SODDING₁₀
SOFFITS₁₃
SOFTIES₁₀
SOFTING₁₁
SOFTISH₁₃
SOGGIER₉
SOGGILY₁₂
SOGGING₁₀
SOILIER₇
SOILING₈
SOKAIYA₁₄
SOLDIER₈
SOLOING₈
SOLOIST₇
SOLVING₁₁
SOMNIAL₉
SONLIKE₁₁
SONNIES₇
SONSIER₇
SONTIES₇
SOOGIED₉
SOOGIES₈
SOOKING₁₂
SOOLING₈
SOOMING₁₀
SOONISH₁₀
SOOPING₁₀
SOOTIER₇
SOOTILY₁₀
SOOTING₈
SOPHIES₁₂
SOPHISM₁₄
SOPHIST₁₂
SOPPIER₁₁
SOPPILY₁₄
SOPPING₁₂
SORBING₁₀
SORBITE₉
SORDINE₈
SORDINI₈
SORDINO₈
SORNING₈
SORRIER₇
SORRILY₁₀
SORTIED₈
SORTIES₇
SORTING₈
SOSSING₈
SOTTING₈
SOTTISH₁₀
SOUBISE₉
SOUCING₁₀
SOUKING₁₂
SOUMING₁₀
SOUPIER₉
SOUPILY₁₂
SOUPING₁₀
SOURING₈
SOURISH₁₀
SOUSING₈
SOUTIES₇
SOWCING₁₃
SOWFING₁₄
SOWLING₁₁
SOWMING₁₃
SOWSING₁₁
SOYMILK₁₆
SPACIAL₁₁
SPACIER₁₁
SPACING₁₂
SPADING₁₁
SPAEING₁₀
SPANIEL₉
SPANING₁₀
SPARIDS₁₀
SPARING₁₀
SPATIAL₉
SPAVIES₁₂
SPAVIET₁₂
SPAVINS₁₂
SPAYING₁₃
SPECIAL₁₁
SPECIES₁₁
SPECIFY₁₇
SPEWIER₁₂
SPEWING₁₃
SPICIER₁₁
SPICILY₁₄
SPICING₁₂
SPIKIER₁₃
SPIKILY₁₆
SPIKING₁₄
SPILING₁₀
SPILITE₉
SPINIER₉
SPIRICS₁₁
SPIRIER₉
SPIRING₁₀
SPIRITS₉
SPIRITY₁₂
SPITING₁₀
SPODIUM₁₂
SPOKING₁₄
SPORING₁₀
SPRAINS₉
SPRAINT₉
SPRUIKS₁₃
SPRUITS₉
SPUEING₁₀
SPUMIER₁₁
SPUMING₁₂
SPURIAE₉
SQUAILS₁₆
STABILE₉
STADIAL₈
STADIAS₈
STADIUM₁₀
STAGIER₈
STAGILY₁₁
STAGING₉
STAKING₁₂
STALING₈
STAMINA₉
STANIEL₇
STANINE₇
STANING₈
STARING₈
STASIMA₉
STATICE₉
STATICS₉
STATING₈
STATINS₇
STATION₇
STATISM₉
STATIST₇
STATIVE₁₀
STAVING₁₁
STAWING₁₁
STAYING₁₁
STEDING₉
STEMING₁₀
STERILE₇
STEVIAS₁₀
STEWIER₁₀
STEWING₁₁
STIBIAL₉
STIBINE₉
STIBIUM₁₁
STILING₈
STIMIED₁₀
STIMIES₉
STIMING₁₀
STIRING₈
STIVIER₁₀
STIVING₁₁
STOGIES₈
STOKING₁₂
STOMIUM₁₁
STONIED₈
STONIER₇
STONIES₇
STONILY₁₀
STONING₈
STONISH₁₀
STOPING₁₀
STORIED₈
STORIES₇
STORING₈
STOTINS₇
STOVIES₁₀
STOVING₁₁
STOWING₁₁
STRAIKS₁₁
STRAINS₇
STRAINT₇
STRAITS₇
STUDIED₉
STUDIER₈
STUDIES₈
STUDIOS₈
STUPIDS₁₀
STUPING₁₀
STYGIAN₁₁
STYLIER₁₀
STYLING₁₁
STYLISE₁₀
STYLISH₁₃
STYLIST₁₀
STYLITE₁₀
STYLIZE₁₉
STYMIED₁₃
STYMIES₁₂
STYMING₁₃
STYRING₁₁
STYTING₁₁
SUASION₇
SUASIVE₁₀
SUAVITY₁₃
SUBBIES₁₁
SUBBING₁₂
SUBFILE₁₂
SUBLIME₁₁
SUBLINE₉
SUBMISS₁₁
SUBMITS₁₁
SUBRING₁₀
SUBSIDE₁₀
SUBSIDY₁₃
SUBSIST₉
SUBSITE₉
SUBTILE₉
SUCCISE₁₁
SUCKIER₁₃
SUCKING₁₄
SUCRIER₉
SUCTION₉
SUDSIER₈
SUDSING₉
SUEDING₉
SUETIER₇
SUFFICE₁₅
SUGGING₁₀
SUGHING₁₂
SUICIDE₁₀
SUIDIAN₈
SUITING₈
SULFIDE₁₁
SULFIDS₁₁
SULFITE₁₀
SULKIER₁₁
SULKIES₁₁
SULKILY₁₄
SULKING₁₂
SULLIED₈
SULLIES₇
SUMMING₁₂
SUMMIST₁₁
SUMMITS₁₁
SUMOIST₉
SUMPITS₁₁
SUNBIRD₁₀
SUNDIAL₈
SUNFISH₁₃
SUNKIES₁₁
SUNLIKE₁₁
SUNNIER₇
SUNNIES₇
SUNNILY₁₀
SUNNING₈
SUNRISE₇
SUNWISE₁₀
SUPPING₁₂
SURDITY₁₁
SURFIER₁₀
SURFIES₁₀
SURFING₁₁
SURGIER₈
SURGING₉
SURLIER₇
SURLILY₁₀
SURMISE₉
SURVIEW₁₃
SURVIVE₁₃
SUSLIKS₁₁
SUSPIRE₉
SUSSING₈
SWAGING₁₂
SWALIER₁₀
SWALING₁₁
SWAMIES₁₂
SWAYING₁₄
SWEEING₁₁
SWEYING₁₄
SWILING₁₁
SWINISH₁₃
SWIPIER₁₂
SWIPING₁₃
SWIVING₁₄
SYENITE₁₀
SYLVIAS₁₃
SYLVINE₁₃
SYLVINS₁₃
SYLVITE₁₃
SYMBION₁₄
SYMBIOT₁₄
SYNCING₁₃
SYNDICS₁₃
SYNDING₁₂

Letters by positionIn 43% of these words the 6th letter is N.

2nd letter

A13%
T13%
O12%

3rd letter

A17%
I11%
O10%

4th letter

T11%
L10%
R10%

6th letter

N43%
E21%
L7%

7th letter

G37%
S18%
R11%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

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

77 points: 67 words
8 points: 88 words
99 points: 85 words
10 points: 103 words
1111 points: 95 words
12 points: 66 words
1313 points: 57 words
14 points: 46 words
1515 points: 13 words
16 points: 15 words
1717 points: 5 words
18 points: 5 words
1919 points: 1 words
20 points: 1 words
2121 points: 0 words
22 points: 0 words
2323 points: 0 words
24 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
SCHVITZ	24	25	NWL only
SCHMICK	20	22	Collins only
STYLIZE	19	19	All three
SKYDIVE	18	18	All three
SCHTICK	18	19	All three
SIZEISM	18	19	Collins · NWL
SKYFING	18	19	Collins only
SKYLIKE	18	18	Collins · NWL
SPECIFY	17	18	All three
SEIZING	17	19	All three
SHAKILY	17	16	All three
SCHLICH	17	18	Collins only

That fixed pattern leaves the second, third, fourth, sixth, and final letters open, so results range from everyday terms such as SPECIAL, STATION, and SECTION to less familiar tournament entries. Of the 648 matches, 88 fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency, while 489 have definitions available. The tournament lists overlap, so their separate totals should not be added.

Pattern snapshot and standouts

648 matches fit the pattern S _ _ _ I _ _.
Only 88 meet the top-25,000 frequency cutoff.
Collins includes 634 matches, NWL2023 has 484, and ENABLE has 445.
Final G is the leading ending: 237 words end in G.
SCHVITZ scores 24 points, the highest score among these examples.

What do 7-letter words with S first and I fifth include?

SERVICE, SPECIAL, STATION, and SECTION are recognizable anchors; STUDIES, STORIES, SHOWING, and SITTING add familiar forms. The pattern is not a single word family: fixing S at the start and I in fifth place still admits nouns, verbs, and other forms. Just 88 entries meet the common-word cutoff.

Final letters reveal a strong tilt: 237 matches end in G, compared with 116 in S and 73 in R. Use the last tile as an early filter when your rack or crossing letters constrain the pattern. G endings are especially worth checking first; they appear more than twice as often as S endings.

Do not confuse a familiar spelling with a frequent pattern. Use the pattern for retrieval, then use a trusted game list to settle less familiar candidates.

How should you use this seven-letter pattern?

Start with recognizable candidates, then check the game’s dictionary before choosing a high scorer. SCHVITZ scores 24 points, SCHMICK reaches 20, and STYLIZE scores 19. Those scores make less familiar spellings attractive on letter-value scoring, but the top score alone does not guarantee a legal play.

The 648 total counts each word once across the tournament dictionaries, whose counts overlap. Collins has 634 matches, NWL2023 has 484, and ENABLE has 445.

Narrow the candidates by their final letter

Tip

G accounts for 237 matches, while N accounts for 14. Check G-ending candidates first when your board allows them, then use rarer endings to narrow the search.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words start with S and have I as the fifth letter?

There are 648 unique matches in the combined tournament-dictionary set. The source counts overlap: Collins has 634, NWL2023 has 484, and ENABLE has 445, so adding those figures would overstate the unique total.

What is the highest-scoring word in this pattern?

SCHVITZ scores 24 points, the highest score among the examples here. SCHMICK scores 20, while STYLIZE scores 19. Those are letter-value scores; the final score in a game depends on board bonuses and whether the word is accepted.

Are most of these S-and-I words common?

No. Only 88 of the 648 matches fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency. Familiar options include SERVICE, SPECIAL, STATION, and SECTION, but many other entries are less common and may depend on your game's dictionary.

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

Common words 88 · most-used first

Highest-scoring words

Pattern snapshot and standouts

What do 7-letter words with S first and I fifth include?

How should you use this seven-letter pattern?

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