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Five-letter words starting with I

118 words, 1.4% of all 8,614 five-letter words

Every five-letter word in ENABLE (a public-domain Scrabble-style list, not any game’s answer list) that begins with I, slurs removed, common words first. 39 of the 118 are common in English dictionaries (the SCOWL grade), which says nothing about any puzzle’s answer.

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118 of 118 words shown

Common 39 words, in SCOWL’s small dictionary sizes (35 or less)

  • icier
  • icing
  • icons
  • ideal
  • ideas
  • idiom
  • idiot
  • idled
  • idler
  • idles
  • idols
  • igloo
  • image
  • impel
  • imply
  • inane
  • incur
  • index
  • inept
  • inert
  • infer
  • infix
  • inked
  • inlay
  • inlet
  • inner
  • input
  • inter
  • iotas
  • irate
  • irked
  • irons
  • irony
  • isles
  • issue
  • itchy
  • items
  • ivies
  • ivory

Everyday 10 words, SCOWL sizes 40-50

  • iambs
  • icily
  • idyll
  • imams
  • imbue
  • inapt
  • ingot
  • inset
  • inure
  • islet

Less common 29 words, SCOWL sizes 55-70

  • iambi
  • ichor
  • ictus
  • ihram
  • ileac
  • ileal
  • ileum
  • ileus
  • iliac
  • ilium
  • imago
  • imide
  • imine
  • immix
  • incus
  • indie
  • infra
  • ingle
  • inion
  • inkle
  • intis
  • inurn
  • iodic
  • ionic
  • irade
  • issei
  • istle
  • ivied
  • ixtle

Rare 40 words, SCOWL sizes 80-95, or not in SCOWL

  • icker
  • ictic
  • idyls
  • iglus
  • ikats
  • ikons
  • iliad
  • ilial
  • iller
  • imaum
  • imbed
  • imido
  • imids
  • imino
  • imped
  • impis
  • inarm
  • inbye
  • incog
  • indol
  • indow
  • indri
  • indue
  • infos
  • inker
  • inned
  • intro
  • invar
  • iodid
  • iodin
  • irids
  • iring
  • iroko
  • irone
  • isbas
  • isled
  • ither
  • ixias
  • ixora
  • izars