5 Letter Words Ending In I

Common 5 letter words ending in I

Everyday English words, most frequent first.

• CHILI10
• RABBI9
• SUSHI8
• QUASI14
• FUNGI9
• ALIBI7
• KHAKI16
• SWAMI10
• KANJI16

Best Wordle guesses ending in I

Common words with five different letters, ranked by how often their letters appear in five-letter words.

• SWAMI10
• QUASI14
• KANJI16
• FUNGI9

Highest scoring 5 letter words ending in I

• HAJJI22
• AZUKI18
• GHAZI18
• ZOMBI18
• HADJI16
• KANJI16
• KHAKI16
• MAQUI16
• SHOJI15
• XYSTI15
• PUNJI14
• QUASI14

Quick facts

• 153 valid Scrabble words; 9 of them are everyday English words (6%).
• Most common pattern: ___TI with 14 words (for example MUFTI, CACTI, TUTTI).
• 78 words have no repeated letters (51%) — useful when you want to test as many letters as possible.
• 0 end in S (often plurals or verb forms), which Wordle rarely uses as answers.
• 4 contain only one vowel.
• 142 are also valid in Words With Friends (ENABLE list).

All 153 5 letter words ending in I

Tips for using these words

For Wordle, open with a common word that has five different letters, such as SWAMI, QUASI, KANJI. They test the letters that appear most often in five-letter words.

In Scrabble, HAJJI is the highest base score here (22 points). Put the high-value tile on a double or triple letter square to multiply it.

Ending letters are good hooks on the board: a word ending in I can often be extended or crossed by playing through the final I. The most common second-to-last letter here is T.

Scores are base tile values in Scrabble US & Canada. Use the word finder to see which words your own rack can make.

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