Browse 6-Letter Words by Starting Letter

Most Common 6-Letter Words Starting With I

The most frequently used words in everyday English, most common first.

All 285 6-Letter Words Starting With I (A–Z)

The words come from the ENABLE word list (15,232 six-letter words), the open dictionary that many word games, including Words With Friends, are based on. Official Scrabble dictionaries accept nearly all of them but can differ slightly.

Starting with IA (3)

Starting with IB (4)

Starting with IC (13)

Starting with ID (9)

Starting with IF (1)

Starting with IG (5)

Starting with IH (1)

Starting with IL (5)

Starting with IM (43)

Starting with IN (140)

Starting with IO (15)

Starting with IP (1)

Starting with IR (18)

Starting with IS (17)

Starting with IT (6)

Starting with IX (3)

Starting with IZ (1)

About 6-Letter Words Starting With I

285
Total words
133
No repeated letters
1 pt
Scrabble value of I

There are 285 six-letter words that start with I. The words come from the ENABLE word list (15,232 six-letter words), the open dictionary that many word games, including Words With Friends, are based on. Official Scrabble dictionaries accept nearly all of them but can differ slightly.

The letters that most often follow I are N (140), M (43), R (18), S (17) and O (15). The biggest groups are words beginning with IN-, IM- and IR-, so if you know the second letter you can jump straight to that group in the list above.

Highest-Scoring Words for Scrabble and Words With Friends

Using standard Scrabble tile values (before bonus squares), the highest-scoring well-known words here are INJURY (16 points), INFLUX (16 points), INJECT (15 points), INVOKE (13 points), INJURE (13 points). I itself is worth 1 point. To search by the exact tiles on your rack, use the word finder or the anagram solver.

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Frequently Asked Questions

There are 285 six-letter words that start with I in our list (based on the ENABLE word list). The most common are INSIDE, ISSUES, ITSELF, ISLAND, INCOME, IMPACT, INDEED, IMAGES.
With standard Scrabble tile values: INJURY (16), INFLUX (16), INJECT (15), INVOKE (13), INJURE (13). Bonus squares on the board can increase these scores.
133 of the 285 words use 6 different letters.