4 Letter Words Starting with I
There are 58 four-letter words that start with I in our word list. The most common are INTO, IDEA and IRON. The highest-scoring in Scrabble is ICKY (13 points).
- Words
- 58
- Top Scrabble word
- ICKY, 13 pts
- Top Words With Friends word
- IBEX, 14 pts
- Common words
- 27
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Common four-letter words that start with I
The 38 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.
- into 4/5
- idea 5/5 the content of cognition
- iron 4/5 a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element
- inch 9/10 a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
- item 6/7 a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- iris 4/4 plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three…
- iced 7/8 (form of ice) water frozen in the solid state
- itch 9/9 scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- info 7/8 a message received and understood
- idle 5/6 not in action or at work
- idol 5/6 a material effigy that is worshipped
- icon 6/8 (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or…
- isle 4/5 a small island
- icky 13/13 very bad
- idly 8/8 in an idle manner
- iffy 13/12 subject to accident or chance or change
- ills 4/6 (form of ill) affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
- iota 4/4 a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
- imam 8/10 (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque
- inns 4/6 (form of inn) a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
- ions 4/5 (form of ion) a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative)
- inky 11/11 of the color of black ink
- ilia 4/5
- inks 8/9 (form of ink) a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
- ices 6/7 (form of ice) water frozen in the solid state
- imps 8/10 (form of imp) (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
- ibis 6/7 wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
- ides 5/5 in the Roman calendar: the 15th of March or May or July or October or the 13th of any other month
- irks 8/8 (form of irk) irritate or vex
- isms 6/7 (form of ism) a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
- ibex 13/14 wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and northern Africa having large recurved horns
- iamb 8/10 a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
- ilea 4/5
- ilka 8/9
- ilks 8/9 (form of ilk) a kind of person
- illy 7/8
- immy 11/12
- ired 5/5 (form of ire) a strong emotion
All 58 four-letter words that start with I
Numbers are Scrabble points, then Words With Friends points.
- iamb8/10
- ibex13/14
- ibis6/7
- iced7/8
- ices6/7
- ichs9/9
- icky13/13
- icon6/8
- idea5/5
- idem7/8
- ides5/5
- idle5/6
- idly8/8
- idol5/6
- idyl8/8
- iffy13/12
- iglu5/8
- ikat8/8
- ikon8/9
- ilea4/5
- ilex11/12
- ilia4/5
- ilka8/9
- ilks8/9
- ills4/6
- illy7/8
- imam8/10
- imid7/8
- immy11/12
- impi8/10
- imps8/10
- inby9/10
- inch9/10
- info7/8
- inia4/5
- inks8/9
- inky11/11
- inly7/8
- inns4/6
- inro4/5
- inti4/5
- into4/5
- ions4/5
- iota4/4
- ired5/5
- ires4/4
- irid5/5
- iris4/4
- irks8/8
- iron4/5
- isba6/7
- isle4/5
- isms6/7
- itch9/9
- item6/7
- iwis7/7
- ixia11/11
- izar13/13
Questions people ask
How many four-letter words that start with I are there?
Our word list has 58 four-letter words that start with I.
Which four-letter words that start with I score the most points?
In Scrabble it is ICKY with 13 points. In Words With Friends it is IBEX with 14 points. Bonus squares are not counted.
What are common four-letter words that start with I?
The most used in everyday English are INTO, IDEA and IRON.