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9-letter words with I as the 3rd letter

A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when I is fixed in the 3rd slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: abidances, abidingly, abilities.

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1456 words
Word Definition Length Syllables
abidances94
abidingly94
abilities94
abiogenic94
aciculums94
acidemias94
acidheads93
acidified94
acidifier94
acidifies94
acidities94
acidophil94
acidulate94
acidulent94
acidulous94
acidurias94
acierated94
acierates94
adiabatic94
adipocyte94
adiposity95
agilities94
agiotages94
agitating94
agitation94
agitative94
agitators94
agitprops93
ahistoric94
alicyclic94
alienable93
alienages94
alienated94
alienates94
alienator94
alienisms93
alienists93
alienness93
alighting93
alignment93
alikeness94
alimented94
alimonies94
alinement94
aliphatic94
aliteracy95
aliterate94
aliveness94
alizarins94
amidogens94
amidships93
aminities94
amitroles94
anilingus94
anilities94
animalier94
animalism94
animality95
animalize94
animately95
animaters94
animating94
animation94
animators94
animistic94
animosity95
anisettes94
anisogamy95
apiarians93
apiarists93
apiculate94
apimanias94
apishness93
aridities94
arillodes94
asininely95
asininity95
avianized94
avianizes94
aviarists93
aviations93
avidities94
avifaunae93
avifaunal94
avifaunas94
avigators94
avirulent94
axiomatic94
azimuthal94
baidarkas93
bailiwick93
bailments92
bairnlier92
blighters92
blighties92
blighting92
blindages93
blindfish92
blindfold92
blindness92
blindside92
blindworm92
blinkards92
blinkered93
blistered93
blithered93
blizzards92
blizzardy93
boiseries93
briberies93
brickbats92
brickiest92
brickwork92
brickyard92
bricolage93
bridewell93
bridgings92
briefcase92
briefings92
briefless92
briefness92
brigadier93
brigading93
brightens92
brightest92
brilliant92
brimstone92
bringdown92
brininess93
briolette92
briquette92
brisances93
briskness92
brislings92
bristlier92
bristling92
brittlely93
brittlest92
brittling92
britzskas92
buildable92
buildings92
cairngorm92
ceilinged93
ceintures93
chiasmata93
chibouque92
chicaners93
chicanery94
chicaning93
chickadee92
chickaree92
chickened93
chickpeas92
chickweed92
chicories93
chiefdoms92
chiefship92
chieftain92
chigetais93
chihuahua93
chilblain92
childbeds92
childhood92
childless92
childlier92
childlike92
chiliasms92
chiliasts92
chilidogs93
chilliest92
chillness92
chilopods93
chimaeras93
chimaeric93
chimbleys92
chimblies92
chimerism93
chinaware93
chinbones93
chinchier92
chinkapin93
chinkiest92
chintzier92
chipboard92
chipmucks92
chipmunks92
chippered93
chippiest92
chirality94
chirimoya93
chiropody94
chirpiest92
chirruped93
chiselers93
chiseling93
chiselled93
chiseller93
chitchats92
chitinous93
chitlings92
chitosans93
chittered93
chivalric93
chivareed93
chivarees93
chivaried93
chivaries93
chivvying92
clientage92
clientele92
cliffiest92
climactic93
climaxing93
climbable92
clinchers92
clinching92
clingiest92
clinician93
clinkered93
clinquant92
clintonia93
clipboard92
clippings92
clipsheet92
cliquiest92
clitellum93
cnidarian93
coiffeurs92
coiffeuse92
coiffured93
coiffures93
coincided93
coincides93
coinhered93
coinheres93
coinmates93
coinsured93
coinsurer93
coinsures93
coinvents92
coistrels92
coistrils92
coitional93
cribbages93
cribbings92
cribworks92
cricetids93
cricketed93
cricketer93
crimeless93
criminals93
criminate93
criminous93
crimpiest92
crimpling92
crimsoned93
crinklier92
crinkling92
crinoline93
cripplers92
crippling92
crispened93
crispiest92
crispness92
criterion93
criterium93
criticise93
criticism93
criticize93
critiqued93
critiques93
cuirassed93
cuirasses93
cuittling92
daikering93
dailiness93
daintiest92
daiquiris93
dairyings92
dairymaid93
daishikis93
deionized93
deionizer93
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deistical93
dribblers92
dribblets92
dribbling92
driftages93
driftiest92
driftpins92
driftwood92
drillable92
drillings92
drinkable92
drippiest92
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dripstone92
driveable92
drivelers93
driveline93
driveling93
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driveways93
drizzlier92
drizzling92
dwindling92
edibility95
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eminently94
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enigmatic94
epiblasts93
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epicardia94
epicedium94
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epidemics94
epidermal94
epidermic94
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epigonism94
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epimysium94
epineuria94
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episcopes94
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epithelia94
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epitomise94
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epizoisms93
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erigerons94
eriophyid93
eristical94
etiolated94
etiolates94
etiologic94
etiquette93
evictions93
evidenced94
evidences94
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evildoers93
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evincible93
exigences94
exigently94
existence93
existents93
failingly93
faineants92
faintness92
fairishly93
fairleads92
fairyisms92
fairyland93
fairylike93
faithfuls92
faithless92
feistiest92
flichters92
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flightier92
flightily93
flighting92
flimflams92
flimsiest92
flinchers92
flinching92
flinkites93
flintiest92
flintlike92
flintlock92
flippancy93
flirtiest92
flitching92
flittered93
fribblers92
fribbling92
fricassee92
fricative93
frictions92
friedcake92
friending92
frightens92
frightful92
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frigidity94
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frillings92
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frisettes93
friskiest92
frittatas93
frittered93
fritterer93
frivolers93
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frivolity94
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frivoller93
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frizettes93
frizziest92
frizzlers92
frizzlier92
frizzling92
gainfully93
gainliest92
gainsayer92
gliadines93
glimmered93
glimpsers92
glimpsing92
glissaded93
glissader93
glissades93
glissandi93
glissando93
glistened93
glistered93
glittered93
glitziest92
goitrogen93
griddling92
gridirons93
gridlocks92
grievance92
grievants92
grillades93
grillages93
grillroom92
grillwork92
grimacers93
grimacing93
grimalkin93
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grippiest92
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grisaille92
grisettes93
grisliest92
gristlier92
gristmill92
grittiest92
grizzlers92
grizzlier92
grizzlies92
grizzling92
guidances93
guidebook93
guideline93
guidepost93
guideways93
guildhall92
guildship92
guildsman92
guildsmen92
guileless93
guillemet93
guillemot93
guilloche92
guiltiest92
guiltless92
guitarist93
guitguits92
hailstone92
hailstorm92
hairballs92
hairbands92
hairbrush92
haircloth92
hairiness93
hairlines93
hairlocks92
hairpiece92
hairstyle92
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hairworms92
heightens92
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heirships92
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icinesses94
idioblast93
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imidazole94
imitating94
imitation94
imitative94
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initialed94
initially94
initiated94
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iridology95
isinglass93
itinerant94
itinerary95
itinerate94
jailbirds92
jailbreak92
jailhouse92
joineries93
jointedly93
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jointures93
jointworm92
juicehead93
juiceless93
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kailyards92
kaiserdom93
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knighting92
knittings92
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leistered93
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loincloth92
loiterers93
loitering93
maidhoods92
mailboxes93
mainframe92
mainlands92
mainlined93
mainlines93
mainmasts92
mainsails92
mainsheet92
mainstays92
maintains92
maiolicas93
moilingly93
moistened93
moistener93
moistness92
moistures93
mridangam93
mridangas93
nailbrush92
nailfolds92
nailheads92
nainsooks92
naiveness93
naiveties93
neighbors92
neighbour92
noiseless93
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noisomely94
nuisances93
oeillades93
olibanums94
oligarchs93
oligarchy94
oligomers94
oligopoly95
oligurias94
olivenite94
ominously94
omissible93
omissions93
onionskin93
opinioned94
opiumisms93
oribatids94
orientals93
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orienteer93
orienting93
orificial94
oriflamme93
origanums94
originals94
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orinasals94
ouistitis93
oviductal94
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oviposits94
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oxidation94
oxidative94
oxidisers94
oxidising94
oxidizers94
oxidizing94
paillards92
paillette92
painfully93
painterly93
paintiest92
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paintwork92
peignoirs92
philabegs93
philander93
philately94
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philippic93
philistia93
philology94
philomels93
philtered93
philtring92
pliancies92
plication93
plighters92
plighting92
plimsoles93
plimsolls92
pliotrons92
poignance92
poignancy93
poinciana93
pointedly93
pointelle92
pointiest92
pointless92
poisoners93
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priapisms92
priapuses93
priceless93
prickiest92
prickings92
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prickling92
priedieus92
priedieux92
priestess92
priesting92
priggisms92
primacies93
primality94
primaries93
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primipara94
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primordia93
primroses93
princedom93
princelet93
princesse92
principal93
principia93
principle92
princocks92
princoxes93
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prisoning93
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pristanes93
privacies93
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privatism93
privative93
privatize93
privilege93
privities93
psilocins93
puissance92
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quickstep92
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quillback92
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quinoline93
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quinonoid93
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quintette92
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quintuple92
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quirkiest92
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quitclaim92
quitrents92
quittance92
quiverers93
quivering93
quixotism93
quizzical93
railbirds92
railbuses93
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railroads92
rainbands92
rainbirds92
raincoats92
raindrops92
rainfalls92
rainmaker93
rainproof92
rainspout92
rainstorm92
rainwater93
reignited93
reignites93
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reimmerse92
reimplant92
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reindeers92
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reiterate93
rhinoceri94
rhizobial93
rhizobium93
rhizoidal93
rhizomata94
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rhizotomy94
roistered93
roisterer93
ruinating93
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sailboard92
sailboats92
sailcloth92
sailplane92
sainfoins92
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saintlier92
saintlike92
saintship92
sciaenids92
sciaticas93
sciential92
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sciroccos93
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seicentos93
seigneurs92
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shimmying92
shinbones93
shinglers92
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shipboard92
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shipowner93
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shipwreck92
shipyards92
shirrings92
shirtiest92
shirtings92
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shirttail92
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slithered93
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slivovitz93
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stickpins92
stickseed92
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stickwork92
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trilinear93
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trilliums92
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trimarans93
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trimester93
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trimotors93
trindling92
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trinomial93
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trivalves93
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tsimmeses93
tuitional93
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twillings92
twinberry93
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twinkling92
twinnings92
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tzimmeses93
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utilities94
utilizers94
utilizing94
vainglory93
veinulets93
voiceless93
voidances93
wailfully93
wainscots92
waistband92
waistcoat92
waistings92
waistline92
weigelias93
weighable92
weighters92
weightier92
weightily93
weighting92
weirdness92
whichever93
whickered93
whifflers92
whiffling92
whimbrels92
whimpered93
whimsical93
whinchats92
whingeing92
whiningly93
whinniest92
whinnying92
whinstone92
whipcords92
whippiest92
whippings92
whipsawed93
whipstock92
whiptails92
whipworms92
whirliest92
whirligig93
whirlpool92
whirlwind92
whirrying92
whishting92
whiskered93
whispered93
whisperer93
whistlers92
whistling92
whitebait93
whitecaps93
whiteface93
whitefish93
whitehead93
whiteners93
whiteness93
whitening93
whiteouts92
whitetail93
whitewall93
whitewash93
whitewing93
whitewood93
whitracks92
whittlers92
whittling92
whittrets92
whizbangs92
whizzbang92
wrigglers92
wrigglier92
wriggling92
wrinklier92
wrinkling92
wristband92
wristiest92
wristlets92
wristlock92
zeitgeber93
zeitgeist92
zwiebacks92

FAQs

How do I play around a fixed I in the 3rd slot?
Try mixing common consonant clusters (ST, TR, CH) in other positions while keeping I locked.

Why are uncommon words included?
We compile from a broad English list. Skim the top rows for more common picks.