Word.ws English Dictionary

3-Letter Words Starting with I

There are 35 three-letter words that start with I on Word.ws, from ibn to iwi. The most common are its, ice, ill, ion and ink.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

All 35 three-letter words that start with I

  • ibn5n. Son of.
  • ibu5n. Ibuprofen.
  • ice5n. Water in frozen (solid) form.
  • ich8n. Ichthyophthiriasis, a parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused by...
  • ick9interj. An exclamation of disgust.
  • icy8adj. Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty.
  • ide4n. A freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, found across northern...
  • igg5v. To ignore deliberately.
  • ilk7adj. Very; same.
  • ill3adj. Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
  • imp7v. To engraft (a feather) on to a broken feather in a bird's wing or tail...
  • imu5n. A traditional Hawaiian underground oven, consisting mainly of a hole in...
  • ing4n. A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river; water meadow.
  • ink7n. A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.
  • inn3n. Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
  • ins3v. Insert.
  • int3v. To die intentionally in a match by having oneself slain by enemy...
  • ion3n. An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the...
  • ipe5n. A type of wood of the genus Tabebuia, similar to teak, used for outdoor...
  • ipi5n. The long-tailed pangolin (Manis tetradactyla).
  • ipu5n. A percussion instrument made from hollowed gourds, often used to...
  • ire3n. Great anger; wrath; keen resentment.
  • irk7v. To irritate; annoy; bother.
  • iru3n. A West African condiment made from fermented locust beans.
  • ish6adv. Somewhat, reasonably, fairly.
  • ism5n. An ideology, system of thought, or practice that can be described by a...
  • iso3n. Quarantine measures in order to mitigate the spread of communicable...
  • ist3n. A practitioner or supporter of an ism.
  • isu3n. An individual seat in the loft-like balcony of a sumo arena.
  • ita3n. A kind of palm tree (Mauritia flexuosa), growing near the Orinoco.
  • ith6adj. Occurring at position i in a sequence.
  • its3det. Belonging to it.
  • ivy9n. Any of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the...
  • iwa6n. A great frigatebird (Fregata minor).
  • iwi6n. An extended group of Maori kin groups or families, sharing common...

Questions about these words

How many three-letter words that start with I are there?
Word.ws lists 35 three-letter words that start with I.
What are common three-letter words that start with I?
its, ice, ill, ion, ink, inn, ing and ins.
Which of the three-letter words that start with I has the highest letter score?
ivy scores 9 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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