Word.ws English Dictionary

4-Letter Words Starting with I

There are 68 four-letter words that start with I on Word.ws, from iamb to izle. The most common are into, idea, iron, info and item.

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

All 68 four-letter words that start with I

IA

  • iamb8n. A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed...

IB

  • ibex13n. A type of wild mountain goat of the genus Capra, such as the species...
  • ibis6n. Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family...
  • ibon6n. Cinnamon ibon (Hypocryptadius cinnamomeus).

IC

  • iced7adj. With ice added.
  • icer6n. One who ices.
  • icky13adj. Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting.
  • icon6n. An image, symbol, picture, portrait, or other representation, usually...

ID

  • idea5n. An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life...
  • idem7pron. The same.
  • ides5n. The notional full-moon day of a Roman month, occurring on the 15th day...
  • idle5adj. Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no...
  • idli5n. A South Asian cake made from a mixture of ground rice and lentils...
  • idly8adv. Without specific purpose, intent or effort.
  • idol5n. A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or...

IF

  • iffy13adj. Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality.

IG

  • ight8n. Possession.

IK

  • ikat8n. Traditional Indonesian decorative technique in which warp or weft...

IL

  • ilex11n. Holm oak (Quercus ilex).
  • ilka8adj. Each or every.
  • illo4n. An illustration.
  • illy7adv. Badly; poorly.

IM

  • imam8n. One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
  • iman6n. Pious adherence to the Islamic faith.
  • imin6n. Any nitrene.
  • impi8n. A group of Zulu (or other Bantu) warriors; a detachment of armed men.

IN

  • inam6n. The grant or gift of lands bestowed by the British Raj on an inamdar.
  • inca6n. Any of several species of hummingbirds in the genus Coeligena.
  • inch9n. An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm.
  • incy9adj. Very small; incy wincy.
  • indo5n. Indometacin when used as a recreational drug.
  • indy8n. An independent entity.
  • inee4n. A type of arrow poison, made from the plant Strophanthus hispidus, used...
  • inex11n. An eclipse cycle of 10,571.95 days, or 358 lunations.
  • info7n. Information.
  • infy10adj. Infinite.
  • inga5n. Any of the genus Inga of small tropical trees and shrubs.
  • ingo5n. The frame of a door, window, fireplace, or similar structure.
  • inia4n. Any South American freshwater dolphin of genus (Inia), with a hairy...
  • inky11adj. Synonym of black.
  • inly7adj. Inward; interior; secret.
  • inox11n. Stainless steel.
  • inro4n. A small decorative box, hung from the sash of a kimono, for holding...
  • inti4n. The currency of Peru between 1985 and 1991, replacing the sol.
  • into4prep. To or towards the inside of.

IO

  • iode5n. Synonym of iodine.
  • iora4n. Any of a group of passerine birds, of the genus Aegithina, found in...
  • iota4n. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (Ι, ι).

IP

  • ipil6n. A Philippine and Pacific island tree (Intsia bijuga) yielding a...
  • ipos6n. The tuber of any one of several edible species of Perideridia spp.

IR

  • irie4adj. Cool, nice.
  • iris4n. A plant of the genus Iris, common in the northern hemisphere, and...
  • iron4n. A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts...

IS

  • isha7n. The evening/night Islamic prayer.
  • isis4n. Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isididae, composed of joints of...
  • isle4n. An island, usually very small. Compare with islet.
  • ison4n. Accompanying drone in Byzantine music.

IT

  • ital4n. Pure, natural food suiting a Rastafari lifestyle.
  • itch9n. A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal...
  • itea4n. Any plant of the genus Itea.
  • item6n. A distinct physical object.
  • iter4n. A passage, especially the passage between the third and fourth...
  • itis4n. A medical condition accompanied by inflammation.
  • itsy7adj. Very small; itty.
  • itty7adj. Extremely small; itty-bitty.

IW

  • iwan7n. A large, vaulted chamber with a monumental arched opening on one side.

IX

  • ixia11n. Any of the genus Ixia of cormous plants native to South Africa.

IZ

  • izle13n. A spark, an ember, a hot ash or cinder.
26 rare four-letter words that start with I

Questions about these words

How many four-letter words that start with I are there?
Word.ws lists 68 four-letter words that start with I, plus 26 rare ones.
What are common four-letter words that start with I?
into, idea, iron, info, item, inch, isis and icon.
Which of the four-letter words that start with I has the highest letter score?
izle scores 13 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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