6-Letter Words Starting with I

All 165 six-letter words that start with I

IA

• iambic12adj. Consisting of iambs (metrical feet with an unstressed–stressed pattern)...

IB

• ibadah12n. Islamic worship and the associated submission and obedience.
• ibidem11adv. In the same place; indicates a reference to the same source as the...

IC

• icebox17n. A box or compartment containing ice, typically used to keep provisions...
• iceman10n. A person who trades in ice; a person employed to deliver block ice to...
• icicle10n. A drooping, tapering shape of ice.
• iconic10adj. Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon.

ID

• ideate7v. To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.
• idiocy12n. Lack of intelligence or sense; extremely foolish behaviour.
• idling8n. An idle period; something done idly.

IG

• ignant7adj. Dumb; stupid.
• ignite7v. To set fire to (something), to light (something).
• ignore7v. To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
• iguana7n. A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often...

IK

• ikigai11n. The Japanese concept of a reason for being, and having a sense of...

IL

• illite6n. A micaceous phyllosilicate clay mineral with aggregates of grey or...
• illume8v. To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright.

IM

• imagen9n. A unit of imagery, analogous to a logogen, but applicable to non-verbal...
• imager9n. One who images or forms likenesses; a sculptor.
• imagic11adj. Relating to or having the nature of an image.
• imbibe12v. To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
• immune10adj. Exempt; not subject to.
• imouto8n. A little sister.
• impact12n. The striking of one body against another; collision.
• impair10v. To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
• impala10n. An African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, noted for its leaping ability...
• impale10v. To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
• impart10v. To give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property).
• impede11v. To get in the way of; to hinder.
• imperf13n. An imperforated stamp.
• impish13adj. Mischievous; of or befitting an imp.
• import10n. Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or...
• impose10v. To apply, enforce, or establish (something, often regarded as...
• impost10n. A tax, tariff or duty that is imposed, especially on merchandise.
• improv13n. Improvisation.
• impugn11v. To verbally assault, especially to argue against an opinion, motive, or...
• impune10adj. Unpunished.
• impure10adj. Containing undesired intermixtures.
• impute10v. To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.

IN

• inasal6n. A Filipino dish of chicken marinated in a mixture of calamansi, black...
• inborn8adj. Innate; possessed by an organism at birth.
• inbred9adj. Bred within; innate.
• incall8n. A visit by a client to a provider of some service, such as a massage...
• incent8v. To provide an incentive to (a person or organization).
• incept10v. To take in or ingest.
• incest8n. Sexual relations between close relatives, especially immediate family...
• incher11n. An object having a dimension of so many inches.
• incide9v. To separate and remove (something); to cut.
• incise8v. To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.
• incite8v. To call into action.
• income10n. Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.
• incuse8adj. Hammered or pressed in (usually on a coin).
• indaba9n. A tribal conference held by Nguni leaders.
• indebt9v. To bring into debt; to place under obligation.
• indeed8adv. Synonym of actually or truly.
• indent7n. A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
• indica9n. Any of the indica subspecies of the rice, Oryza sativa, which (unlike...
• indice9n. Index.
• indict9v. To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
• indigo8n. A purplish-blue color.
• indite7v. To physically make (letters and words) on a writing surface; to...
• indium9n. A chemical element (symbol In) with an atomic number of 49: a soft...
• indole7n. An organic compound, C₈H₇N, found in coal tar, and produced in the gut...
• indoor7adj. Situated in, or designed to be used in, or carried on within, the...
• induce9v. To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
• induct9v. To bring in as a member; to make a part of.
• indult7n. A permission or privilege granted by the church authority that excepts...
• induna7n. A South African tribal councillor or headman (under the king); someone...
• infame11v. To defame; to make infamous.
• infamy14n. The state of being infamous.
• infant9n. A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months...
• infect11v. To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that...
• infeed10n. The material fed into a machine to be processed.
• infest9v. To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass.
• infill9v. To fill in a space, hole or gap.
• infirm11adj. Weak or ill, not in good health.
• inflow12n. The act or process of flowing in or into.
• influx16n. A flow inward or into something; a coming in.
• inform11v. To communicate knowledge to.
• infuse9v. To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
• ingest7v. To take (a substance, e.g., food) into the body of an organism...
• inhale9v. To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the...
• inhere9v. To be inherent; to be an essential or intrinsic part of; to be fixed or...
• inject15v. To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage.
• injera13n. A pancakelike flatbread made from fermented teff flour, a traditional...
• injure13v. To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
• injury16n. Damage to the body of a living thing.
• inking11n. An application of ink.
• inkjet17n. A device, particularly one used in the printing of documents, which...
• inkosi10n. A chief (particularly Zulu).
• inkpot12n. A pot for holding ink, which was a necessary complement to pens without...
• inlaid7adj. Set into a surface in a decorative pattern.
• inland7adj. Within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water...
• inlier6n. An area of older rocks surrounded by younger rocks, typically formed by...
• inline6v. To optimize using in-line expansion.
• inmate8n. A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or...
• inmost8n. That which is inmost; the core.
• innate6adj. Inborn; existing or having existed since birth.
• inness6n. The quality of being in, or inside.
• inning7n. A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt...
• inroad7n. An advance into enemy territory, an attempted invasion; an...
• inrush9n. A crowding or flooding in.
• insane6adj. Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.
• insano6n. An insane person.
• inseam8n. The seam of a trouser up the inside of the leg.
• insect8n. An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to...
• insert6v. To put in between or into.
• inside7n. The interior or inner part.
• insist6v. To hold up a claim emphatically.
• insole6n. The inside sole of a shoe or other footwear.
• instal6v. Dated spelling of install.
• instar6n. Any one of the several stages of postembryonic development which an...
• instep8n. The arched part of the top of the foot between the toes and the ankle.
• instil6v. Australia, Ireland, and UK standard spelling of instill.
• insula6n. A block of buildings in a Roman town.
• insult6v. To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or...
• insure6v. To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed...
• intact8adj. Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied, or otherwise...
• intake10n. The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or...
• intein6n. A segment of a protein, analogous to an intron, that is able to excise...
• intend7v. To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be...
• intent6n. Something that is intended.
• intern6n. A person who is interned, forcibly or voluntarily.
• intima8n. The innermost part of an anatomical structure, particularly a tubular...
• intime8adj. Inward; internal; intimate.
• intone6v. To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
• intown9adj. Within a town.
• intron6n. A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but...
• intuit6v. To know intuitively or by immediate perception.
• intune6v. To intone (sing).
• inturn6v. To turn in or inward.
• inulin6n. A polysaccharide found in the roots and tubers of certain plants...
• inured7adj. Accustomed to something, especially something unpleasant.
• invade10v. To move into.
• invent9v. To design a new process or mechanism.
• invert9v. To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary...
• invest9v. To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some...
• invite9v. To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
• invoke13v. To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
• inward10adj. Situated on the inside; that is within, inner; belonging to the inside.
• inwood10v. To hide in the woods.

IO

• iodate7n. The anion IO₃⁻; any salt of iodic acid.
• iodide8n. A binary compound of iodine and another element or radical.
• iodine7n. A chemical element (symbol: I) with an atomic number of 53; one of the...
• iolite6n. The clear variety of cordierite, sometimes used as a gem.
• ionics8n. The study of ionic conductors.
• ionise6v. Ionize.
• ionize15v. To dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species; to...

IP

• ipecac12n. The dried rhizome and roots of either of two tropical American plants...

IR

• irenic8adj. Promoting or fitted to promote peace or peacemaking, especially over...
• iritis6n. An inflammation of the iris.
• ironed7adj. Proivided with, or strengthened by, iron; shod with iron.
• ironer6n. Someone who irons, someone who does ironing.
• ironic8adj. Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
• irreal6adj. Synonym of intangible, immaterial, not composed of things, having no...

IS

• isabel8n. Synonym of isabella.
• isekai10n. A genre of Japanese fiction involving everyday people transported to...
• island7n. A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded...
• isobar8n. A line drawn on a map or chart connecting places of equal or constant...
• isomer8n. Any of two or more compounds with the same molecular formula but with...
• isopod9n. Any of very many crustaceans, of the order Isopoda, that have a...
• issuer6n. One who issues, emits, or publishes.

IT

• italic8adj. Designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th...
• itself9pron. It; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as...

IZ

• izzard25n. The letter Z; zed, zee.

Questions about these words

How many six-letter words that start with I are there?

Word.ws lists 165 six-letter words that start with I, plus 287 rare ones.

What are common six-letter words that start with I?

inside, itself, island, income, impact, indeed, injury and ignore.

Which of the six-letter words that start with I has the highest letter score?

izzard scores 25 points with the standard letter tile values.

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