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Words Ending in AI

There are 72 words ending in AI on Word.ws, from 2 to 12 letters. The most common length is 5 letters (21 words). The words used most often are ai, shanghai, kai, samurai and tai.

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

2-letter words ending in AI

  • ai2n. A pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus), endemic to forests of...

3-letter words ending in AI

  • bai5n. A marshy meadow in sub-Saharan Africa.
  • dai4n. A wet nurse; a midwife.
  • kai7n. Food.
  • lai3n. A mostly North European medieval form of lyrical, narrative poem...
  • nai3n. A barber.
  • rai3n. Stone money.
  • sai3n. A handheld weapon with three prongs, used in some Oriental martial arts.
  • tai3n. A fish, the Japanese bream.
  • wai6n. A Thai greeting wherein the palms are brought together in front of the...
  • zai12adj. Extremely skilled; talented.

4-letter words ending in AI

  • acai6n. Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a...
  • bhai9n. Friend, dude, man.
  • chai9n. A female Romani.
  • kiai8n. The short yell or shout uttered when performing an attacking move in...
  • krai8n. A region or province in Russia.
  • kuai8n. A historical Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish...
  • moai6n. One of the large stone statues on Easter Island (Rapa Nui).
  • phai9n. A ring of nooses with bait in the center, for trapping hawks.
  • swai7n. Synonym of iridescent shark (“a shark catfish of species Pangasianodon...
  • unai4n. A two-toed sloth (Choloepus spp.).
  • utai4n. The singing that accompanies noh (classical Japanese drama).

5-letter words ending in AI

  • assai5adv. A tempo direction equivalent to "very".
  • braai7n. A barbecue (grill), especially an open outdoor grill built specifically...
  • desai6n. In west and south India, a native official in charge of a district...
  • hanai8n. The practice of traditional Hawaiian adoption of one child into another...
  • kadai10n. Synonym of karahi (“cooking vessel”).
  • kohai12n. A junior member of a group in Japanese arts; mentee.
  • kunai9n. A Japanese tool and weapon, possibly derived from the masonry trowel...
  • lanai5n. A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.
  • makai11adv. Seaward, towards the sea.
  • malai7n. An Indian cream made by heating and then cooling non-homogenized whole...
  • matai7n. A Samoan chief.
  • mulai7n. A title for the ruler of Morocco.
  • omiai7n. A Japanese custom in which unattached individuals are introduced to...
  • oppai9n. A woman's breasts, particularly of an anime or manga character.
  • petai7n. Stink bean, bitter bean (Parkia speciosa).
  • rezai14n. A coverlet quilted with cotton.
  • serai5n. A palace.
  • terai5n. A belt of marshy land, which lies between the foothills of the...
  • vadai9n. A type of fritter made from lentils or gram flour.
  • yatai8n. A small mobile stall or cart selling street food in Japan.
  • yokai12n. Any of various supernatural monsters, sometimes shapeshifters, in...

6-letter words ending in AI

  • akamai12adj. Smart, clever.
  • banzai17adj. Thrill-seeking; wild.
  • bonsai8n. A tree or plant that has been miniaturized by planting it in a small...
  • haikai13n. A form of Japanese comic verse, featuring satire and puns.
  • hentai9n. A work of anime or manga (or any similar medium) that contains heavily...
  • ikigai11n. The Japanese concept of a reason for being, and having a sense of...
  • isekai10n. A genre of Japanese fiction involving everyday people transported to...
  • kaikai14n. Nigerian gin.
  • keitai10n. A mobile phone or smartphone.
  • kyodai14n. A high-ranking member of the yakuza, accountable to the shatei gashira.
  • laogai7n. The use of prison labor and prison farms in the People's Republic of...
  • mithai11n. Sweets; confectionery.
  • mogwai12n. A kind of demon held to be harmful to humans.
  • moirai8n. The three Fates, personifications of destiny.
  • nilgai7n. A large antelope, of species Boselaphus tragocamelus, of India; blue...
  • senpai8n. The senior member of a group in Japanese arts; a mentor.
  • sentai6n. A Japanese military unit; a squadron, task force, group or wing.
  • shinai9n. A bamboo sword used in the Japanese martial art kendo.
  • zentai15n. Skintight garments that cover the entire body.

7-letter words ending in AI

  • assegai8n. A slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip, especially those...
  • kokutai15n. The national essence and character of Japan viewed as conforming to...
  • korowai14n. A woven Maori cloak covered with muka tassels.
  • samurai9n. In feudal Japan, a soldier who served a daimyo.
  • shehnai13n. An ancient reeded woodwind instrument from India with a long slim body...

8-letter words ending in AI

  • kurultai12n. A political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs...
  • shanghai15v. To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their...
  • shanzhai23n. The imitation and trademark infringing of brands and goods of usually...

10-letter words ending in AI

  • kamishibai21n. A traditional Japanese form of storytelling using picture scrolls...

12-letter words ending in AI

  • caravanserai17n. A roadside inn, usually having a central courtyard where caravans (see...
127 rare words ending in AI

Questions about these words

How many words ending in AI are there?
Word.ws lists 72 words ending in AI, plus 127 rare ones.
What are common words ending in AI?
ai, shanghai, kai, samurai, tai, chai, lai and dai.
Which of the words ending in AI has the highest letter score?
shanzhai scores 23 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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