Words Starting With IR
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The open ENABLE word list has 310 words that start with IR, about 0.18% of the 172,434 words this site shows. They run from IRE and IRK at the short end to IRRECONCILABLENESSES and IRREPROACHABLENESSES at the long end. By common tile values the top scorer is IRREPROACHABILITY (29 points); board bonuses aren't counted. 22 of them use no letter twice, which matters in games where every tile is separate. Different games use different dictionaries, so check your game's rules before relying on a word.
At a glance
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Words in this list | 310 |
| Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site | 0.18% |
| Longest | IRRECONCILABLENESSES and IRREPROACHABLENESSES (20 letters) |
| Shortest | IRE and IRK (3 letters) |
| Highest base score (common values) | IRREPROACHABILITY, 29 |
| No repeated letters | 22 |
Most common next letter after IR
| Letter | Words |
|---|---|
| R | 198 |
| O | 55 |
| I | 24 |
| A | 15 |
| E | 10 |
What stands out
- None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
- 122 still form a word when the leading
IRis removed, for exampleIRATE,IRED,IRES,IRIDandIRIDES→ATE,ED,ES,IDandIDES. - The most common endings here are
-ES(62),-LY(37),-LE(28). - The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 4, found in 86 of these words.
- The average length is 11.1 letters.
- After IR, the letter
Rcomes next most often (198 words).
All IR- words
3 letters 2
ire irk
4 letters 6
ired ires irid iris irks iron
5 letters 9
irade irate irids iring irked iroko irone irons irony
6 letters 18
irades irater ireful irenic irides iridic irised irises iritic iritis irking irokos ironed ironer irones ironic irreal irrupt
7 letters 14
iracund irately iratest ireless irenics iridium irising irksome ironers ironies ironing ironist ironize irrupts
8 letters 22
irefully irenical iridiums iritises ironbark ironclad ironical ironings ironists ironized ironizes ironlike ironness ironside ironware ironweed ironwood ironwork irrigate irritant irritate irrupted
9 letters 31
irascible irascibly irateness iridology irksomely ironbarks ironbound ironclads ironizing ironsides ironstone ironwares ironweeds ironwoods ironworks irradiate irreality irredenta irregular irridenta irrigated irrigates irrigator irritable irritably irritants irritated irritates irrupting irruption irruptive
10 letters 32
irenically iridescent iridosmine ironfisted ironhanded ironically ironmaster ironmonger ironnesses ironstones ironworker irradiance irradiated irradiates irradiator irrational irredentas irregulars irrelative irrelevant irreligion irremeable irresolute irreverent irridentas irrigating irrigation irrigators irritating irritation irritative irruptions
11 letters 45
iratenesses iridescence iridologies iridologist iridosmines irksomeness ironhearted ironmasters ironmongers ironmongery ironworkers irradiances irradiating irradiation irradiative irradiators irradicable irradicably irrationals irrealities irrecusable irrecusably irredentism irredentist irreducible irreducibly irreflexive irrefutable irrefutably irregularly irrelevance irrelevancy irreligions irreligious irremovable irremovably irreparable irreparably irresoluble irreverence irrevocable irrevocably irrigations irritations irruptively
12 letters 36
irascibility iridescences iridescently iridologists ironicalness irradiations irrationally irredeemable irredeemably irredentisms irredentists irreformable irrefragable irrefragably irregardless irregularity irrelatively irrelevances irrelevantly irremediable irremediably irrepealable irresistible irresistibly irresolutely irresolution irresolvable irrespective irresponsive irreverences irreverently irreversible irreversibly irritability irritatingly irrotational
13 letters 23
irascibleness irksomenesses ironmongeries irrationalism irrationalist irrationality irreclaimable irreclaimably irrecoverable irrecoverably irrelevancies irreligionist irreligiously irreplaceable irreplaceably irrepressible irrepressibly irresolutions irresponsible irresponsibly irretrievable irretrievably irritableness
14 letters 18
irascibilities ironicalnesses irrationalisms irrationalists irreconcilable irreconcilably irreducibility irrefutability irregularities irreligionists irremovability irreproachable irreproachably irreproducible irresoluteness irresponsibles irrevocability irritabilities
15 letters 12
irasciblenesses irrationalistic irrationalities irreconcilables irreformability irrefragability irreparableness irrepealability irresistibility irreversibility irrevocableness irritablenesses
16 letters 12
irreducibilities irrefutabilities irremediableness irremovabilities irreplaceability irrepressibility irresistibleness irresolutenesses irresponsibility irresponsiveness irretrievability irrevocabilities
17 letters 13
irreconcilability irrecoverableness irreformabilities irrefragabilities irreparablenesses irrepealabilities irreplaceableness irreproachability irreproducibility irresistibilities irresponsibleness irreversibilities irrevocablenesses
18 letters 9
irreconcilableness irremediablenesses irreplaceabilities irrepressibilities irreproachableness irresistiblenesses irresponsibilities irresponsivenesses irretrievabilities
19 letters 6
irreconcilabilities irrecoverablenesses irreplaceablenesses irreproachabilities irreproducibilities irresponsiblenesses
20 letters 2
irreconcilablenesses irreproachablenesses
Using these words
To find words that start with IR using only your letters, open the Word Unscrambler, enter your letters and type IR in Starts with. For a known pattern, the Crossword Solver accepts IR???-style patterns. Words come from the open ENABLE word list. Different games use different dictionaries, so always check the rules of your game.